Sakura Station (Chiba)

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

Sakura Station 佐倉駅
File:JREast-Sakura-station-south-entrance.jpg 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

• 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, 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		Commuter Rapid		Shisui
Monoi		Rapid	Shisui
Monoi		Local	Shisui

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) (Japanese)