Morioka Station

Railway station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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Morioka Station

盛岡駅

Morioka Station east entrance in May 2006

General information
Location| 1-48 Moriokaekimae-dori, Morioka-shi, Iwate-ken
Japan
Coordinates| 39°42′05″N 141°08′11″E﻿ / ﻿39.701442°N 141.136379°E﻿ / 39.701442; 141.136379Coordinates: 39°42′05″N 141°08′11″E﻿ / ﻿39.701442°N 141.136379°E﻿ / 39.701442; 141.136379
Operated by|

* JR East
* Iwate Ginga Railway Company

Line(s)|

* Akita Shinkansen
* Tohoku Shinkansen
* ■ Tohoku Main Line
* ■ Yamada Line
* ■ Tazawako Line
* ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line

Distance| 535.3 km from Tokyo
Platforms| 7 island platforms
Connections| Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type| Elevated
Other information
Status| Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened| November 1, 1890; 131 years ago (1890-11-01)
Passengers
FY2015|

* JR East 17,784 (daily)
* IGR 3,257 (daily)

Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

|
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Shin-Hanamaki

towards Tokyo

|  | Tōhoku Shinkansen

Hayabusa

|  | Iwate-Numakunai

towards Shin-Aomori

| Tōhoku Shinkansen

Yamabiko

|  | Terminus
Terminus |  | Tōhoku Shinkansen

Hayate

|  | Iwate-Numakunai

towards Shin-Aomori

Sendai

towards Tokyo

|  | Akita Shinkansen Komachi |  | Shizukuishi

towards Akita

Senbokuchō

One-way operation

|  | Tōhoku Line

Rapid Aterui

|  | Terminus
Yahaba

towards Hanamaki

|  | Tōhoku Line

Rapid Hamayuri

Senbokuchō

towards Kuroiso

|  | Tōhoku Line

Local

Terminus |  | Yamada Line

Rapid Rias
Local

|  | Kamimorioka

towards Miyako

Ōkama

towards Ōmagari

|  | Tazawako Line |  | Terminus
Terminus |  | Hanawa Line |  | Aoyama

towards Ōdate

Preceding station  | Iwate Galaxy Railway  | Following station
Terminus |  | Iwate Galaxy Railway Line |  | Aoyama

towards Metoki

Location

Morioka Station

Location within Japan

Morioka Station (Japanese: 盛岡駅, Japanese pronunciation: [Morioka-eki]) is a railway station in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR East.

## Contents

* 1 Lines
* 2 Station layout
* 2.1 Platforms
* 3 History
* 4 Passenger statistics
* 5 Surrounding area
* 5.1 East exit
* 5.2 West exit
* 6 Connecting bus routes
* 6.1 Local
* 6.2 Long-distance (Highway bus)
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## Lines[edit]

Morioka Station is a major junction station, and is served by both the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Akita Shinkansen. It is located 535.3 km from Tokyo Station. Local JR East services are provided by the Tohoku Main Line, Tazawako Line and Yamada Line, all of which terminate at Morioka Station. The station is also the southern terminus of the third-sector Iwate Ginga Railway Line.

## Station layout[edit]

The station has three elevated island platforms for Shinkansen services, and four island platforms for local services. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms[edit]

0/1 | ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line | for Iwate-Numakunai and Ninohe

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| ■ Hanawa Line | for Araya-Shinmachi and Kazuno-Hanawa
2 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
| ■ Yamada Line | for Moichi and Miyako
| ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line  | for Iwate-Numakunai (JR Line through operation
3 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line  | for Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
| ■ Iwate Ginga Railway Line  | for Iwate-Numakunai (JR Line through operation
4/5 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line  | for Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
6 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line  | for Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
| ■ Yamada Line | for Moichi and Miyako
7 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line  | for Hanamaki, Kitakami and Ichinoseki
8/9 | ■ Tazawako Line  | for Shizukuishi and Ōmagari
11 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen | for Sendai and Tokyo
12/13 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen  | for Sendai and Tokyo (Departure)
14 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen | for Ninohe, Hachinohe, Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
| ■ Akita Shinkansen | for Ōmagari and Akita

