History
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.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
On 18 June 1967 a time bomb detonated inside a stopped train at the platform — the so-called Sanyo Electric Railway bombing incident.