Sakura Station (佐倉駅) is an over-the-tracks station in Sakura, Chiba. East Japan Railway Company runs it. It serves the Narita Line, the Sōbu Main Line and the Narita Express (N'EX). It opened on 20 July 1894.
History
Sakura Station opened on 20 July 1894, when the Sōbu Railway opened its section from Ichikawa to here. On 19 January 1897 the Narita Railway opened its line from here to Narita. On 1 May 1897 the Sōbu Railway extended its line from here to Narutō Station. On 1 September 1907 the Sōbu Railway was bought, and the station became part of the Imperial Railways Agency. On 1 September 1920 the Narita Railway was nationalised.
Electrification between Chiba and Narita was completed on 28 March 1968, and the line was doubled between Chiba and this station. A Sakura passenger and freight car depot was built on 1 October 1969. The Sōbu Main Line was electrified from here to Chōshi on 26 October 1974. Freight handling ended on 1 February 1984. The station moved to an over-the-tracks building in December 1985, the current building. On 24 February 1986 the Narita Line was doubled between here and Narita.
On 1 April 1987 the station became part of JR East. In 1991, when the Narita Line began running into Narita Airport, the station was adapted to take longer trains and was rebuilt with two faces and four tracks. In 1992 platform ekiben vending ended, and Utsunomiya Station became the only JR station in the Kantō region still selling ekiben on the platform. Automatic ticket gates came into use on 25 February 1995. The Sakura engine depot closed in 1997. The Suica IC card became usable on 18 November 2001.
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