:Shioiri Station (Kanagawa)

{{short description|Railway station in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name ={{KQSN|58|size=50}}
Shioiri Station

| native_name = 汐入駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Keikyu_Shioiri_Station_platform_20230731_1653.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Station platforms, July 2023

| other_name =

| address = Shioiri 2-41, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 238-0042

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35.2802|N|139.6626|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px Keikyū

| line = {{KQLS|KK}} Keikyū Main Line

| distance = 49.2 km from {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| connections = Bus stop

| structure =

| accessible = Yes

| code = KK58

| website = {{Official website|https://www.keikyu.co.jp/ride/kakueki/KK58.html}} {{in lang|ja}}

| opened = 1 April 1930

| closed =

| former = Yokosuka-Gunkō; Yokosuka-Shioiri (until 1961)

| passengers = 18,162 daily

| pass_year = FY2019

| map_type = Japan Kanagawa Prefecture

| map_dot_label = Shioiri Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Keikyu

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}}

{{nihongo| 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.{{Cite web |date=15 March 2022 |title=京急汐入駅にホームドア設置 |trans-title=Platform door installed at Keikyu Shioiri Station |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/03/15/181500.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315100739/https://railf.jp/news/2022/03/15/181500.html |archive-date=15 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online}}

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|first=2|pfn=1|col=DeepSkyBlue|name=Keikyū Main Line|dir= for {{STN|Yokosuka-chūō|x}}, {{STN|Horinouchi|x}}, and {{STN|Uraga|x}}
{{KQLS}} Keikyū Kurihama Line for {{STN|Keikyū Kurihama|x}} and {{STN|Misakiguchi|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|first=3|pfn=2|col=DeepSkyBlue|nidx=Keikyū Main Line|dir= for {{STN|Yokohama|x}}, {{STN|Keikyū Kamata|x}}, {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}, and {{STN|Sengakuji|x}}
{{KQLS}} Keikyū Airport Line for {{STN|Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2|x}}
{{TSLS|A}} Toei Asakusa Line for {{STN|Shimbashi|x}} and {{STN|Oshiage|x}}
{{pad|0.75em}}{{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Oshiage Line for {{STN|Aoto|x}}
{{pad|1.5em}}{{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Main Line for {{STN|Keisei Funabashi|x}} and {{STN|Narita Airport|x}}
{{pad|1.5em}}{{KSLS|HS}} Hokuso Line for {{STN|Shin-Kamagaya|x}} and {{STN|Inba-Nihon-Idai|x}}
{{pad|1.5em}}{{KSLS|KS|ns=N}} Narita Sky Access Line for {{STN|Narita Airport|x}}}}

History

Shioiri Station was opened on April 1, 1930, as {{nihongo|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 {{nihongo|Yokosuka-Shioiri Station|横須賀汐留駅}} on 1 October 1940, and to its present name on 1 September 1961.{{cite web|script-title=ja:汐入駅 / 路線図・各駅情報|lang=ja|trans-title=Shioiri Station / Route Map/Station Information |website=Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyu) |url=https://www.keikyu.co.jp/ride/kakueki/KK58.html|access-date=28 August 2023|archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517041002/https://www.keikyu.co.jp/ride/kakueki/KK58.html|url-status=live }}

Keikyū introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Shioiri Station was assigned station number KK58.{{Cite web |date=25 June 2010 |title=京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します |trans-title=Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line |url=https://www.keikyu.co.jp/company/news/2010/detail/001333.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221145632/https://www.keikyu.co.jp/company/news/2010/detail/001333.html |archive-date=21 February 2014 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=KEIKYU WEB}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,162 passengers daily.{{cite web|url=https://www.keikyu.co.jp/company/pdf/handbook2020-2021_P023-046.pdf |title= Keihin Electric Railway handbook 2020-2021|publisher= Keikyū|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 11 August 2020 }}

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

class="wikitable"
Fiscal yeardaily average
200524,093{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/369528.pdf|script-title=ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成18年度)|trans-title=Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)|language=Japanese|location=Japan|publisher=Kanagawa Metropolitan Government|accessdate=26 March 2021}}
201022,210{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/427362.pdf|script-title=ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成23年度)|trans-title=Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)|language=Japanese|location=Japan|publisher=Kanagawa Prefecture|accessdate=26 March 2021}}
201522,127{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/877254.pdf|script-title=ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成28年度|trans-title=Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)|language=Japanese|location=Japan|publisher=Kanagawa Prefecture|accessdate=26 March 2021}}

Surrounding area

  • {{ill|Mercure Yokosuka|ja|メルキュールホテル横須賀}}
  • {{ill|Midorigaoka Girls' Junior and Senior High School|ja|緑ヶ丘女子中学校・高等学校}}
  • Yokosuka City Shioiri Elementary School
  • Yokosuka Arts Theatre
  • Japan National Route 16
  • {{ill|Coaska Bayside Stores|ja|コースカベイサイドストアーズ}}
  • Yokosuka Station
  • {{ill|Verny Park|ja|ヴェルニー公園}}

See also

References

  • {{cite book |last1=Miura |first1=Kazuo |title=Keikyu Kakuekiteisha to Kamakura Monogatari |date=1998 |publisher=Inba Publishing |isbn=978-4808306243}}{{in lang|ja}}

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