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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Omiya Station (Saitama)

Ōmiya Station (大宮駅, Ōmiya-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Saitama New Urban Transit and private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is the busiest JR East station in Saitama Prefecture.

Lines

The following lines serve the station:

JR East

Tobu Railway

Saitama New Urban Transit

Station layout

JR East platforms

No. 1–11

These are five ground-level island platforms. Tracks 5 and 10 are through tracks not served by platforms.

1, 2 JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Akabane, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, and Ōfuna
3, 4 JU Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Itō Line)
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)
 Musashino for Kita-Asaka, Tachikawa, and Hachioji (via JM Musashino Line and JC Chūō Line (Rapid))
 Shimōsa for Minami-Koshigaya, Shim-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, and Kaihimmakuhari (via JM Musashino Line)
6, 7 JU Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Ito Line)
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Hiratsuka, and Odawara (via JT Tōkaidō Line)
 Ltd. Exp. Narita Express for Shinjuku, Tokyo and Narita Airport
8  Takasaki Line for Kumagaya, Takasaki and Maebashi
 Ltd. Exp. Kusatsu for Takasaki and Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi
 Ltd. Exp. Minakami for Takasaki and Minakami
 Ltd. Exp. Akagi & Swallow Akagi for Takasaki and Maebashi
9  Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
11  Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
 Takasaki Line for Kumagaya, Takasaki, and Maebashi

No. 13–18

These are three elevated island platforms at the third-floor level.

13-15  Shinkansen for Ueno and Tokyo
16  Tōhoku Shinkansen
(extra trains)
for Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Sendai, Morioka, and Shin-Aomori
17  Tōhoku・Hokkaidō Shinkansen for Sendai, Morioka, Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
 Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa for Fukushima, Yamagata and Shinjō
 Akita Shinkansen Komachi for Morioka and Akita
18  Jōetsu Shinkansen for Takasaki, Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata
 Hokuriku Shinkansen for Takasaki, Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa

No. 19–22

These are two underground island platforms.

19-20 JA Saikyō Line for Musashi-Urawa, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ōsaki
R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba
21  Kawagoe Line for Sashiogi and Kawagoe
22 JA Saikyō Line for Musashi-Urawa, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ōsaki
R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba
 Kawagoe Line for Sashiogi and Kawagoe

Tōbu platforms

These platforms are bay platforms.

1/2 TD Tōbu Urban Park Line for Iwatsuki, Kasukabe, Nodashi, Kashiwa, and Funabashi

New Shuttle platform

A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.

   Ina Line (New Shuttle) for Uchijuku

History

Ōmiya Station in 1934

Ōmiya Station opened on 16 March 1885 as a station of Nippon Railway.

In 1894, a railway workshop was opened to the north of the station, and this facility is still operated by JR East and Japan Freight Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 257,344 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by JR East in Saitama Prefecture and the eighth-busiest station on the JR East network as a whole. The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. In fiscal 2019, the Tobu station was used by an average of 135,984 passengers daily.

Fiscal year Daily average
1999 228,571
2000 228,219
2001 227,835
2002 228,247
2003 227,683
2004 228,271
2005 231,599
2006 233,719
2007 239,111
2008 239,720
2009 236,424
2010 235,151
2011 235,744
2012 240,143

Surrounding area

Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches, including ones to Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport, also depart from this station.

See also