Sano Station

TI34
Sano Station

佐野駅
TI34; Sano Station; 佐野駅
	Sano Station in May 2012
General information
Location	Wakamatsu-cho, Sano-shi, Tochigi-ken 327-0846; Japan
Coordinates	36.3169°N 139.5787°E
Operated by	JR East; Tōbu Railway;
Line(s)	■ Ryōmō Line; Tōbu Sano Line;
Distance	26.6 km from Oyama
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Station code	TI-34 (Tōbu)
History
Opened	22 May 1888
Passengers
FY2019	3,347 (JR East); 3,362 (Tōbu) daily
Services
Location
	Sano Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Sano Station Sano Station (Japan)

Sano Station (佐野駅, Sano-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Sano, Tochigi, Japan. It is jointly operated by JR East and the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. The station is numbered "TI-34" in the Tobu Railway system.

Lines

Sano Station is served by the JR East Ryōmō Line, and is 26.6 km from the terminus of that line at Oyama Station. It is also on the Tōbu Sano Line, and is located 9.0 km from the terminus of the line at Tatebayashi.

Station layout

Sano Station has two island platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

JR East platforms

1	■ Ryōmō Line	for Takasaki
2	■ Ryōmō Line	for Oyama

Tobu platforms

1	■ Tōbu Sano Line	for Kuzū
2	■ Tōbu Sano Line	for Tatebayashi

History

What is now the JR East station first opened on 22 May 1888. The Tōbu station opened on 30 March 1894. The current station building was completed in 2003.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Sano Station becoming "TI-34".[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Tōbu station was used by an average of 3362 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The JR East station was used by 3,347 passengers (alighting) daily.[3]

Surrounding area

Sano Post Office
Sano City Hall
Sano City Library

References

「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Sano Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East station information (in Japanese)
Tobu station information (in Japanese)

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[tobu20120209-1] 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[TobuRail2019stats-2] 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[jreast2019stats-3] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 6 August 2020.