History
Ichikawashiohama Station opened on 1 December 1988 as a stop on JR East's Keiyō Line. The provisional name during construction was Shin-Gyōtoku, and the chosen name refers to the Gyōtoku salt fields that extended through the area from the Edo period into the Meiji era. Because Shiohama Station on the Kansai Main Line freight branch and Shiohama Operating Station on the Tōkaidō freight line already used the name, the prefix Ichikawa was added from the host municipality. Suica acceptance began on 18 November 2001, the south exit opened on 20 March 2004, and station operations were contracted out on 1 April 2007. From the 16 March 2013 timetable revision, the Musashino Line rapid services were abolished, leaving no rapid trains calling at the station.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
After JNR's breakup, Ichikawa City sued for the return of a planned freight-yard site south of the station, and a 1989 settlement before the Chiba District Court left the city owning two-thirds and the JNR Settlement Corporation owning the remaining one-third.