is a passenger
railway station
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located in the
Nishi-ku ward of the city of
Kumamoto,
Kumamoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ...
, Japan. It is operated by
JR Kyushu
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.
[ The station name means, literally, "in front of ]Sojo University
is a private university in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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Lines
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line
The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojiko Station, Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it ...
and is located 191.7 km from the starting point of the line at .[
]
Layout
The station consists of two side platform
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s serving two tracks at grade. There is no station building, only shelters on both platforms for waiting passengers and a small brickwork booth housing a ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by a footbridge.
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility.
Platforms
file:Sojodaigakumae Station 4.JPG, A view of the platforms and tracks.
History
JR Kyushu
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...
opened the station on 13 March 1988 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kagoshima Main Line. At that time, the station was named , literally "in front of Kumamoto Industrial University", after the institute of higher education nearby. The university changed its name to in 2000. Four years later, the station followed suit, becoming Sōjōdaigakumae on 13 March 2004. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 133rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
Surrounding area
*Sojo University
is a private university in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends f ...
See also
* List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Sōjōdaigakumae (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1988
Buildings and structures in Kumamoto
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