Tsuchiyama Station
# Tsuchiyama Station

Tsuchiyama Station (土山駅, Tsuchiyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Harima, Kako District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Tsuchiyama Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 32.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 65.3 kilometers from Osaka.

## Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Track 1 serves westbound trains to Kobe and Ōsaka while track 3 serves eastbound trains to Himeji; track 2 is bi-directional and handles trains going to either terminus depending on the time of day.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ San'yō Main Line | for Sannomiya and Osaka |
| - | - | - |
| 2, 3 | ■ San'yō Main Line | for Kakogawa and Himeji |

## Adjacent stations

| « | Service | » |
| - | - | - |
| JR West |||||
| Sanyō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) |||||
| Limited Express Super Hakuto: Does not stop at this station |||||
| Limited Express Hamakaze: Does not stop at this station |||||
| Commuter Limited Express Rakuraku Harima: Does not stop at this station |||||
| Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station |||||
| Uozumi | Local including Rapid Service | Higashi-Kakogawa |

## History

Tsuchiyama Station opened on 23 December 1888. 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.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Tsuchiyama being assigned station number JR-A77.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,201 passengers daily

## Surrounding area

* Hyogo Prefectural Archaeological Museum
* Harima Onaka Ancient Village
* Harima Town Folk Museum
