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Moriya Station

守谷駅
Moriya Station; 守谷駅
Kantō Railway
	Moriya Station platforms, 2009
General information
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
Connections	Bus stop;
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 November 1913; 111 years ago
Passengers
FY2017	14,021 daily
Services

Location
	Moriya Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Moriya Station Moriya Station (Japan)

Moriya Station

守谷駅
Moriya Station; 守谷駅
	Moriya Station Central East Exit in January 2013
General information
Coordinates	35°57′02″N 139°59′32″E / 35.9506872°N 139.9921972°E
Operated by	Kantō Railway; Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company;
Line(s)	■ Jōsō Line; Tsukuba Express;
Platforms	8 (4 island platforms)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade (Jōsō Line); Elevated (Tsukuba Express)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	TX15 (Tsukuba Express)
Location
Location
	Moriya Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Moriya Station Moriya Station (Japan)

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.

Lines

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.

Station layout

Kantō Railway layout

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

1, 2	■ Jōsō Line	for Togashira and Toride
3, 4	■ Jōsō Line	for Mitsukaidō, Shimotsuma, and Shimodate

Metropolitan Intercity Railway layout

Moriya Station

守谷駅

Tsukuba Express

Moriya Station Ticket Gate

General information

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

Connections

Bus stop

Other information

Station code

TX15

History

Opened

24 August 2005; 19 years ago

Passengers

FY2019

25,559 daily

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Nagareyama-ōtakanomori (TX12) towards Akihabara	Tsukuba Express Rapid	Tsukuba (TX20) Terminus
Kashiwanoha-campus (TX13) towards Akihabara	Tsukuba Express Commuter-Rapid	Kenkyū-gakuen (TX19) towards Tsukuba
Kashiwanoha-campus (TX13) towards Akihabara	Tsukuba Express Semi-Rapid	Miraidaira (TX16) towards Tsukuba
Kashiwa-Tanaka (TX14) towards Akihabara	Tsukuba Express Local	Miraidaira (TX16) towards Tsukuba

The Tsukuba Express platforms are elevated and consist of two island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building located underneath.

Metropolitan Intercity Railway

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]

History

The Kantō Railway station opened on 1 November 1913.^[2] The Tsukuba Express station opened on 24 August 2005.^[2]

Passenger statistics

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]

References

^ "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.