Higashi-Ōmiya Station
Higashi-Ōmiya Station (東大宮駅, Higashi-Ōmiya-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line located in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Higashi-Ōmiya Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 35.4 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo.
Station layout
This station has an elevated station building, with a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The station is staffed.
Platforms
1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) |
■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
History
The station opened on March 20, 1964. 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 33,531 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
See also
References
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
Media related to Higashi-Ōmiya Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Higashi-Omiya Station (in Japanese)