Gansuiji Station

34°50′16″N 137°47′33″E / 34.837736°N 137.792409°E / 34.837736; 137.792409Operated byTenryū Hamanako RailroadLine(s)■ Tenryū Hamanako LineDistance30.3 kilometers from KakegawaPlatforms1 side platformOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedJune 1, 1940PassengersFY201638 daily

Location
Gansuiji Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture Gansuiji Station Gansuiji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Gansuiji Station (岩水寺駅, Gansuiji-eki) is a railway station in Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Tenryū Hamanako Railroad.

Gansuiji Station is served by the Tenryū Hamanako Line, and is located 30.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kakegawa Station.

The station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track with a small station building. The station is unattended. The station building and platform are protected as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan since 2011.^[1]

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Tenryū Hamanako Railroad
Tenryū Hamanako Line
Nishi-Kajima		-	Miyaguchi

Gansuiji Station was established on June 1, 1940 when the section of the Japan National Railways Futamata Line was extended from Enshū-Mori Station to Kanasashi Station. Small parcel services were discontinued from June 1970, and the station was unmanned after that time. Freight services were discontinued in April 1973. On March 15, 1987, the station came under the control of the Tenryū Hamanako Line.^[2]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 38 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

• Gansu-ji

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

Media related to Gansuiji Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Station information (in Japanese)