Connections Bus terminal Opened 16 March 1885 | Passengers (JR East, FY2013) 245,479 daily Phone +81 50-2016-1600 | |
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Location 630 Nishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
Japan Operated by JR East
Tobu Railway
Saitama New Urban Transit Address Japan, 〒330-0853 Saitama Prefecture, Saitama, Omiya Ward, Nishikicho, 大宮 区 錦町 630 Similar Saitama‑Shintoshin Station, Ueno Station, Tokyo Station, Urawa Station, Takasaki Station | ||
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.
Contents
Lines
The following lines serve the station.
JR East
Tobu Railway
Saitama New Urban Transit
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.
Tobu 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 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.
Surrounding area
Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches including ones to Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport airports also depart from this station.