The old Sanriku Miyako Station JR-Miyako-stn

is a railway station in the city of

Miyako, Iwate is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 51,150, and a population density of 41 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Miyako is located in central Iwate Prefecture, bordered by ...

, Japan, operated by the Sanriku Railway.

Lines

Miyako Station is a

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on the Yamada Line, and is located 102.1 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Morioka Station. It is also a station for the Sanriku Railway's

Rias Line The is a railway company in Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. The company and its lines are also known as . The company was founded in 1981, as the first "Public-Private Partnerships In Japan, third sector" (half State ownership, public, half ...

, and was located 92.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Sakari Station is a railway station in the city of Ōfunato in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the third-sector operator Sanriku Railway, and the freight operator Iwate Development Railway. Lines Sakari Stat ...

Station layout

Miyako Station has two

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s connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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

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of the

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987. The

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...

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

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(BRT) route. Afterwards, this decision was reversed, and as of 2018 the Yamada Line have been reconstructed between Miyako and Kamaishi. On 23 March 2019,it reopened and be transferred to Sanriku Railway, resulting in a one-seat ride between

Kuji is a Japanese city in Iwate Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 34,418 in 15,675 households, and a population density of 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kuji is in far northeastern Iwate Prefect ...

and Ofunato. The reconstructed segment joined up with the Kita-Rias Line on one side and the Minami-Rias Line on the other which together constitutes the entire Rias Line. At the same time, Miyako station is also transferred to Sanriku Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 299 passenger daily (boarding passengers only). The Sanriku Railway portion of the station was used by 247 passengers during the same period.Miyako City statistics　平成28年版（8.運輸・通信）

Surrounding area

* Miyako Post Office *

Jōdogahama (''lit.'' 'Pure Land Beach') is a series of rock formations along the coast of Miyako Bay in the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The area is part of the Sanriku Fukkō National Park, and is a national ...

References

External links

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Sanriku Railway Station information
{{Rias Line Railway stations in Iwate Prefecture Yamada Line (JR East) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934 Miyako, Iwate Stations of East Japan Railway Company