Operated by Kintetsu
JR Freight Passengers (FY2010) 2,744 daily | Opened 1919 | |
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Location 2-82 Misono-chō, Yokkaichi, Mie
（三重県四日市市御薗町二丁目82）
Japan Line(s) Nagoya Line
Kansai Main Line | ||
Shiohama Station (塩浜駅, Shiohama-eki) is a railway station on the Nagoya Line in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Shiohama Station is 40.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.
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Station layout
Shiohama Station has two island platforms serving four tracks.
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. 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 freight operations on June 1, 1944, subsequently part of the Japanese National Railways (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.