Midō Station

Railway station in Iwate, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

40°00′16″N 141°14′13″E / 40.004369°N 141.237056°E / 40.004369; 141.237056Operated by

Iwate Galaxy Railway CompanyLine(s)■ Iwate Ginga Railway LineDistance37.3 km from MoriokaPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 November 1918PassengersFY201552 daily

Location
Midō Station Location within Japan

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.

Lines

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

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

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

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

History

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

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

Surrounding area

References

^ 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.