Sano Station

Sano Station 佐野駅
Sano Station in May 2012
Location	Wakamatsu-cho, Sano, Tochigi （栃木県佐野市若松町） Japan
Operated by	JR East Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Ryōmō Line Tobu Sano Line
Other information
Station code	TI-34
History
Opened	1888
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	3,496 (JR East) 3,199 (Tobu) daily

Sano Station (佐野駅 Sano-eki) is a railway station in Sano, Tochigi, Japan, jointly-operated by JR East and the private railway operator Tobu 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 Tobu 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 Tatebayashi
2	■ Ryōmō Line	for Kuzū

Tobu platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ryōmō Line
Iwafune		Local		Tomita
Tobu Sano Line
Sanoshi		Ryōmō		Tanuma
Sanoshi		Local		Horigome

History

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

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

Surrounding area

• Sano Post Office
• Sano City Hall
• Sano City Library

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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.

External links

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

Coordinates: 36°19′01″N 139°34′43″E / 36.3169°N 139.5787°E