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Shioiri Station (Kanagawa)

Shioiri Station (汐入駅, Shioiri-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.

Lines

Shioiri Station is served by the Keikyū Main Line and is located 49.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms with the station building underneath. Most of the station is built on an embankment, and the platforms abut a tunnel towards the Yokosuka-chūō side.

Platform screen doors were installed on 12 March 2022 and are scheduled to go into operation by April 2022.

Platforms

1	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokosuka-chūō, Horinouchi, and Uraga KK Keikyū Kurihama Line for Keikyū Kurihama and Misakiguchi
2	■ Keikyū Main Line	for Yokohama, Keikyū Kamata, Shinagawa, and Sengakuji KK Keikyū Airport Line for Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 A Toei Asakusa Line for Shimbashi and Oshiage KS Keisei Oshiage Line for Aoto KS Keisei Main Line for Keisei Funabashi and Narita Airport HS Hokuso Line for Shin-Kamagaya and Inba-Nihon-Idai KS Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport

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 1 November 1941. The station was renamed Yokosuka-Shioiri Station (横須賀汐留駅) on 1 October 1940, and to its present name on 1 September 1961.

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Shioiri Station was assigned station number KK58.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,162 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	24,093
2010	22,210
2015	22,127

Surrounding area

Mercure Yokosuka [ja]
Midorigaoka Girls' Junior and Senior High School [ja]
Yokosuka City Shioiri Elementary School
Yokosuka Arts Theatre
Japan National Route 16
Coaska Bayside Stores [ja]
Yokosuka Station
Verny Park [ja]

References

Miura, Kazuo (1998). Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari. Inba Publishing. ISBN 978-4808306243.(in Japanese)

^ "京急汐入駅にホームドア設置" [Platform door installed at Keikyu Shioiri Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ 汐入駅 / 路線図・各駅情報 [Shioiri Station / Route Map/Station Information]. Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyu) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ "京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します" [Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line]. KEIKYU WEB. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Keikyū. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.