Kamiyonai Station
Kamiyonai Station is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Morioka, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Kamiyonai Station is served by the Yamada Line, is located 9.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station. Kamiyonai Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing; the station is staffed. Kamiyonai Station opened on 10 October 1923; the station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 76 passengers daily. National Route 455 List of railway stations in Japan Official website
Hiratsuto Station
Hiratsuto Station is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Miyako, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Hiratsuto Station is served by the Yamada Line, is located 52.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station. Hiratsuto Station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional line; the station is unattended. Hiratsuto Station opened on 31 October 1931; the station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. National Route 106 List of railway stations in Japan Official website
Kuji Station (Iwate)
Kuji Station is a railway station on the Hachinohe Line in the city of Kuji, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Kuji Station a terminal station on the Hachinohe Line, is located 64.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Hachinohe Station. It is a terminal station for the Sanriku Railway Rias Line and is 163.0 kilometers from the opposing terminus at Sakari Station. Kuji Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The side of the platform used by the Sanriku Railway is used by three starting trains per day on the Hachinohe Line. JR Bus Tohoku For Ninohe Station For Morioka Station via Rikuchū-Yamagata and Numakunai Northern Iwate Transportation For Morioka Station, Morioka Bus Center For Tokyo Dome Hotel, Tokyo Station, Roppongi Hills, Tamachi Station Kuji Station opened on 27 March 1930; the station became a terminal station for the Kuji Line on 20 July 1976. This line was privatized on 1 April 1984.
Kuji Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 destroyed much of the tracks and many stations on both the Hachinohe Line and the Sanriku Railway. However, the Sanriku Railway resumed operations to Rikuchū-Noda Station by 16 March and to Tanohata Station by 1 April 2012; the Hachinohe Line resumed operations on 17 March 2012. Minami-Rias Line, a segment of Yamada Line, Kita-Rias Line constitute Rias Line on 23 March 2019. Accordingly,this station became a terminus station of Rias Line. In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 269 passenger daily. Kuji Post office List of railway stations in Japan JR East Station information Sanriku Railway Station information
Sokei Station
Sokei Station is a Sanriku Railway Company station located in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Sokei Station is served by the Rias Line, is located 90.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Sakari Station. It was served by the Yamada Line. Sokei Station had a single side platform serving traffic in both directions; the station was unattended. Sokei Station opened on 17 November 1935; the station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987. Operations on the Yamada Line between Miyako Station and Kamaishi Station were suspended after the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; this segment of the Yamada Line have been rebuilt as of 2018. It was transferred to the Sanriku Railway upon completion on 23 March 2019; this segment joined up with the Kita-Rias Line on one side and the Minami-Rias Line on the other, which together constitutes the entire Rias Line. Accordingly, this station became an intermediate station of Rias Line.
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Kamaishi Station
Kamaishi Station is a railway station in the city of Kamaishi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and the Sanriku Railway. Kamaishi Station is a terminal station of the JR East Kamaishi Line and is located 90.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus at Hanamaki. It is an intermediate station for the Sanriku Railway's Rias Line; the station was also a terminal station for the Sanriku Railway's Minami-Rias Line and the JR East Yamada Line. The Minami-Rias Line between Yoshihama and Kamaishi resumed on 5 April 2014. Yamada line reopened on 23 March 2019 with operations transferred to the Sanriku Railway, it joined up with the Kita-Rias Line on one side and the Minami-Rias Line on the other, which together constitutes the entire Rias Line. Kamaishi Station has a side platform and two island platform serving five tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage; the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Kamaishi Station opened on 17 September 1939; the Kamakishi Line began operations from 11 October 1944.
The station became a terminal station for the Miyako Line on 27 February 1972. This line was privatized on 1 April 1987. Kamaishi Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987; the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 destroyed much of the tracks and many stations of the Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi. In February 2012, JR East proposed that this section of the Yamada Line be scrapped and the right-of-way used as a bus rapid transit route but this decision was subsequently overturned and the line restored pending transfer to the Sanriku Railway. On 23 March 2019, the Yamada Line section from Miyako to Kamaishi was reopened and transferred to Sanriku Railway; this joined up with the Kita-Rias Line on one side and the Minami-Rias Line on the other which together constitutes the entire Rias Line. Accordingly,this station became an intermediate station of Rias Line. In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 270 passenger daily.
The Sanriku Railway portion of the station was used by 117 passengers during the same period. Kamaishi City Office Kamaishi Post Office List of railway stations in Japan Official website Kamaishi Station information
Moichi Station
Moichi Station is a railway station on the Yamada Line in the city of Miyako, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. Moichi Station is served by the Yamada Line, is located 87.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Morioka Station. It was a terminal station for the Iwaizumi Line, until operations on that line were suspended on 31 July 2010. Moichi Station has a one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; the station is staffed. Moichi Station opened on 6 November 1934; the Iwaizumi Line began operations from 25 June 1942. The station was closed from 26 November 1946 to 5 March 1949; the station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. Operations on the Iwaizumi Line were suspended on 31 July 2010, this line was closed on 1 April 2014, with services replaced by buses. In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 53 passengers daily. Moichi Station is a small station deep in the mountains.
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MARS (ticket reservation system)
MARS, which stands for Multi Access seat Reservation System, is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways Japan Railways Group and travel agencies in Japan. The host of the system is located in Kokubunji and managed by Railway Information Systems Co. Ltd. a JR Group company jointly owned by the seven members of the group. Ticket offices at JR stations equipped with MARS terminals are called Midori no Madoguchi, selling tickets for all JR Group trains with reserved seats beginning one month prior to the ride; the MARS-1 system was created by Mamoru Hosaka, Yutaka Ohno, others at the Japanese National Railways' R&D Institute, was built in 1958. It was the world's first seat reservation system for trains; the MARS-1 was capable of reserving seat positions, was controlled by a transistor computer with a central processing unit consisting of a thousand transistors. The latest version of MARS uses the MARS 501 system, introduced in 2002. JR Systems
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