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.
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 SuicaIC Card system came into operation from November 18, 2001.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1641 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[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) ISBN453307698X(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. ISBN4-16-748701-2.