Higashi-Ōmiya Station

Higashi-Ōmiya Station (東大宮駅, Higashi-Ōmiya-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Higashi-Ōmiya Station

東大宮駅
Higashi-Ōmiya Station west exit
Location4-76-61 Higashiōmiya, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
(さいたま市見沼区東大宮4丁目76-61)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Utsunomiya Line
Platforms1 island platform
History
Opened1964
Passengers
FY201432,035 (daily)

Lines

Higashi-Ōmiya Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line(Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 35.4 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku 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 has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1  Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
2  Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Utsunomiya Line
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Rabbit: Does not stop at this station
Toro   Local & Rapid Acty   Hasuda
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Toro   Local   Hasuda

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 2014, the station was used by an average of 32,035 passengers daily.[1]

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.


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