Midō Station (御堂駅, Midō-eki) is a railway station on the Iwate Ginga Railway Line in the town of Iwate, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Iwate Ginga Railway.

Midō Station

御堂駅
Midō Station in August 2006
General information
Location4-33 Itsukaichi, Iwate-machi, Iwate-gun, Iwate-ken 028-4307
Japan
Coordinates40°00′16″N 141°14′13″E / 40.004369°N 141.237056°E / 40.004369; 141.237056
Operated by Iwate Galaxy Railway Company
Line(s) Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Distance37.3 km from Morioka
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 November 1918
Passengers
FY201552 daily
Location
Midō Station is located in Japan
Midō Station
Midō Station
Location within Japan

Lines

edit

Midō Station is served by the Iwate Ginga Railway Line, and is located 37.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station and 572.6 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

edit

Midō Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

edit
1  Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Iwate-Numakunai and Morioka
2  Iwate Ginga Railway Line for Ninohe and Hachinohe

Adjacent stations

edit
« Service »
Iwate Ginga Railway Line
Iwate-Numakunai - Okunakayama-Kōgen

History

edit

Midō Station began as a signal stop on 1 November 1918. It was elevated to a full passenger station on 15 April 1961. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002.

Passenger statistics

edit

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 52 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ 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.
edit