Tenri Station

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Tenri Station (天理駅) is a train station in Tenri, Japan.

Kintetsu Tenri Line
Legend Tenri Senzai Nikaido Hirahata, Kashihara Line to Yamato-Saidaiji

JR Sakurai Line
Legend JR Sakurai Line to Nara and Beyond Kyobate Obitoke Ichinomoto Tenri Nagara Yanagimoto Makimuku JR Sakurai Line to Sakurai and beyond

Contents 1 Lines 2 Building 2.1 JR Line 2.2 Kintetsu Line 3 Buses 4 History 5 Adjacent stations

[edit] Lines

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Sakurai Line
• Kintetsu Corporation
  • Kintetsu Tenri Line

[edit] Building

The station has 2 levels. The 1st level is used for the Kintetsu Line while the second level is used for JR lines.

[edit] JR Line

The JR arrival-departure area is an island-shaped, and has 2 platforms and 4 lines.

1	■Sakurai Line	for group trains
2	■Sakurai Line	for group trains
3	■Sakurai Line	for Nara
4	■Sakurai Line	for Sakurai, Takada and Ōji

[edit] Kintetsu Line

There are 3 lines, with 3 platforms. Since it is the terminal, there is no specification to which line is used for what purposes. However, express trains for Kyoto often leaves from line 3.

1, 2, 3

■Tenri Line

for Hirahata, Yamato-Saidaiji, Kyōto, Nara, Ōsaka (Namba) and Kashiharajingū-mae

[edit] Buses

There are several bus lines by Nara Kotsu departing from the main entrance.

[edit] History

• 1898 The station opens as Tanbaichi Station of Nara Railways
• 1905 The station becomes the part of Kansai Railway
• 1907 Becomes part of JNR
• 1915 Tenri Narrow Railway expands to Tenri
• 1921 Tenri Narrow Railway merges with Osaka Electric Rail (Former body of Kintetsu)
• 1941 OER and Sankyu Express Railway merges
• 1944 Kankyu Tenri station becomes Kintetsu Tenri Station
• 1963 JNR-Tanbaichi Station becomes Tenrishi Station
• 1965 The Sakurai Line is elevated, and both stations merges into one
• 1987 JNR becomes JR West
• 2007 Kintetsu Tenri starts using PiTaPa

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sakurai Line
Ichinomoto		Rapid Service		Nagara
Ichinomoto		Local		Nagara
Kintetsu Tenri Line
Senzai		Express		Terminus
Senzai		Local		Terminus

v • d • e Kintetsu Tenri Line Stations (Kashihara Line <<) Hirahata • Nikaidō • Senzai • Tenri

v • d • e Stations on the West Japan Railway Company Sakurai Line Nara - Kyōbate - Obitoke - Ichinomoto - Tenri - Nagara - Yanagimoto - Makimuku - Miwa - Sakurai - Kaguyama - Unebi - Kanahashi - Takada (>> Wakayama Line)