Tenryukyo

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Tenryūkyō Station is a general-service station opened on 26 December 1927 as the terminus when the Ina Electric Railway's line between Dashina and this station opened. On 30 October 1932 the Sanshin Railway opened its line to Kadoshima Station and began through service into this station, making it the boundary station between the two companies. On 1 August 1943, the nationalization of the Ina Electric Railway and Sanshin Railway made it part of the Iida Line, and it became a single station of the Ministry of Railways (later JNR). Freight handling ended in 1971 and parcel handling in 1985. It was transferred to JR Central with the division and privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. The station building was renovated in April 1990, prompted by the discovery of the Tenryūkyō hot spring. Service between this station and Hiraoka Station was suspended temporarily by Typhoon No. 18 in September 2013, but resumed on 10 October. It is a ground-level station with a single side platform serving one track and an island platform serving two tracks, for a total of two platforms and three tracks, and all Inaji limited express trains stop there.

The nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty Tenryūkyō gorge lies right in front of the station, and the station has continued to function as a tourism hub at the southern end of the Ina Basin; but in recent years, with the abolition of through trains from the Nagano and Shinjuku directions and the difficulty of accommodating large tour buses, the area has struggled on the tourism front, including the closure of nearby inns.