Moriya Station (守谷駅, Moriya-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kantō Railway and the third-sector railway operating company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company.
Moriya Station 守谷駅 | |
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Coordinates | 35°57′02″N 139°59′32″E / 35.9506872°N 139.9921972°E |
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Platforms | 8 (4 island platforms) |
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Structure type | At-grade (Jōsō Line) Elevated (Tsukuba Express) |
Accessible | Yes |
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Station code | TX15 (Tsukuba Express) |
Location | |
Moriya Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Moriya Station Moriya Station (Japan) |
Moriya Station is served by the Tsukuba Express (Station No. 15) and is located 37.7 km (23.4 mi) from the official terminus of the line at Akihabara Station. It is also served by the Jōsō Line, and is located 9.6 km (6.0 mi) from the official starting point of that line at Toride Station.
Moriya Station 守谷駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | 2-18-3 Chuo, Moriya-shi, Ibaraki-ken 302-0115 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Kantō Railway | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Jōsō Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 9.6 km from Toride | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1913 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2017 | 14,021 daily | ||||||||||||||
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The Jōsō Line platforms are ground-level and consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, with an elevated station building located at a right angle above the tracks and platforms.
1, 2 | ■ Jōsō Line | for Togashira and Toride |
3, 4 | ■ Jōsō Line | for Mitsukaidō, Shimotsuma, and Shimodate |
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Location | 4-9 Chuo, Moriya-shi, Ibaraki-ken 302-0115 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Tsukuba Express | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 37.7 km from Akihabara | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | TX15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 24 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 25,559 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tsukuba Express platforms are elevated and consist of two island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building located underneath.
1, 2 | Tsukuba Express | for Tsukuba |
3, 4 | Tsukuba Express | for Nagareyama-ōtakanomori, Kita-Senju, and Akihabara |
Until passing facilities were put into service on 17 March 2018, Platform 2 was an arrivals-only platform.[1]
The Kantō Railway station opened on 1 November 1913.[2] The Tsukuba Express station opened on 24 August 2005.[2]
In fiscal 2017, the Kanto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 14,021 passengers daily.[3] In fiscal 2019, the Tsukuba Express portion of the station was used by an average of 25,559 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [4]
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