Tenwa Station (天和駅, Tenwa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Tenwa Station 天和駅 | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | 486 Tenwa, Akō-shi, Hyōgo-ken 678-0256 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 34°44′56″N 134°21′05″E / 34.7490°N 134.3513°E | ||||
Owned by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||
Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||
Line(s) | Akō Line | ||||
Distance | 14.5 km (9.0 miles) from Aioi | ||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
Connections |
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Other information | |||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 May 1963 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2019 | 262 daily | ||||
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Lines
editTenwa Station is served by the Akō Line, and is located 14.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Aioi, and 4.0 kilometers from Banshū-Akō.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single-directional track, with the platform on the right side when facing in the direction of Okayama. There is no station building, and the station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
edit« | Service | » | ||
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JR West | ||||
Akō Line | ||||
Banshū-Akō | - | Bizen-Fukukawa |
History
editTenwa Station was opened on May 1, 1963. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 262 passengers daily[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Mitsubishi Electric Ako Factory
- Ako City Akonishi Elementary School
- Japan National Route 250
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : jēāru sanseku kennai hyakurokujūsan'eki haisen ryakuzutsuki tetsudō isan mokuzō ekisha o tazunete sharyō ichirantsuki. Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. Kobe, Japan: Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā. 2011. ISBN 9784343006028. OCLC 776109204.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ 兵庫県. "兵庫県統計書". 兵庫県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-25.
External links
editMedia related to Tenwa Station at Wikimedia Commons