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	JR East Tobu Railway Saitama New Urban Transit
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	16 March 1885
Traffic
Passengers (JR East, FY2013)	245,479 daily

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

• Tohoku Shinkansen
• Yamagata Shinkansen
• Akita Shinkansen
• Joetsu Shinkansen
• Hokuriku Shinkansen
• Tohoku 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

• Ina Line ("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.

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, and Shin-Aomori
	■ 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

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 Shinkansen
Ueno/Tokyo		Hayabusa/Hayate		Sendai
Ueno		Yamabiko		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
Ueno		Sleeper Express Cassiopeia		Utsunomiya
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
Musashi 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		Local		Kita-Ōmiya
New Shuttle Ina Line
Terminus		-	Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan

History

Ōmiya Station in 1934

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 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.

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

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
2013	245,479

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.

External links

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