| Sumiyoshi Station | |
| Native Name: | 住吉駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | 1-2-9 Sumiyoshi-honmachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyōgo-ken 658-0051 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.7197°N 135.2622°W |
| Operator: | JR West |
| Distance: | 580.1km (360.5miles) from |
| Platforms: | 3 island platforms |
| Structure: | Elevated (JR West) Ground level (Rokkō Liner) |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Code: | (JR West) R-01 (Rokkō Liner) |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Passengers: | 35,612 daily (JR) 13,577 (Kobe New Transit) |
| Pass Year: | FY2019 |
| Map Type: | Japan Hyogo Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Sumiyoshi Station |
is a junction passenger railway station located in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and by the third sector Kobe New Transit Company[1]
Sumiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), and is located 580.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 23.7 kilometers from . It is also the terminus of the 4.5 kilometer Rokkō Island Line, an automated guideway transit system to on man-made Rokkō Island.
The JR station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building. The two inside tracks are used by local and rapid service trains, and the two outside tracks by passing trains and a limited number of rapid trains. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Kobe New Transit station has one deadheaded island platform and is located above the JR platforms.
Sumiyoshi Station opened on 1 June 1874. 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. The Kobe New Transit began operations on 21 February 1991.
Station numbering was introduced to the Kobe Line platforms in March 2018 with Sumiyoshi being assigned station number JR-A57.[2] [3]
In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 35,612 passengers daily, and the Kobe New Transit station was used by 13,577 people in the same period.[4]