title: Toro Station
text: # Toro Station
  
  Toro Station (土呂駅, Toro-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) located in Kita-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Toro Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 33.3 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  This station has an elevated station building with one island platform underneath. The station is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
  | - | - | - |
  | 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) |
  | 3 | ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
  
  ## History
  
  Toro Station opened on 1 October 1983. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,861 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Saitama City, Kita-ku Ward Office
  * Toro Nishi-guchi Post Office
  