title: Sone Station (Hyōgo)
text: # 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
  