Tenryūkyō Station

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Tenryūkyō ( 天 竜 峡 )
Tenryūkyō.JPG
Reception building (2008)
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 3
opening December 26, 1927
location
City / municipality Iida
prefecture Nagano
Country Japan
Coordinates 35 ° 26 '28 "  N , 137 ° 49' 2"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 26 '28 "  N , 137 ° 49' 2"  E
Height ( SO ) 382  m  TP
Railway lines

JR Central

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The Tenryūkyō Station ( Jap. 天竜峡駅 , Tenryūkyō-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Honshu , operated by the railway company JR Central . It is located in Nagano Prefecture in the Iida City area .

description

Tenryūkyō is a through station on the JR Central operated Iida Line , which connects Toyohashi with Iida and Tatsuno . The Inaji ( 伊 那 路 ) express train runs twice a day from Toyohashi to Iida and back, and it also stops in Tenryūkyō. In regional traffic there are 13 trains in the direction of Toyohashi. In the direction of Iida and Tatsuno , the trains usually run every hour, with some being tied through to Okaya on the Chūō main line .

The station is in the Kawaji district at the southern end of the Ina Basin , on the right bank of the Tenryu River . It is named after the Tenryūkyō Gorge, which begins here and is a popular destination for tourists. There are also several onsen nearby . The facility is oriented from south to north and has three tracks, all of which are used for passenger traffic. They are located on the house platform and a covered central platform ; the latter is connected to the reception building on the west side via a level crossing . There are two sidings north of the station.

history

The railway company Ina Denki Tetsudō opened on December 26, 1927 the section leading from Dashina to this point. This completed the route from Tatsuno to the opposite end of the Ina Basin, and Tenryūkyō station initially remained the terminus for almost five years. Another railway company, the Sanshin Tetsudō , continued the construction of the line through the mountainous part of the Tenryū valley. She took the section between Tenryūkyō and Kadoshima in operation on October 30, 1932. Another five years later, the Toyohashi - Tatsuno connection was completed. However, in Tenryūkyō not only regional, but also long-distance traffic had to be changed. The reason for this was the different contact wire voltage (1200 V in the north, 1500 V in the south).

On August 1, 1943, the railway facilities of both companies were nationalized and from then on formed part of the continuous Iida line. The Ministry of Railways was responsible for the operation , from 1949 the Japanese State Railways . With the increase in contact wire voltage north of Tenryūkyō in April 1955, the change could be omitted. For cost reasons, the state railway stopped handling goods on December 1, 1971, and checked baggage on March 14, 1985. As part of the privatization of the state railway, the station passed into the ownership of the new company JR Central on April 1, 1987 . The present reception building dates from 1990.

Adjacent train stations

Platform (November 2011)

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Web links

Commons : Tenryūkyō Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JR 時刻表 2018 年 3 月 号 (JR timetable March 2018). Kōtsū shinbunsha, Tokyo 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大事 典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 (station change directory JNR / JR) . JTB, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6 .