270px, Chūbu-Tenryū Station in 2007 is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku,

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, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Central).

Lines

Chūbu-Tenryū Station is served by the Iida Line and is 62.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

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Station layout

The station has one ground-level

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connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is attended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Chūbu-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 270px, Tenryū-Futamata Station building in April 2008 is a railway station in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad. Lines Tenryū-Futamata Station is served by the Tenry ...

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

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of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the

(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 ''

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'' name. The station was formerly home to the

Sakuma Rail Park The was an open-air railway museum located next to Chūbu-Tenryū Station on the Iida Line in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It was operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and was opened on 21 April 1991. The museum closed on 1 Nov ...

, (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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 130 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Sakuma Dam The is a dam on the Tenryū River, located on the border of Toyone, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It is one of the tallest dams in Japan and supports a 350 MW hydroelectric power station. Nearby a freq ...

Tenryū River The is a river in central Honshū, Japan. With a length of , it is Japan's ninth longest river. Its source is Lake Suwa in the Kiso Mountains near Okaya, Nagano, Okaya in Nagano Prefecture. It then flows through Aichi Prefecture and western Shi ...

References

External links

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Iida Line station information
{{Iida Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Iida Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934 Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Hamamatsu