Ōzore Station (大嵐駅, Ōzore-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

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Ōzore Station 大嵐駅
Ōzore Station in September 2006
General information
Location	Misakubo-cho Okuryoke 188, Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	35.191078°N 137.818589°E / 35.191078; 137.818589
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Iida Line
Distance	80.8 km from Toyohashi
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	December 29, 1936
Passengers
FY2017	20 (daily)
Location
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Ōzore Station is served by the Iida Line and is 80.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Ōzore Station has one ground level island platform connected to a small brick station building modeled after Tokyo Station by a level crossing. The station is not attended.

Ōzore Station was established on December 29, 1936 as a station on the now-defunct Sanshin Railway. and as the main station for the residents of former Tomiyama village. 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 December 1971 and the station has been unmanned since February 1984. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. A new station building was completed on August 20, 1997.

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 20 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

The station is located at the exit of the Ohara Tunnel (5,063 meters), and the switch point for the station is located within the tunnel.

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