Sumiyoshi Station (JR West)

Not to be confused with Sumiyoshi Station (Hanshin).

Sumiyoshi Station (住吉駅, Sumiyoshi-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and by the third sector Kobe New Transit Company^[2]

Sumiyoshi Station 住吉駅
Sumiyoshi Station, October 2007
General information
Location	1-2-9 Sumiyoshi-honmachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyōgo-ken 658-0051 Japan
Coordinates	34°43′11″N 135°15′44″E
Owned by	JR West Kobe New Transit
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) ■ Rokko Liner
Distance	580.1 km (360.5 miles) from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (JR West) Ground level (Rokkō Liner)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code	JR-A57  (JR West) R-01 (Rokkō Liner)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 June 1874 (1874-06-01)
Passengers
FY 2023 FY 2019	64,002 daily (JR West)[1] 13,577 daily boardings (Kobe New Transit)
Location Sumiyoshi Station Location within Hyōgo Prefecture Show map of Hyōgo Prefecture Sumiyoshi Station Sumiyoshi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Sumiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), and is located 580.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo and 23.7 kilometers from Osaka. It is also the terminus of the 4.5 kilometer Rokkō Island Line, an automated guideway transit system to Marine Park on man-made Rokkō Island.

Station layout

The JR station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building. The two inside tracks are used by local and rapid service trains, and the two outside tracks by passing trains and a limited number of rapid trains. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Kobe New Transit station has one deadheaded island platform and is located above the JR platforms.

Platforms

1	■  JR Kobe Line	for commuter express and through traffic
2	■  JR Kobe Line	for Amagasaki, Osaka and Kitashinchi
3	■  JR Kobe Line	for Sannomiya and Himeji
4	■  JR Kobe Line	for commuter express and through traffic

1	■ Rokkō Liner	for Marine Park
2	■ Rokkō Liner	for Marine Park

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR West Tōkaidō Line (JR Kōbe Line)
Settsu-Motoyama (JR-A56)		Local		Rokkōmichi (JR-A58)
Ashiya (JR-A54)		Rapid Service		Rokkōmichi (JR-A58)
Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Rokkō Liner (R01)
Terminus		-	Uozaki (R02)

History

Sumiyoshi Station opened on 1 June 1874. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. The Kobe New Transit began operations on 21 February 1991.

Station numbering was introduced to the Kobe Line platforms in March 2018 with Sumiyoshi being assigned station number JR-A57.^[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 35,612 passengers daily, and the Kobe New Transit station was used by 13,577 people in the same period.^[5]

Surrounding area

• Higashinada Ward General Government Building (Higashinada Ward Office)
• Kobe Municipal Higashinada Library
• Nada Junior and Senior High School
• Konan Elementary School
• Kobe Municipal Sumiyoshi Elementary School
• Kobe Municipal Sumiyoshi Junior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan