History
Sanoshi Station opened on 2 August 1914 as Sanomachi Station on the Tōbu Sano Line, serving what is now the city of Sano in Tochigi Prefecture. It was renamed Sanoshi Station on 1 April 1943, reflecting the upgrade of the surrounding municipality from town to city status. The station is on the privately operated Tōbu Railway network and has two opposed side platforms linked by an underground passage. Tōbu introduced line-wide station numbering on 17 March 2012, assigning Sanoshi the number TI-33. The station is a stop for the limited-express Liberty Ryōmō service.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Although Sanoshi is on the Tōbu Sano Line, transfers to the JR East Ryōmō Line are not made here; northbound trains carry announcements and signage directing passengers to the next station, Sano, for that interchange.