Iwate-Numakunai Station


Iwate-Numakunai Station is a junction railway station in the town of Iwate, Iwate, Japan, operated by JR East for the Tohoku Shinkansen and the third-sector railway operator Iwate Ginga Railway Company for local services.

Lines

Iwate-Numakunai Station is served by both the Tohoku 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.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Connecting bus routes

The station opened as Numakunai Station on 1 September 1891. It was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 and was transferred to the Iwate Ginga Railway on 1 September 2002. Services on the Tohoku Shinkansen commenced 1 December 2002. The station was renamed Iwate-Numakunai at that time.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 83 passengers daily. The Iwate Ginga Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 869 passengers daily.

Surrounding area