Shioiri Station (Kanagawa)

Shioiri Station (汐入駅, Shioiri-eki) is a railway station on the Keikyu Main Line in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu.

Shioiri Station 汐入駅
Entrance to Shioiri Station
Location	Shioiri 2-41, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken Japan
Operated by	Keikyu
Line(s)	Keikyu Main Line
Distance	49.2 km from Shinagawa
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK58
History
Opened	1 April 1930
Previous names	Yokosuka-Gunkō; Yokosuka-Shioiri (until 1987)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008)	23,512 daily
Location
Shioiri Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture

Lines

Shiori Station is served by the Keikyu Main Line, and lies 49.2 kilometers from the starting point of the Keikyu Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

Station layout

1	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokosuka-chūō, Keikyū Kurihama, Misakiguchi, Uraga
2	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokohama, Haneda Airport, Shinagawa, Sengakuji, Oshiage

Shioiri Station is an elevated station with dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks. Most of the station is built on an embankment, and the platforms abut a tunnel towards the Yokosuka-chūō side.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Keikyu Main Line
Keikyu Wing: Does not stop at this station
Morning Wing: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express (Kaitoku): Does not stop at this station
Oppama		Limited Express (Tokkyū)		Yokosuka-chūō
Hemi		Local		Yokosuka-chūō

History

Shioiri Station was opened on April 1, 1930, as Yokosuka Gunkō Station (横須賀軍港駅) on the Shōnan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941. The station was renamed Yokosuka-Shioiri Station (横須賀汐留駅) on October 1, 1940, and to its present name on September 1, 1961.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Miura, Kazuo. Keikyū　Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inban Publishing　(1998). ISBN 4-8083-0624-7 (in Japanese)

External links

• Keikyu Shioiri Station (in Japanese)