Ōmiya Station (Saitama)

Ōmiya Station
大宮駅

West entrance of Ōmiya Station, November 2007
Location 630 Nishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
Japan
Operated by
Connections Bus terminal
History
Opened 16 March 1885
Traffic
Passengers (JR East, FY2013) 245,479 daily
Location
Ōmiya Station
Location within Japan

Ōmiya Station (大宮駅 Ōmiya-eki) is a railway station in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan. It is a major interchange station for the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and is also operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

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 ■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, and Ōfuna
3/4 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Akabane, Oku, and Ueno
■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Zushi
■ Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, and Ito
■ Musashino for Kita-Asaka, Fuchu-Hommachi, Tachikawa, and Hachioji
■ Shimousa for Minami-Koshigaya, Shin-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, and Kaihin-Makuhari
6/7 ■ Takasaki Line for Akabane, Oku, and Ueno
■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Hiratsuka, and Odawara
■ Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, and Ito
■ Ltd. Exp. Narita Express for Narita Airport
8 ■ Takasaki Line for Kumagaya, Takasaki, Maebashi, Minakami, and Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi
9 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Oyama and Utsunomiya
11 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Oyama and Utsunomiya
■ 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 ■ Tohoku Shinkansen
(extra trains)		 for Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Sendai, Morioka, and Shin-Aomori
17 ■ Tohoku Shinkansen for Sendai, Morioka, Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
■ Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa for Yamagata and Shinjō
■ Akita Shinkansen Komachi for Akita
18 ■ Joetsu Shinkansen for Takasaki and Niigata
■ Hokuriku Shinkansen for Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa

No. 19 - 22

These are two underground island platforms.

19-20 ■ Saikyo Line for Musashi-Urawa, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ōsaki, and Shin-Kiba (via Rinkai Line)
21 ■ Kawagoe Line for Sashiogi and Kawagoe
22 ■ Saikyo Line for Musashi-Urawa, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ōsaki, and Shin-Kiba (via Rinkai Line)
■ Kawagoe Line for Sashiogi and Kawagoe

Tobu platforms

The Tobu platforms in March 2016

These platforms are bay platforms.

1/2 ■ 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 Maruyama and Uchijuku

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tohoku/Yamagata/Akita Shinkansen
Ueno/Tokyo   Hayabusa/Hayate/Komachi   Sendai
Ueno   Yamabiko/Tsubasa   Utsunomiya
Ueno   Nasuno   Oyama
Joetsu Shinkansen
Ueno   Toki   Kumagaya or Nagaoka
Ueno   Tanigawa   Kumagaya
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Ueno   Kagayaki   Nagano
Ueno   Hakutaka   Takasaki
Ueno   Asama   Kumagaya or Takasaki
Utsunomiya Line
Urawa   Commuter Rapid   Kuki
Urawa   Rapid "Rabbit"   Hasuda
Saitama-Shintoshin   Local   Toro
Takasaki Line
Urawa   Ltd. Express Kusatsu   Ageo/Kumagaya
Urawa   Ltd. Express Akagi   Ageo
Urawa   Commuter Rapid   Kōnosu
Ageo
Urawa   Rapid "Urban"   Ageo
Saitama-Shintoshin   Local   Miyahara
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Terminus   Narita Express   Ikebukuro
Urawa   Nikkō/Kinugawa   Tochigi (Tobu platform)
Ageo   Special Rapid
(Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line)		   Urawa
Miyahara   Rapid
(Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line)		   Urawa
Hasuda   Rapid
(Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line)		   Urawa
Toro   Local
(Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line)		   Urawa
Musashino Line (Ōmiya branch)
Kita-Asaka   Musashino   Terminus
Musashi-Urawa   Shimousa   Terminus
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Saitama-Shintoshin   Rapid   Terminus
Saitama-Shintoshin   Local   Terminus
Saikyō Line-Kawagoe Line
Musashi-Urawa   Commuter rapid   Nisshin
Yono-Hommachi   Rapid   Nisshin
Kita-Yono   Local   Nisshin
Tobu Urban Park Line
Terminus   Express   Iwatsuki
Terminus   Local   Kita-Ōmiya
New Shuttle Ina Line
Terminus - Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan

History

Ōmiya Station in 1934

Ōmiya Station opened on 16 March 1885[1] 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 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 245,479 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.[2]

The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
1999 228,571[3]
2000 228,219[4]
2001 227,835[5]
2002 228,247[6]
2003 227,683[7]
2004 228,271[8]
2005 231,599[9]
2006 233,719[10]
2007 239,111[11]
2008 239,720[12]
2009 236,424[13]
2010 235,151[14]
2011 235,744[15]
2012 240,143[16]
2013 245,479[2]

Surrounding area

Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches including ones to Narita International Airport[17] and Haneda Airport[18] airports also depart from this station.[19]

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. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  5. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2001年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2001)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2002年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2002)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  7. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2003年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2003)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  8. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2004年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  9. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  10. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2006年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  11. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2007年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  12. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2008年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  13. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2009年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  14. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  15. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  17. ↑
  18. ↑
  19. ↑ http://5931bus.com/kosoku/haneda.html retrieved on 6 June 2007.

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