Shiotsu Station

Railway station in Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

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Shiotsu Station

四方津駅

The station building in July 2022

General information
Location| 1981 Shiotsu, Uenohara-shi, Yamanashi-ken
Japan
Coordinates| 35°36′51″N 139°04′21″E﻿ / ﻿35.6142°N 139.0726°E﻿ / 35.6142; 139.0726
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Chūō Main Line
Distance| 74.0 km from Tokyo
Platforms| 1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks| 3
Other information
Status| Staffed
Website| Official website
History
Opened| December 15, 1910
Passengers
FY2017| 1641 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Yanagawa

One-way operation

|  | Chūō Line

Commuter Special Rapid

|  | Uenohara

JC27

towards Tokyo

Yanagawa

JC29

towards Ōtsuki

|  | Chūō Line

Chūō Special Rapid

| Chūō Line

Commuter Rapid

|  | Uenohara

One-way operation

| Chūō Line

Rapid

|  | Uenohara

JC27

towards Tokyo

Yanagawa

JC29

towards Shiojiri

|  | Chūō Main Line

Local

|  | Uenohara

JC27

towards Tachikawa

Location

Shiotsu Station

Location within Yamanashi Prefecture

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Shiotsu Station

Shiotsu Station (Japan)

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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.

## Lines

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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.

## Station layout

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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

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1 | ■ Chūō Main Line | For Takao, Tachikawa, Shinjuku

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2 | ■ Chūō Main Line | auxiliary platform
3 | ■ Chūō Main Line | For  Ōtsuki ,  Kōfu

## Station history

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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.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1641 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

## Surrounding area

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* Shiotsu Elementary School
* Japan National Route 20

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 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.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shiotsu Station.

* Official home page.(in Japanese)

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Stations of the Chūō Line

* Tokyo
* Kanda
* ~~Manseibashi~~
* Ochanomizu
* Yotsuya
* Shinjuku
* Nakano
* Kōenji
* Asagaya
* Ogikubo
* Nishi-Ogikubo
* Kichijōji
* Mitaka
* Musashi-Sakai
* Higashi-Koganei
* Musashi-Koganei
* Kokubunji
* Nishi-Kokubunji
* Kunitachi
* Tachikawa (Ōme Line towards Ōme >> )
* Hino
* Toyoda
* Hachiōji
* Nishi-Hachiōji
* Takao
* Sagamiko
* Fujino
* Uenohara
* Shiotsu
* Yanagawa
* Torisawa
* Saruhashi
* Ōtsuki (Fuji Kyuko Line for Kawaguchiko >> )

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Stations of the Chūō Main Line (JR East)

* Tokyo
* Shinjuku
* Tachikawa
* Hino
* Toyoda
* Hachiōji
* Nishi-Hachiōji
* Takao
* Sagamiko
* Fujino
* Uenohara
* Shiotsu
* Yanagawa
* Torisawa
* Saruhashi
* Ōtsuki
* Hatsukari
* Sasago
* Kai-Yamato
* Katsunuma-budōkyō
* Enzan
* Higashi-Yamanashi
* Yamanashishi
* Kasugaichō
* Isawa-onsen
* Sakaori
* Kōfu
* Ryūō
* Shiozaki
* Nirasaki
* Shimpu
* Anayama
* Hinoharu
* Nagasaka
* Kobuchizawa
* Shinano-Sakai
* Fujimi
* Suzurannosato
* Aoyagi
* Chino
* Kami-Suwa
* Shimo-Suwa
* Okaya
* Midoriko
* Shiojiri

Old Line
Okaya
Kawagishi
Tatsuno
Shinano-Kawashima
Ono
Shiojiri

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