Shiohama Station

Shiohama Station 塩浜駅
File:Shiohama STN West.JPG Shiohama Station
Location	2-82 Misono-chō, Yokkaichi, Mie （三重県四日市市御薗町二丁目82） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu JR Freight
Line(s)	Kintetsu Nagoya Line Kansai Main Line
History
Opened	1919
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	2,744 daily

Shiohama Station (塩浜駅, Shiohama-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Shiohama Station is 40.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.

Lines

• Kintetsu
  • Nagoya Line
• Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight)
  • Kansai Main Line (freight branch)

Station layout

Shiohama Station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line	for Tsu, Osaka, and Kashikojima
3, 4	■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line	for Yokkaichi, Kuwana, and Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Kintetsu Yokkaichi		Express		Ise-Wakamatsu
Miyamado		Local		Kita-Kusu

History

Shiohama Station opened on October 25, 1919 as a station on the Ise Railway. The Ise Railway became the Sangu Express Electric Railway’s Ise Line on September 15, 1936, and was renamed the Nagoya Line on December 7, 1938. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line. This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu. A new station building was completed on June 23, 1986.

The freight terminal was opened as part of the Japanese Government Railways freight operations on June 1, 1944, subsequently part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Containerized freight operations were handled from April 1, 1962 to July 1, 1975. With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, operation of the freight terminal came under the Japan Freight Railway Company, which resumed container operations from June 20, 1988 to March 16, 1996.

Surrounding area

• Minami-Yokkaichi Station (JR Central Kansai Main Line)

External links

• Kintetsu: Shiohama Station (Japanese)