Tenryū-Futamata Station

Tenryū-Futamata Station
天竜二俣駅

Tenryū-Futamata Station
Location Futamata-cho, Akura, Tenryū, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
(静岡県 浜松市天竜区二俣町阿蔵)
Japan
Operated by Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Line(s) Tenryū Hamanako Line
History
Opened 1940

Tenryū-Futamata Station (天竜二俣駅 Tenryū-Futamata-eki) is a train station on the Tenryū Hamanako Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 26.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakegawa Station.

Station History

Tenryū-Futamata Station was established on April 1, 1940 when the section of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line was extended from Enshū-Mori Station to Kanasashi Station. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1982. After the privatization of JNR on March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.

Lines

Layout

Tenryū-Futamata Station is a manned station with a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The rail yard for the Tenryū Hamanako Line is located next to this station, and retains the roundhouse and turntable from the days the line used steam locomotives. Both are listed by that national government as Important Cultural Properties under the category of “Heritage of Industrial Modernization”.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Tenryū Hamanako Line
Kaminobe - Futamata-Hommachi
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Coordinates: 34°51′34.08″N 137°49′11.16″E / 34.8594667°N 137.8197667°E / 34.8594667; 137.8197667


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