Toro Station

Not to be confused with Tōro Station.
Toro

土呂駅
Toro Station, June 2017
General information
Location1-14 Toro, Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 331-0804
Japan
Coordinates35°55′56″N 139°37′56″E / 35.9322°N 139.6322°E / 35.9322; 139.6322
Operated by JR East
Line(s)Tōhoku Main Line
Distance33.3 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 October 1983
Passengers
FY201915,861 (daily, boarding only)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Ōmiya
OMYJU07
towards Tokyo
 Utsunomiya Line
Local
 Higashi-Ōmiya
towards Kuroiso
Ōmiya
OMYJS24
towards Odawara or Zushi
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Local
 Higashi-Ōmiya
towards Utsunomiya
Location
Toro Station is located in Saitama Prefecture
Toro Station
Toro Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Toro Station is located in Japan
Toro Station
Toro Station
Toro Station (Japan)

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

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

This station has an elevated station building with one island platform underneath. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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

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

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,861 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • Saitama City, Kita-ku Ward Office
  • Toro Nishi-guchi Post Office

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.

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