Shioiri Station (Kanagawa)

Shioiri Station 汐入駅
Entrance to Shioiri Station
Location	Shioiri 2-41, Yokosuka, Kanagawa （神奈川県横須賀市汐入町二丁目41） Japan
Operated by	Keikyū
Line(s)	Keikyū Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	KK58
History
Opened	1930
Previous names	Yokosuka-Gunkō; Yokosuka-Shioiri (until 1987)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	23,512 daily

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

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		»
Keikyū Main Line
Hemi		Local		Yokosuka-Chūō
Oppama		Ltd. Express		Yokosuka-Chūō
Rapid Ltd. Express: no stop
Keikyu Wing: no stop

References

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

External links

• Keikyu Shioiri Station (Japanese)