Miyako

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Miyako Station opened on 6 November 1934 as a Japanese Government Railways stop on the Yamada Line, in what is now Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. A freight branch to the port operated from 1943 until 1984. The connecting Miyako Line opened in 1972, was converted to third-sector operation in 1984 as Sanriku Railway's Kita-Rias Line, and made Miyako an interchange between JNR and the new operator. The 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the eastern Yamada Line; the section between Miyako and Kamaishi was rebuilt and transferred to Sanriku Railway as part of the new Rias Line on 23 March 2019, when station management also moved from JR East to Sanriku Railway. The station building still in use dates from the station's opening in 1934 and was refurbished in December 2012 on a "seaside town" theme, its grey exterior evoking the sands of Jōdogahama.

Miyako is the easternmost station in the whole of JR East's network — though the easternmost station JR East itself manages is neighbouring Sentoku, because Miyako has been managed by Sanriku Railway since the 2019 line transfer.