Tarō Station

Tarō Station 田老駅
Tarō Station in May 2010
Location	Tarō-aze Kobayashi, Miyako-shi, Iwate-ken 027-0000 Japan
Coordinates	39°43′54.47″N 141°57′52.74″E / 39.7317972°N 141.9646500°E / 39.7317972; 141.9646500
Operated by	Sanriku Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Kita-Rias Line
Distance	12.7 km from Miyako
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 February 1972
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	57 daily
Location
Tarō Station Location within Japan

Tarō Station (田老駅, Tarō-eki) is a railway station on the Sanriku Railway Company’s Kita-Rias Line located in the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Tarō Station is served by the Kita-Rias Line, and is located 12.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Miyako Station.

Station layout

Tarō Station has a single island platform. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Tarō Station opened on 27 February 1972 as a station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Kuji Line. On 1 April 1984, upon the privatization of the Kuji Line, the station came under the control of the Sanriku Railway Company. During the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, part of the tracks and the station building at Shimanokoshi were swept away, suspending services on a portion of the Sanriku Railway. However, the portion of the line from Miyako to Tarō resumed operations on 20 March 2011, and the portion from Tarō to Omoto from 29 March 2011.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by 57 passengers daily.^[1]。

Surrounding area

• National Route 45
• Tarō Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tarō Station.

• Official website (in Japanese)