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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 Moriya Station Central East Exit in January 2013 | |||||
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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) | ||||
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Lines
editMoriya 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.
Station layout
editKantō Railway layout
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 Moriya Station platforms, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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.
Kantō Railway platforms
edit| 1, 2 | ■ Jōsō Line | for Togashira and Toride |
| 3, 4 | ■ Jōsō Line | for Mitsukaidō, Shimotsuma, and Shimodate |
Metropolitan Intercity Railway layout
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 Moriya Station Ticket Gate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.
Metropolitan Intercity Railway
edit| 1, 2 | Tsukuba Express
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for Tsukuba |
| 3, 4 | Tsukuba Express
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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]
History
editThe Kantō Railway station opened on 1 November 1913.[2] The Tsukuba Express station opened on 24 August 2005.[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 206–212. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 一日あたり駅別乗降人員（平成29年度実績） [Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Kanto Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "つくばエクスプレス乗車人員". Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
External links
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Media related to Moriya Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Moriya Station information (Tsukuba Express) (in English)
- Moriya Station information (Kantō Railway) (in Japanese)