Sonoda Station
Sonoda station (園田駅, Sonoda-ekii, station number: HK-05) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Amagasaki Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.[1] Although technically situated in Amagasaki, it is a five-minute walk to neighboring Osaka Prefecture.
Sonoda Station 園田駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Sonoda Station building (north side) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Higashi-Sonodacho, Amagasaki-shi, Hyōgo-ken 661-0953 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°45′7.22″N 135°26′53.55″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Hankyu Railway. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hankyu Kobe Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 7.2 km (4.5 mi) from Osaka-umeda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | HK-05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 20 October 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 38,241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Sonoda Station Location within Hyōgo Prefecture  Sonoda Station Sonoda Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lines
Sonoda Station is served by the Hankyu Kobe Line, and is located 7.2 kilometres (4.5 miles) from the terminus of the line at Osaka-umeda.
Layout
The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks and a single unnumbered side platform outside the inbound siding track. Normally, only the island platform is used, and the single platform is a 'temporary platform' for getting off, which was mainly used when the Sonoda horse race is held.
Platforms
| 1, 2 | ■ Kobe Line | for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Kōbe (Kobe-Sannomiya, Shinkaichi) and Takarazuka |
| 3, 4 | ■ Kobe Line | for Ōsaka (Umeda), Kyōto, Kita-Senri and Minoo |
| x | ■ Kobe Line | Used for getting off the local trains from Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi when horse racing is held |
History
Sonoda Station opened on 20 October 1936.[2]
The station was transformed from a surface-level station to an elevated station in 1980. Work took 2 years to complete.[3]
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Sonoda being designated as station number HK-05.[4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 38,241 passengers daily[5]
Surrounding area
Below the station itself exists a small shopping centre called Sonoda Hankyu Plaza (園田阪急プラザ) which undertook a major renovation completed at the end of April 2006. It now consists of many restaurants, a Matsumoto Kiyoshi pharmacy, a Mister Donut, a branch of the Kohyo chain of supermarket, a Docomo mobile phone shop as well as various smaller retailers.
- Sonoda Racecourse
- Yuri Gakuin Junior and Senior High School
- Amagasaki Municipal Sonoda Higashi Junior High School
See also
References
- 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
- 曽根, 悟 (October 2010). "週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). No. 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
- 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.
- "「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」４駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- 養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
Media related to Sonoda Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Sonoda Station (Hankyu Railway) (in Japanese)