Shiotsu_Station
Shiotsu Station
Railway station in Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Shiotsu Station (四方津駅, Shiotsu-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the city of Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
JC28 Shiotsu Station 四方津駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1981 Shiotsu, Uenohara-shi, Yamanashi-ken Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.6142°N 139.0726°E / 35.6142; 139.0726 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Chūō Main Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 74.0 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 15, 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2017 | 1641 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shiotsu Station is served by the Chūō Rapid Line / Chūō Main Line , and is 74.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station has a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Chūō Main Line | For Takao, Tachikawa, Shinjuku |
| 2 | ■ Chūō Main Line | auxiliary platform |
| 3 | ■ Chūō Main Line | For Ōtsuki , Kōfu |
Shiotsu Station first opened on December 15, 1910, as a station for both freight and passenger service on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGC became the JNR after the end of World War II. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from November 18, 2001.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1641 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
- Shiotsu Elementary School
- Japan National Route 20
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
- JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 145. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
- Official home page.(in Japanese)