Shioya (Hokkaido)

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Shioya Station opened on 28 June 1903 as a general station when the private Hokkaido Railway extended its line from Ranshima to Otaru-Chūō (now Otaru). The line was nationalised in July 1907 and absorbed into the Hakodate Main Line in 1909. From 1912 a spur served the Hokkaido Gas (Hokkaidō Gas) Otaru plant, carrying naphtha and butane until the spur closed in 1984. Freight and parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984 and the station was unstaffed from 31 March 1984, despite a long campaign by Otaru City and local residents to retain the gas-feedstock service over safety concerns; the spur eventually closed on 31 August 1984 in favour of road tankers. JR Hokkaido inherited the station at the 1987 privatisation and rebuilt the building in 1989. Station numbers were introduced on 1 October 2007.

The 1967 Toei film 'Tabiji' is set at Shioya Station, but the on-screen station is really Horoni Station on the Iwanai Line, used as a stand-in during filming.