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
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Hokkaidō Shinkansen
Yamagata Shinkansen
Akita Shinkansen
Jōetsu Shinkansen
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) Takasaki Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Ueno-Tokyo Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Saikyō Line Kawagoe Line
Tobu Railway
Tobu Urban Park Line
Saitama New Urban Transit
New Shuttle
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.
No. 13–18
These are three elevated island platforms at the third-floor level.
No. 19–22
These are two underground island platforms.
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Tōbu platforms
These platforms are bay platforms.
New Shuttle platform
A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.
History
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.
Surrounding area
The Railway Museum
Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches including ones to Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport airports also depart from this station.
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
Ōmiya Station (Kyoto)
References
External links
Ōmiya Station information (JR East) Ōmiya Station information (Tobu) Ōmiya Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government)
Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Jōetsu Shinkansen
Tōhoku Main Line
Takasaki Line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tobu Noda Line
Kawagoe Line
Utsunomiya Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Tobu Railway
Railway stations in Saitama (city) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1885 Hokuriku Shinkansen