Mikawa-Shiotsu Station

{{short description|Railway station in Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRCSN|CA|48|size=50}}
Mikawa-Shiotsu Station

| native_name = 三河塩津駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Mikawa-Shiotsu Station (north gate).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Mikawa-Shiotsu Station

| other_name =

| style = JR Central

| address = 40-5 Yui Takenoyacho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi-ken 443-0046

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|34|49|33|N|137|12|8|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP_source:jawiki|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR Central

| line = 18px Tokaido Main Line

| distance = 312.9 kilometers from {{STN|Tokyo|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| connections =

| structure =

| code = CA48

| status = Unstaffed

| website =

| opened = November 16, 1988

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 2,660 daily{{cite web |author= |year=2024 |title=移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅） |url=https://company.jr-central.co.jp/others/barrier-free/_pdf/2023-02.pdf |publisher=JR Central |language=ja |access-date=17 March 2025}}

| pass_year = 2023–2024

| map_type = Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Mikawa-Shiotsu Station

}}

{{Nihongo|Mikawa-Shiotsu Station|三河塩津駅|Mikawa-Shiotsu-eki}} is a railway station in the city of Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Mikawa-Shiotsu Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 312.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected to the elevated station building by a footbridge. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is unattended.

=Platforms=

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Adjacent stations

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Station history

Mikawa-Shiotsu Station was opened on 16 November 1988.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Mikawa-Shiotsu Station was assigned station number CA48.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2017 |title=在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します |trans-title=Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations |url=https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=jr-central.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=14 December 2017 |title=JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入 |trans-title=JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines |url=https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1372 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= https://www.city.gamagori.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/54367.pdf|script-title=ja:蒲郡市統計(平成29年)|year= 2018|publisher= Gamagōri City|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 5 September 2019}}