History
A temporary station was opened here by the Hyogo Electric Tramway as Suma Terminal (須磨終点, Suma Shūten?) on March 15, 1910. The permanent Suma Station opened in July 1912, in preparation for a westward extension to Ichinotani (a now-closed station between here and Sumaura-kōen) on July 11. The station was renamed Suma Ekimae Station (須磨駅前駅, Suma Ekimae Eki?) (lit. 'The Station in front of (JGR) Suma Station) on April 12, 1917. On April 1, 1927 the railway was merged into the Ujigawa Electric Company, only to be sold off on June 6, 1933. Sanyō Electric Railway (nothing to do with the electronics company founded in 1950) renamed the station Dentetsu Suma Station (電鉄須磨駅, Dentetsu Suma Eki?) (lit. Electric Railway Suma Station) in 1943 and elevated the station in August 1947. Limited Expresses started calling here in September 1957, and the platforms were extended in November 1967. Due to the opening of the Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway on April 7, 1968, Hankyū and Hanshin trains start calling here. Exactly 23 years later, the station receives its current name. The station, like many others in the Kobe area, was closed in the aftermath of the Great Hanshin earthquake on January 17, 1995; services to Sumadera resumed on April 9 that year, followed ten days later by services to Sumaura-kōen.
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