## History[edit]

The station was opened on November 1, 1890, by Japan's first private railway company, Nippon Railway. The line was nationalized in 1906. Services on the Tazawako Line started in 1921, on the Yamada line in 1923, the Tohoku Shinkansen in 1982 and the Akita Shinkansen in 1997. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

## Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 17,784 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The Iwate Ginga Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 3,257 passengers daily.[2]

## Surrounding area[edit]

### East exit[edit]

* Morioka Station building "Fezan"
* Moriokaekimae Post office
* JR East Morioka branch office
* JR bus Tōhoku Morioka branch office

### West exit[edit]

* Iwate Asahi Television Co., Ltd.

## Connecting bus routes[edit]

### Local[edit]

* JR Bus Tōhoku
* For Kuji Station via Iwate-Numakunai Station and Kuzumaki
* For Iwaizumi via Hayasaka-Kōgen
* Iwate-Kenhoku Bus
* For Miyako Station ("Route 106 Express Bus")
* For Iwate-Funakoshi Station via Miyako Station ("Route 106 Express Bus")
* For Numakunai via Kuriyagawa Station and Iwate-Shibutami
* Iwate Kenkotsu Bus
* For Ōfunato via Setamai
* For Hanamaki Airport

### Long-distance (Highway bus)[edit]

Departs from the west exit

* For Aomori Station via Kosaka ("Asunaro")
* For Hirosaki Bus Terminai via Tohoku-Ōwani ("Yodel")
* For Hachinohe Rapia via Kunohe ("Hassei")
* For Sendai Station ("Urban")
* For Karumai or Ōno ("Win day")
* For Lake Towada ("Towadako")
* For Tamachi Station (Tokyo) via Tokyo Station ("Iwate Kizuna")

Departs from the east exit

* For Ōdate Station via Kazuno-Hanawa Station ("Michinoku")
* For Jōboji or Ninohe Station ("Super Yūyū")
* For Tokyo Station via Ikebukuro Station ("Rakuchin", All reserved seats)
* For Hon-Atsugi Station via Yokohama Station, Machida Station

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References[edit]

1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
2. ^ 平成27年度 駅別乗降人員(1日平均) [Fiscal 2015 Station passenger figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwate Galaxy Railway Company. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morioka Station.

* Official website (JR East) (in Japanese)
* IGR Station information Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Tōhoku Shinkansen

* Tokyo
* Ueno
* Ōmiya
* Oyama
* Utsunomiya
* Nasushiobara
* Shin-Shirakawa
* Kōriyama
* Fukushima
* Shiroishi-Zaō
* Sendai
* Furukawa
* Kurikoma-Kōgen
* Ichinoseki
* Mizusawa-Esashi
* Kitakami
* Shin-Hanamaki
* Morioka
* Iwate-Numakunai
* Ninohe
* Hachinohe
* Shichinohe-Towada
* Shin-Aomori (for Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto)

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Stations of the Akita Shinkansen

* Morioka
* Shizukuishi
* Tazawako
* Kakunodate
* Ōmagari
* Akita

For stations between Tokyo and Morioka, see Tōhoku Shinkansen

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Stations of the Tōhoku Main Line

Ueno to Kuroiso
( Utsunomiya Line)|

* Ueno
* Oku
* Akabane
* Urawa
* Saitama-Shintoshin
* Ōmiya
* Toro
* Higashi-Ōmiya
* Hasuda
* Shiraoka
* Shin-Shiraoka
* Kuki
* Higashi-Washinomiya
* Kurihashi
* Koga
* Nogi
* Mamada
* Oyama
* Koganei
* Jichi Medical University
* Ishibashi
* Suzumenomiya
* Utsunomiya
* Okamoto
* Hōshakuji
* Ujiie
* Kamasusaka
* Kataoka
* Yaita
* Nozaki
* Nishi-Nasuno
* Nasushiobara
* Kuroiso

