Sakura Station (Chiba)

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).

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

JO33 Sakura Station 佐倉駅
Sakura Station
Location	235-2 Mutsuzaki, Sakura-shi, Chiba-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Narita Line Sōbu Main Line
Other information
Station code	JO33
History
Opened	1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009)	10,736 daily

Lines

• Narita Line
• Sōbu Main Line

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 (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1), Sawara, and Kashima-Jingū
3-4	■ Sōbu Main Line	for Chiba JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Funabashi and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sōbu Main Line JO33
Chiba JO29		Shiosai	Yachimata
Yotsukaidō JO31		Commuter Rapid		Terminus
Monoi JO32		Rapid		Terminus
Monoi JO32		Local	Minami-Shisui
Narita Line JO33
Yotsukaidō JO31 (Sōbu Main Line)		Narita Express[Note 1]	Narita JO35
Yotsukaidō JO31 (Sōbu Main Line)		Commuter Rapid		Shisui JO34
Monoi JO32 (Sōbu Main Line)		Rapid		Shisui JO34
Monoi JO32 (Sōbu Main Line)		Local	Shisui JO34

1. 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

• Sakura Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)