Morioka Station

Lines

Morioka Station is a major junction station, and is where the Akita Shinkansen splits off from the Tōhoku 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 Galaxy Railway Line.

Station layout

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

History

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

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

Surrounding area

East exit

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

West exit

• Iwate Asahi Television Co., Ltd.

Connecting bus routes

Local

• 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)

;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

References

References

1. link. (2016). East Japan Railway Company
2. link. (2016). Iwate Galaxy Railway Company