Shioiri Station (Kanagawa)

Shioiri Station 汐入駅
Entrance to Shioiri Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yokosuka
Neighborhood etc.	Shioiri 2-41
Postal code	238 - 0042
(in Japanese)	神奈川県横須賀市汐入町二丁目41
History
Year opened	1930
Former names	Yokosuka-Gunkō Station Yokosuka-Shioiri Station
Present name since	1987
Rail services
Station number(s)	KK58
Operator(s)	Keikyū
Line(s)	Keikyū Main Line
Statistics	23,512 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Shioiri Station (汐入駅, Shioiri-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keikyū Main Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 49.2 rail kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keikyū Main Line at Shinagawa Station, in Tokyo.

History

Shioiri Station was opened on April 1, 1930, as Yokosuka Gunkō Station (横須賀軍港駅, Yokosuka Gunkō-eki) 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, Yokosuka-Shioiri-eki) on October 1, 1940, and to its present name on September 1, 1961.

Lines

• Keihin Electric Express Railway
  • Keikyū Main Line

Station layout

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

References

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

External links

• Keikyu Shioiri Station (Japanese)

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Coordinates: 35°16′49″N 139°39′45″E / 35.2802°N 139.6626°E / 35.2802; 139.6626