Sone Station (Hyōgo)
# Sone Station (Hyōgo)

Sone Station (曽根駅, Sone-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takasago, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Sone Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 46.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 79.5 kilometers from Osaka.

## Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level side platform and an island platform connected by an elevated station building; however one side of the island platform is not in use effectively giving the station two parallel side platforms. The station is staffed.

### Platforms

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

## History

Sone Station opened on 23 December 1888 as Amida Station (阿弥陀駅). It was renamed on 1 March 1902. 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 Sone being assigned station number JR-A81.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4029 passengers daily

## Surrounding area

* Takasago Seibu Hospital
* Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Bessho High School
* Hakuryo Junior and Senior High School
* Takasago Municipal Kashima Junior High School
* Takasago Municipal Amida Elementary School
