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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

  • Central south gate in July 2022
    Central south gate in July 2022
  • Central north gate in July 2022
    Central north gate in July 2022
  • South gate in July 2022
    South gate in July 2022
  • North gate in July 2022
    North gate in July 2022
  • LUMINE south gate in August 2022
    LUMINE south gate in August 2022
  • LUMINE north gate in August 2022
    LUMINE north gate in August 2022
  • Keihin-Tōhoku Line platform in March 2024
    Keihin-Tōhoku Line platform in March 2024
  • Utsunomiya Line platform in July 2021
    Utsunomiya Line platform in July 2021
  • Takasaki Line platform in July 2021
    Takasaki Line platform in July 2021

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

  • Shinkansen north transfer gate in August 2022
    Shinkansen north transfer gate in August 2022
  • Shinkansen south transfer gate in August 2022
    Shinkansen south transfer gate in August 2022
  • Shinkansen platforms in June 2022
    Shinkansen platforms in June 2022

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

  • The underground Saikyō/Kawagoe Line platforms in July 2022
    The underground Saikyō/Kawagoe Line platforms in July 2022

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

  • Tōbu Line ticket gate in July 2021
    Tōbu Line ticket gate in July 2021
  • The Tōbu platforms in July 2021
    The Tōbu platforms in July 2021

These platforms are bay platforms.

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

New Shuttle platform

  • The New Shuttle ticket gate in June 2022
    The New Shuttle ticket gate in June 2022
  • The New Shuttle platform in August 2022
    The New Shuttle platform in August 2022

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

References

  1. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 97. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2019年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） - Tobu Railway official home page (in Japanese)
  4. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （1999年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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