Ōmiya Station (Saitama)

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.

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Ōmiya Station

大宮駅
The west side of Ōmiya Station in November 2007
Location630 Nishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
Japan
Operated by
ConnectionsBus terminal
Other information
Station codeNS01 (New Shuttle)
History
Opened16 March 1885
Passengers
JR East, FY2013245,479 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Ueno
toward Tokyo
 Tōhoku Shinkansen Sendai
toward Shin-Aomori
Tōhoku Shinkansen Oyama
toward Morioka
Tōhoku Shinkansen Oyama
toward Kōriyama
Yamagata Shinkansen
Tsubasa		 Oyama
toward Shinjō
Akita Shinkansen
Komachi		 Sendai
toward Akita
Jōetsu Shinkansen Kumagaya
toward Niigata
Jōetsu Shinkansen Kumagaya
toward Gala-Yuzawa
Hokuriku Shinkansen Nagano
toward Kanazawa
Hokuriku Shinkansen Takasaki
toward Kanazawa
Hokuriku Shinkansen Kumagaya
toward Nagano
Other services
JK JU JS TD
Preceding station JR East Following station
Saitama-Shintoshin
JK46
toward Yokohama
 Keihin–Tōhoku Line
  Rapid
Local
 Terminus
Urawa
URWJU05
toward Ueno
 Kusatsu Kumagaya
toward Manza-Kazawaguchi
Minakami Ageo
toward Minakami
Urawa
URWJU05

(through-service)
toward Ueno
 Akagi Ageo
toward Maebashi
Ikebukuro
IKBJS21

(one-way service)
toward Shinjuku
Urawa
URWJU05
toward Ueno
 Utsunomiya Line
  Commuter Rapid
 Kuki
toward Utsunomiya
Utsunomiya Line
Rapid Rabbit
 Hasuda
toward Utsunomiya
Saitama-Shintoshin
JU06
toward Tokyo
 Utsunomiya Line
  Local & Rapid Acty
 Toro
toward Kuroiso
Urawa
URWJU05
toward Ueno
 Takasaki Line
  Commuter Rapid
 Kōnosu
toward Maebashi
Takasaki Line
  Commuter Rapid (limited)
 Ageo
One-way operation
Urawa
URWJU05
toward Tokyo
 Takasaki Line
Rapid Urban
 Ageo
toward Maebashi
Saitama-Shintoshin
JU06
toward Tokyo
 Takasaki Line
  Local
 Miyahara
toward Maebashi
Ikebukuro
IKBJS21
toward Narita Airport Terminal 1
 Narita Express Terminus
Urawa
URWJS23
toward Shinjuku
 Nikkō and Kinugawa Tochigi
TN11
toward Tōbu Nikkō or Kinugawa-Onsen
Urawa
URWJS23
toward Odawara or Zushi
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Special Rapid
 Ageo
toward Takasaki or Maebashi
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Rapid (Tōkaidō & Takasaki Lines)
 Miyahara
toward Takasaki or Maebashi
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Rapid (Yokosuka & Utsunomiya Lines)
 Hasuda
toward Utsunomiya
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Local
 Toro
toward Utsunomiya
Musashi-Urawa
JA21
toward Ōsaki
 Saikyō Line
  Commuter Rapid
 through to Kawagoe Line
Kita-Yono
JA25
toward Ōsaki
 Saikyō Line
  Rapid
Local
through to Saikyō Line Kawagoe Line
  Commuter Rapid
  Rapid
Local
 Nisshin
toward Kawagoe
Kita-Asaka
JM28
toward Fuchūhommachi or Hachiōji
 Musashino Terminus
Terminus Shimōsa Musashi-Urawa
JM25
toward Kaihimmakuhari
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Terminus Urban Park Liner
from Asakusa
 Iwatsuki
One-way operation
Urban Park Liner Iwatsuki
TD06
toward Kashiwa
Urban Park Line
  Express
  Section Express
 Iwatsuki
TD06
toward Funabashi
Urban Park Line
Local
 Kita-Ōmiya
TD02
toward Funabashi
Preceding station Saitama New Urban Transit Following station
Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan
toward Uchijuku
 New Shuttle Ina Line Terminus
Location
Ōmiya Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Ōmiya Station
Ōmiya Station (Japan)

Lines

The following lines serve the station.

JR East

Tobu Railway

Saitama New Urban Transit

Station layout

No. 1–11
The view from the south end of platform 11 in October 2017

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 Ito 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 Chuo 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 Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Hiratsuka, and Odawara (via JT Tokaido 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 ■ Tohoku Shinkansen
(extra trains)		 for Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Sendai, Morioka, and Shin-Aomori
17 ■ Tohoku・Hokkaido 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 ■ Joetsu Shinkansen for Takasaki, Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata
■ Hokuriku Shinkansen for Takasaki, Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa

No. 19–22
The underground Saikyo/Kawagoe Line platforms in August 2014

These are two underground island platforms.

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

Tobu platforms
The Tobu platforms in March 2016

These platforms are bay platforms.

1/2 TD Tobu 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

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 yearDaily average
1999228,571[3]
2000228,219[4]
2001227,835[5]
2002228,247[6]
2003227,683[7]
2004228,271[8]
2005231,599[9]
2006233,719[10]
2007239,111[11]
2008239,720[12]
2009236,424[13]
2010235,151[14]
2011235,744[15]
2012240,143[16]
2013245,479[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]

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　（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. "格安高速バスを使ってみよう » Blog Archive » 予約". www.chiba-bus.jp.
  18. "空港連絡バス　大宮・さいたま新都心－羽田空港 - 空港連絡バス - 国際興業バス". 5931bus.com.
  19. http://5931bus.com/kosoku/haneda.html retrieved on 6 June 2007.

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