History
JR-Sōjiji Station serves western Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line). JR West and local stakeholders signed a basic agreement to build a station between Settsu-Tonda and Ibaraki in July 2011, construction began in November 2012, and the final name was confirmed in August 2017. The station opened on 17 March 2018 — the same day as Kiri-Kaminari-Kita on the Osaka Higashi Line — and was assigned number JR-A40 when station numbering rolled out across the JR Kyoto Line. The station is built on the former Fujitec headquarters site and was constructed for roughly 6 billion yen.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station name was the runner-up in the public ballot — the most-voted candidate was "Aigawa," but JR West chose "JR-Sōjiji" to distinguish it from the nearby Hankyu Sōjiji Station.