Tenryūgawa Station

Tenryūgawa Station 天竜川駅
File:JR Tenryugawa sta 001.jpg JR Tenryūgawa Station in 2008
Location	Tenryūgawa-chō, Higashi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka （静岡県浜松市東区天龍川町） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1898
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	2,565 daily

File:Tenryugawastation-platforms-march2014.jpg

Station platforms, 2014.

Tenryūgawa Station (天竜川駅, Tenryūgawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 252.7 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Tenryūgawa Station was opened on July 10, 1898 for both passenger and freight services. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued on March 15, 1972; however, occasional freight trains operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company continued to use the station until April 1, 2006.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Tenryūgawa Station has two island platforms, one serving Track 1, which is an infrequently used auxiliary platform, and Track 2. The other island platform serves Track 3, and Track 4, which is also an infrequently used auxiliary platform. The two platforms are connected by an overpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platform

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	auxiliary platform
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Numazu
3	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Hamamatsu, Toyohashi
4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	auxiliary platform

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Home Liner: no stop
Toyodachō		Local		Hamamatsu

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)

External links

• Tenryūgawa Station home page.(Japanese)