Chūbu-Tenryū Station

Chūbu-Tenryū Station (中部天竜駅, Chūbu-Tenryū-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

The initial plans called for the station to eventually be joined by a spur line to Tenryū-Futamata Station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line.

All freight services were discontinued in 1982 Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

[1] The station was formerly home to the Sakuma Rail Park, 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.

[3] Media related to Chūbu-Tenryū Station at Wikimedia Commons

Chūbu-Tenryū Station in 2007