History
Owari-Morioka Station was opened on December 7, 1933 as a passenger station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The station was closed on November 11, 1944 and reopened on April 15, 1957 as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR). With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. Automatic turnstiles were installed in May 1992, and the TOICA system of magnetic fare cards was implemented in November 2006.
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