Chūbu-Tenryū Station (中部天竜駅, Chūbu-Tenryū-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
Chūbu-Tenryū Station 中部天竜駅 | |||||
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 Chūbu-Tenryū Station looking toward Sakuma Rail Park, August 2008 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Sakuma-cho Hamba 15, Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°05′06″N 137°48′09″E / 35.085000°N 137.802564°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Iida Line | ||||
| Distance | 62.4 km from Toyohashi | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | November 11, 1934 | ||||
| Previous names | Sakuma; Nakappe-Tenryū (until 1943) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 130 (daily) | ||||
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Lines
editChūbu-Tenryū Station is served by the Iida Line and is 62.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.
Station layout
editThe station has one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is attended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Iida Line | For Iida |
| 2 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Iida Line | ||||
| Yuya-Onsen | Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」) | Misakubo | ||
| Shimokawai | Local (普通) | Sakuma | ||
History
editChūbu-Tenryū Station was opened on November 11, 1934. The initial plans called for the station to eventually be joined by a spur line to Tenryū-Futamata Station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line. On August 1, 1943, the Sanshin Railway was nationalized along with several other local lines to form the Iida line. All freight services were discontinued in 1982 Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station was originally named Sakuma Statio (the name presently used by the next station), and renamed in 1935 as Nakappe-Tenryū Station and again at the time of nationalization as Chūbu-Tenryū Station. The latter of the two events of renaming was only a change in official pronunciation of the kanji name.[1]
The station was formerly home to the Sakuma Rail Park, (closed November 2010) a museum with exhibits on the Japanese railway system in general, and the Iida line in particular, including numerous examples of locomotives and rolling stock.[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 130 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 102. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "佐久間レールパーク展示車両とイベント情報 (Sakuma Rail Park Exhibits and Event Information)". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō. 38 (304). Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun: 38–42. August 2009.
- ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
External links
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Media related to Chūbu-Tenryū Station at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Japanese) Iida Line station information