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22 Events
1934
11月6日
The station opened as a station on the Ministry of Railways line Yamada.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
鉄道省山田線の駅として開業。
1943
11月22日
The freight branch line, the Miyako Port Line, opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
貨物支線（宮古臨港線）が開業。
1947
8月8日
An imperial train ran from Morioka Station to Miyako Station in conjunction with the post-war imperial tour of Emperor Showa.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
昭和天皇の戦後巡幸に伴い、お召し列車が盛岡駅発 - 宮古駅着で運行。
1972
2月27日
The Miyako Line opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
宮古線が開業。
1973
8月4日
The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office was established.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
みどりの窓口を設置。
1974
5月18日
The Imperial train carrying the Showa Emperor on his visit to the prefecture for the 25th National Tree-Planting Festival arrived and departed over the next day.
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第25回全国植樹祭に来県した昭和天皇のお召し列車が翌日にかけて発着。
1984
2月1日
The freight branch line, the Miyako Rinkō Line, was abolished, and after the abolition, the site of the former line was utilized for steam locomotive operation.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
貨物支線（宮古臨港線）が廃止。廃止後に廃線跡を利用して蒸気機関車の運転が行われた（詳細は「山田線#蒸気機関車の復活運転」を参照）。
1984
4月1日
The Japanese National Railways Miyako Line was converted to a third-sector railway and reopened as the Sanriku Railway North Rias Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄宮古線が第三セクター転換、三陸鉄道北リアス線として開業。
1986
11月1日
The handling of freight was abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
荷物の扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
The privatization of Japanese National Railways resulted in the station becoming part of East Japan Railway and Sanriku Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道と三陸鉄道の駅になる。
2002
It was selected as one of the 100 best stations in the Northeast for being a bustling port town station where you can feel the sea breeze.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
「潮風を感じる賑わう港町の駅」として、東北の駅百選に選定。
2004
10月1日
The station master position at Sanriku Railway Miyako Station was abolished, and it became a station where employees are assigned throughout the day, with station shop duties for Rias Box added.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
三陸鉄道宮古駅長が廃止、終日社員配置駅から駅売店「リアスボックス」兼務。
2009
4月27日
The station of Sanriku Railway Miyako Station was given the nickname "Aiful Home Miyako Station" after the housing construction company Sirius acquired the naming rights for a period of one year.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
三陸鉄道宮古駅において、住宅建築会社のシリウスがネーミングライツ（命名権）を取得し、『アイフルホーム宮古駅』の愛称が付く（契約期間1年）。
2011
3月11日
Operations were suspended due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）により営業を休止。
2011
3月20日
The Sanriku Railway North Rias Line resumed operations between this station and Taro Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
三陸鉄道北リアス線、当駅 - 田老駅間が営業を再開。
2011
3月26日
The Yamada Line, between Kamiine Station and this station, reopened for business.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
山田線、上米内駅 - 当駅間が営業を再開。
2012
12月1日
The station building was renovated to symbolize a "beach town".
Machine translation — show Japanese original
「浜のまち」を象徴する駅舎に改装。
2013
12月1日
The Sanriku Railway Miyako Station was given the nickname "5 Kigen Miyako Station", derived from TV Iwate's program "5 Kigen TV".
Machine translation — show Japanese original
三陸鉄道宮古駅において「5きげんみやこ駅」（テレビ岩手の番組『5きげんテレビ』に由来）の愛称が付く。
2019
1月31日
The Miyako Station Travel Center ended its operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
宮古駅旅行センターの営業を終了。
2019
3月23日
With the restoration of the Yamada Line between Kamaishi Station and this station, the same section was transferred from JR East to Sanriku Railway and became the Rias Line, and this station came under the management of Sanriku Railway, while Sanriku Railway's Miyako Station became the headquarters of Sanriku Railway.
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山田線釜石駅 - 当駅間復旧とともに、同区間がJR東日本から三陸鉄道に移管されリアス線となる。同時に当駅は三陸鉄道の管理となる。三陸鉄道宮古駅は三陸鉄道本社となった。
2022
3月31日
The Kiosk store at Miyako Station ended operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
キオスク宮古駅店の営業を終了。
2024
10月1日
JR East started the ekinet Q ticket service on the Yamada Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本（山田線）でえきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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