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).
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 15,861 (daily, boarding only) | |||||||||||||||
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  Toro Station Location within Saitama Prefecture  Toro Station Toro Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
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 edit
Media related to Toro Station (Saitama) at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)