Sanyo Shioya

Weekday departures: 12/day · Sat & holiday departures: 52/day

First / last train (weekday): 8:29 / 23:31

Busiest hour: 22:00–23:00 (3)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line: Sumaura-kōen ⇄ Takinochaya

Sanyo-Shioya Station opened on 11 May 1913 as Shioya Station, when the Hyogo Electric Tramway extended westwards from Ichinotani — a since-removed station that once stood between today's Sanyo-Suma and Sumaura-kōen. After the 1917 extension to Akashi the station became a through stop. Ujikawa Electric absorbed the operator on 1 April 1927, track was realigned on 10 December 1932, and on 6 June 1933 the rail department was spun off as Sanyo Electric Railway. The station was renamed Dentetsu-Shioya ("Electric Railway Shioya") on 20 November 1943 to differentiate it from the nearby JNR Shioya, and renamed again to its present Sanyo-Shioya on 7 April 1991. The 17 January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake caused major damage; a provisional building 300 m east opened on 16 June 1995 with service to Sumaura-kōen restored, and a new permanent building opened on 13 March 1996.

On 18 June 1967 a time bomb detonated inside a stopped train at the platform — the so-called Sanyo Electric Railway bombing incident.