Moichi Station

Moichi 茂市
File:MoichiStation.jpg Moichi Station, August 2006
Location	Moichi Dai-san jiwari 159-9, Miyako, Iwate （岩手県宮古市茂市第3地割159-9） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yamada Line
History
Opened	1934

Moichi Station (茂市駅, Moichi-eki) is a railway station in Miyako, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Moichi Station is served by the Yamada Line, and is located 87.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station. It was also a terminal station for the Iwaizumi Line, until operations on that line were suspended on 31 July 2010.

Station layout

Moichi Station has a one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by an overhead crossing. The station is attended.

Platforms

1	■ Yamada Line	for Miyako (Iwaizumi Line has abolished its diagram since 1 April 2014.)
2	■ Yamada Line	for Miyako
3	■ Yamada Line	Rikuchū-Kawai and Morioka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iwaizumi Line (Officially closed in April 2014)
Terminus		-	(Iwate-Kariya)
Yamada Line
Rikuchū-Kawai		Express Rias	Miyako
Haratai		-	Hikime

History

Moichi Station opened on 6 November 1934. The Iwaizumi Line began operations from 25 June 1942. The station was closed from 26 November 1946 to 5 March 1949. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. Operations on the Iwaizumi Line were suspended on 31 July 2010, and this line has been officially abolished on 1 April 2014. It is now replaced by a bus operation .

Surrounding area

Moichi Station is a small station deep in the mountains, but a station employee is posted daylong.

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External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)