Toro Station
Toro 土呂駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Toro Station, June 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-14 Toro, Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 331-0804 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°55′56″N 139°37′56″E / 35.9322°N 139.6322°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 33.3 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1983 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 15,861 (daily, boarding only) | |||||||||||||||
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Toro Station (土呂駅, Toro-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) located in Kita-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Toro Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 33.3 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo.
Station layout
[edit]This station has an elevated station building with one island platform underneath. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
| 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) |
| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
History
[edit]Toro Station opened on 1 October 1983. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,861 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Saitama City, Kita-ku Ward Office
- Toro Nishi-guchi Post Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 392. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
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Media related to Toro Station (Saitama) at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)