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Ōmiya Station
大宮駅

West of Omiya Station in August 2021

General information

Location

630 Nishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 330-0853
Japan

Coordinates

35°54′23″N 139°37′26″E / 35.90639°N 139.62389°E / 35.90639; 139.62389

Operated by

Platforms

11 island + 2 bay platforms

Connections

Bus terminal

Other information

Status

staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

History

Opened

16 March 1885; 139 years ago (1885-03-16)

Passengers

257,344 daily (JR East, FY2019)
135,984 (Tōbu, FY2019)

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Uenotowards Tokyo	Tōhoku ShinkansenHayabusa	Sendaitowards Shin-Aomori
	Tōhoku ShinkansenYamabiko	Oyamatowards Morioka
	Tōhoku ShinkansenNasuno	Oyamatowards Kōriyama
	Yamagata ShinkansenTsubasa	Utsunomiyatowards Shinjō
	Akita ShinkansenKomachi	Sendaitowards Akita
	Jōetsu ShinkansenToki	Kumagayatowards Niigata
	Jōetsu ShinkansenTanigawa	Kumagayatowards Gala-Yuzawa
	Hokuriku ShinkansenKagayaki	NaganoTerminus
	Hokuriku ShinkansenHakutaka	Takasakitowards Jōetsumyōkō
	Hokuriku ShinkansenAsama	Kumagayatowards Nagano

Other services
JK JU JS JA TD

Preceding station	JR East		Following station
Saitama-ShintoshinJK46towards Yokohama		Keihin–Tōhoku LineRapidLocal	Terminus
UrawaURWJU05towards Ueno		Kusatsu	Kumagayatowards Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi
UrawaURWJU05 (through-service)towards Ueno		Akagi	Ageotowards Takasaki
IkebukuroIKBJS21 (one-way service)towards Shinjuku		Akagi	Ageotowards Takasaki
UrawaOne-way operation		Utsunomiya LineRapid Rabbit	Higashi-Ōmiyatowards Utsunomiya
Saitama-ShintoshinJU06towards Tokyo		Utsunomiya LineLocal	Torotowards Kuroiso
UrawaOne-way operation		Takasaki LineRapid Urban	Ageotowards Takasaki
Saitama-ShintoshinJU06towards Tokyo		Takasaki LineLocal	Miyaharatowards Maebashi
UrawaURWJS23towards Shinjuku		Nikkō and Kinugawa	TochigiTN11towards Tōbu Nikkō or Kinugawa-Onsen
UrawaURWJS23towards Odawara or Zushi		Shōnan–Shinjuku LineSpecial Rapid	Ageotowards Takasaki
		Shōnan–Shinjuku LineRapid	Miyaharatowards Maebashi
		Shōnan–Shinjuku LineRapid	Hasudatowards Utsunomiya
		Shōnan–Shinjuku LineLocal	Torotowards Utsunomiya
Musashi-UrawaJA21towards Ōsaki		Saikyō LineCommuter Rapid	through to Kawagoe Line
Kita-YonoJA25towards Ōsaki		Saikyō LineRapidLocal	through to Kawagoe Line
through to Saikyō Line		Kawagoe LineCommuter RapidRapidLocal	Nisshintowards Kawagoe
Kita-AsakaJM28towards Fuchūhommachi or Hachiōji		Musashino	Terminus
Terminus		Shimōsa	Musashi-UrawaJM26towards Kaihimmakuhari
Preceding station	Tobu Railway		Following station
Terminus		Urban Park Linerfrom Asakusa	IwatsukiOne-way operation
		Urban Park Liner	IwatsukiTD06towards Kashiwa
		Urban Park LineExpress	IwatsukiTD06towards Funabashi
		Urban Park LineSection Express	IwatsukiTD06towards Kashiwa
		Urban Park LineLocal	Kita-ŌmiyaTD02towards Funabashi
Preceding station	New Shuttle		Following station
Terminus		Ina Line	Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan towards Uchijuku

Location
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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

TD Tobu Urban Park Line

Saitama New Urban Transit

New Shuttle

Station layout

JR East platforms

No. 1–11

Central south gate in July 2022
Central north gate in July 2022
South gate in July 2022
North gate in July 2022
LUMINE south gate in August 2022
LUMINE north gate in August 2022
Keihin-Tōhoku Line platform in March 2024
Utsunomiya 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
11	■ Takasaki Line	for Kumagaya, Takasaki, and Maebashi

No. 13–18

Shinkansen north transfer gate in August 2022
Shinkansen south transfer gate in August 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
18	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Takasaki, Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa

No. 19–22

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
22	■ Kawagoe Line	for Sashiogi and Kawagoe

Tōbu platforms

Tōbu Line ticket gate 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 platform in August 2022

A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.

■ Ina Line (New Shuttle)

for Uchijuku

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.

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

The Railway Museum

Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches, including ones to Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport, also depart from this station.

References

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.
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.
駅情報（乗降人員） - Tobu Railway official home page (in Japanese)
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.
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.
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External links

Media related to Ōmiya Station at Wikimedia Commons

Ōmiya Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
Ōmiya Station information (Tobu) (in Japanese)
Ōmiya Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government) (in Japanese)

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