Miyako Station
Miyako 宮古 | |
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 JR Miyako Station, October 2012 | |
| Location |
1-1-80 Miyamachi, Miyako, Iwate （岩手県宮古市宮町一丁目1-80） Japan |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1934 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY 2012 (JR)) | 314 (JR) + 323 (Sanriku) daily |
Miyako Station (宮古駅 Miyako-eki) is a railway station on the Yamada Line in Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Miyako Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 102.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station. It is also a terminal station for the Sanriku Railway North Rias Line.
Station layout
Miyako Station has a side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by an overhead crossing. The station has a Green Window ticket booth. The side platform is used by the Sanriku Railway for only one starting train per day, with the island platform shared by both the Yamada Line and the Sanriku Railway.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Yamada Line | for Moichi and Morioka |
| ■ Sanriku Railway | for Tarō and Iwaizumi-Omoto | |
| 2 | ■ Yamada Line | for Moichi and Morioka |
| ■ Sanriku Railway | for Tarō and Iwaizumi-Omoto | |
| 3 | ■ Sanriku Railway | for starting trains |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Yamada Line | ||||
| Moichi | Express Rias | Terminus | ||
| Sentoku | - | Sokei | ||
| Sanriku Railway | ||||
| Terminus | - | Yamaguchi Danchi | ||
History
Miyako Station opened on 8 November 1934. The station became a terminal station for the Miyako Line on 27 February 1972. This line was privatized on 1 April 1987, becoming the Sanriku Railway Kita-Rias Line. Miyako Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 destroyed much of the tracks and many stations between Miyako and Kamaishi. In February 2012, JR East officially proposed that this section of the line be scrapped and the right-of-way used as a bus rapid transit (BRT) route.[1]
Surrounding area
- Miyako Post Office
- Jōdogahama
References
- ↑ 被災２路線、廃止しバス専用道提案へ ＪＲ東、岩手県に [JR East proposes to scrap two lines and convert to bus routes]. The Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
External links
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- JR East Station information (Japanese)
- Sanriku Railway Station information (Japanese)
Coordinates: 39°38′24″N 141°56′51″E / 39.639889°N 141.947389°E