Tenryūgawa_Station
Tenryūgawa Station (天竜川駅, Tenryūgawa-eki) is a railway station in Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ).
CA33 Tenryūgawa Station 天竜川駅 | |
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JR Tenryūgawa Station in April 2018 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Tenryūgawa-chō, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°43′02″N 137°46′45″E |
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Central |
| Line(s) |  Tokaido Main Line |
| Distance | 252.7 kilometers from Tokyo |
| Platforms | 2 island platforms |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed |
| Station code | CA33 |
| History | |
| Opened | July 10, 1898 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2017 | 2783 daily |
| Location | |
Tenryūgawa Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 252.7 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.
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 is staffed.
Platforms
| 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 |
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. A new station building was complete in September 2016.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Tenryūgawa Station was assigned station number CA33.[1][2]
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2783 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
- "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
Media related to Tenryūgawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tenryūgawa Station home page[dead link].(in Japanese)