Previous names Numakunai (until 2002) Opened 1891 | Address Japan | |
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Operated by JR EastIwate Ginga Railway Company Line(s) Tōhoku ShinkansenIwate Ginga Railway Line Passengers (FY2012) 84 (JR East)927 (Iwate Ginga Railway) daily Similar | ||
Iwate-Numakunai Station (いわて沼宮内駅, Iwate-Numakunai-eki) is a railway station in the town of Iwate, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Iwate-Numakunai Station is served by both the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Iwate Ginga Railway Line. It is located 32.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Iwate Ginga Railway Line at Morioka Station and 566.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station by the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
Station layout
The JR East Iwate-Numakunai Station has a four-story station building, with two elevated opposed side platforms on the fourth floor. The platforms have chest-high platform edge doors. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The adjacent Iwate Ginga Railway Station has a ground level island platform and a single side platform connected to the three-story station building by an overhead crossing. The station is staffed.
Connecting bus routes
History
Iwate-Numakunai Station was opened as Numakunai Station (沼宮内駅, Numakunai-eki) on 1 September 1891. 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. Services on the Tōhoku Shinkansen commenced 1 December 2002. The station was renamed to its present name at that time.