Toro Station

Toro 土呂駅
Toro Station, April 2008
Location	1-14 Toro, Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken （さいたま市北区土呂町一丁目14） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Utsunomiya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1985
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	13,966 daily

Toro Station (土呂駅 Toro-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) in Kita-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Toro Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 33.3 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
3	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Ōmiya, and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Utsunomiya Line
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Ōmiya		Local		Higashi-Ōmiya

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 2014, the station was used by an average of 13,966 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

• 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 392. ISBN 4533029809.

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°55′56″N 139°37′56″E / 35.9322°N 139.6322°E