Sakura Station (Chiba)

For the station of Keisei Electric Railway, see Keisei-Sakura Station.

Sakura Station 佐倉駅
Sakura Station
Location	235-2 Mutsuzaki, Sakura, Chiba （佐倉市六崎235-2） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Narita Line, Sōbu Main Line
History
Opened	1894
Traffic

Passengers (FY2009)	10,736 daily

Sakura Station (佐倉駅, Sakura-eki) is a railway station on the Sōbu Main Line and Narita Line in Sakura, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Station layout

Sakura Station is an elevated station, built over two island platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Sōbu Main Line	for Yachimata, Narutō, Yōkaichiba, and Chōshi
2	■ Narita Line	for Narita, Narita Airport, Sawara, and Kashima-Jingu
3	■ Sōbu Main Line	for Chiba, Funabashi, and Tokyo
4	■ Narita Line	for Chiba, Funabashi, and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Sōbu Main Line
Yotsukaidō	Commuter Rapid		Terminus
Monoi	Rapid		Terminus
Monoi	Local	Minami-Shisui
Narita Line
Yotsukaidō (Sōbu Main Line)	Narita Express^{[Note 1]}	Narita
Yotsukaidō (Sōbu Main Line)	Commuter Rapid		Shisui
Monoi (Sōbu Main Line)	Rapid Airport Narita		Shisui
Monoi (Sōbu Main Line)	Local	Shisui

↑ Few trains actually stop at this station.

History

Sakura Station was opened on July 20, 1894 as a terminal station on the Sōbu Railway Company.

A new station building was completed in December 1985. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

External links

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Sakura Station information (JR East) (Japanese)

Stations of the Sōbu Main Line (Chiba - Chōshi)

(Towards Kurihama, Yokohama, Tokyo >>) Chiba Higashi-Chiba Tsuga Yotsukaidō Monoi Sakura (>> Towards Narita, Narita Airport, Kashima-Jingu, Matsugishi) Minami-Shisui Enokido Yachimata Hyūga Narutō Matsuo Yokoshiba Iigura Yōkaichiba Higata Asahi Iioka Kurahashi Saruda (Towards Sakura, Narita >>) Matsugishi Chōshi

Stations of the Narita Line

(Towards Kurihama, Yokohama, Tokyo, Chiba<<) Sakura Shisui Narita Kuzumi Namegawa Shimōsa-Kōzaki Ōto Sawara Katori Suigō Omigawa Sasagawa Shimōsa-Tachibana Shimōsa-Toyosato Shiishiba Matsugishi (- Chōshi)

Airport Branch Line:	Narita Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Narita Airport Terminal 1

Abiko Branch Line:	(Towards Shinagawa, Tōkyō, Ueno <<) Abiko Higashi-Abiko Kohoku Araki Fusa Kioroshi Kobayashi Ajiki Shimōsa-Manzaki Narita

Coordinates: 35°42′35.02″N 140°13′33.77″E / 35.7097278°N 140.2260472°E / 35.7097278; 140.2260472

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