is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

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, operated by the private railway company

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Lines

Shioiri Station is served by the

Keikyū Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Shinagawa, Ōta, and the Kanagawa municipalities of Kawasaki, Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Keikyu Main Line began a ...

and is located 49.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at

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in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s 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 Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...

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

Platforms

History

Shioiri Station was opened on April 1, 1930, as on the Shōnan Electric Railway, which merged with the Keihin Electric Railway on November 1, 1941. The station was renamed on October 1, 1940, and to its present name on September 1, 1961. Keikyū introduced

station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...

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.

Surrounding area

* Midorigaoka Girls' Junior and Senior High School *Yokosuka City Shioiri Elementary School *Yokosuka Arts Theatre *

Yokosuka Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Yokosuka Station is served by the Yokosuka Line. It is located 15.9 km from Ōfuna Station, and 65.3 ...

*Verny Park

References

External links

* Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Keikyū Main Line Railway stations in Yokosuka, Kanagawa {{Kanagawa-railstation-stub