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in located in the city of

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Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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. It also has a freight depot operated by the

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(JR Freight).

Lines

Shiohama Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 40.8 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at

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. Freight operations use the

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freight branch.

Station layout

The station consists of two

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s serving four tracks, connected by an elevated concourse.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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.
Kintetsu Company History 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 The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

freight operations on June 1, 1944, subsequently part of the

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(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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3468 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

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

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*Yokkaichi City Shiohama Elementary School *Yokkaichi City Shiohama Junior High Schoolt

References

External links

* {{Kintetsu Nagoya Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1919 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Stations of Kintetsu Railway Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Yokkaichi