is a

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on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Kakegawa,

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. It is 4.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Kakegawa Station is an interchange railway station in the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is connected to the adjacent Tenryū-Hamanako Railway Kakegawa Station, which is located in ...

Station history

Sakuragi Station was established on April 17, 1935 as a station on the Japan National Railway Futamata line named . Scheduled freight services were discontinued from November 1971. After the

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of JNR on March 15, 1987, the station was given its present name and came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.

Lines

Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū may refer to: *Tenryū, Shizuoka, a city *Tenryū, Nagano, a village *Tenryū River *Tenryū-ji, a temple * , several ships People with the name *Tenryū Saburō (Saburo Wakuta, 1903-1989), Japanese sumo wrestler and martial arts fighter * ...

** Tenryū Hamanako Line

Layout

Sakuragi Station has two opposed, elevated

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s, and a small wooden station building.

Adjacent stations

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External links

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Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Station information
Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1935 Stations of Tenryū Hamanako Railroad {{Shizuoka-railstation-stub