Kuroiso to Morioka|

* Kuroiso
* Takaku
* Kurodahara
* Toyohara
* Shirasaka
* Shin-Shirakawa
* Shirakawa
* Kutano
* Izumizaki
* Yabuki
* Kagamiishi
* Sukagawa
* Asaka-Nagamori
* Kōriyama
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* Sugita
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* Adachi
* Matsukawa
* Kanayagawa
* Minami-Fukushima
* Fukushima
* Higashi-Fukushima
* Date
* Koori
* Fujita
* Kaida
* Kosugō
* Shiroishi
* Higashi-Shiroishi
* Kita-Shirakawa
* Ōgawara
* Funaoka
* Tsukinoki
* Iwanuma
* Tatekoshi
* Natori
* Minami-Sendai
* Taishidō
* Nagamachi
* Sendai
* Higashi-Sendai
* Iwakiri
* (Shin-Rifu
* Rifu)
* Rikuzen-Sannō
* Kokufu-Tagajō
* Shiogama
* Matsushima
* Atago
* Shinainuma
* Kashimadai
* Matsuyamamachi
* Kogota
* Tajiri
* Semine
* Umegasawa
* Nitta
* Ishikoshi
* Yushima
* Hanaizumi
* Shimizuhara
* Arikabe
* Ichinoseki
* Yamanome
* Hiraizumi
* Maesawa
* Rikuchū-Orii
* Mizusawa
* Kanegasaki
* Rokuhara
* Kitakami
* Murasakino
* Hanamaki
* Hanamaki-Kūkō
* Ishidoriya
* Hizume
* Shiwachūō
* Furudate
* Yahaba
* Iwate-Iioka
* Senbokuchō
* Morioka

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Stations of the Yamada Line

* Morioka
* Kamimorioka
* Yamagishi
* Kamiyonai
* ~~Ōshida~~
* ~~Asagishi~~
* Kuzakai
* Matsukusa
* Hiratsuto
* Kawauchi
* Hakoishi
* Rikuchū-Kawai
* Haratai
* Moichi
* Hikime
* Kebaraichi
* Sentoku
* Miyako

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Stations of the Tazawako Line

* Morioka
* Ōkama
* Koiwai
* Shizukuishi
* Harukiba
* Akabuchi
* Tazawako
* Sashimaki
* Jindai
* Shōden
* Kakunodate
* Uguisuno
* Ugo-Nagano
* Yariminai
* Ugo-Yotsuya
* Kita-Ōmagari
* Ōmagari

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Stations of the Hanawa Line

*     * Morioka
* Aoyama
* Kuriyagawa
* Sugo
* Takizawa
* Shibutami
* Kōma
* Higashi-Ōbuke
* Ōbuke
* Tairadate
* Kitamori
* Matsuo-Hachimantai
* Appi-Kōgen
* Akasakata
* Koyanohata
* Arayashimmachi
* Yokoma
* Tayama
* Anihata
* Yuze-Onsen
* Hachimantai
* Rikuchū-Ōsato
* Kazuno-Hanawa
* Shibahira
* Towada-Minami
* Suehiro
* Dobukai
* Sawajiri
* Jūnisho
* Ōtaki-Onsen
* Ōgita
* Higashi-Ōdate
* Ōdate

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Stations of the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line

* Morioka
* Aoyama
* Kuriyagawa
* Sugo
* Takizawa
* Shibutami
* Kōma
* Iwate-Kawaguchi
* Iwate-Numakunai
* Midō
* Okunakayama-Kōgen
* Kotsunagi
* Kozuya
* Ichinohe
* Ninohe
* Tomai
* Kintaichi-Onsen
* Metoki

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