Ōmiya Station (Saitama)

Ōmiya Station 大宮駅
West entrance of Ōmiya Station
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Saitama
Ward	Ōmiya
Neighborhood etc.	630 Nishiki-chō
(in Japanese)	さいたま市大宮区錦町630番地
History
Year opened	1885
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East Tōbu Railway Saitama New Urban Transit

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).

Lines

The following lines serve the station.

JR East

• Tōhoku Shinkansen
• Akita Shinkansen
• Yamagata Shinkansen
• Jōetsu Shinkansen
• Nagano Shinkansen
• Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
• Takasaki Line
• Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
• Keihin-Tōhoku Line
• Saikyō Line
• Kawagoe Line

Tōbu Railway

• Noda Line

Saitama New Urban Transit

• Ina Line ("New Shuttle")

Station layout

JR East platforms

No. 1 - 11

These are five ground-level island platforms.

1/2	■Keihin-Tōhoku Line	Akabane, Ueno, Tokyo
3/4	■Utsunomiya Line	Akabane, Ueno
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Yokosuka Line)	Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Zushi
	■Musashino	Kita-Asaka, Fuchu-Hommachi, Tachikawa, Hachioji
	■Shimousa	Musashi-Urawa, Minami-Koshigaya, Nishi-Funabashi, Kaihin-Makuhari
6/7	■Takasaki Line	Akabane, Ueno
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Tōkaidō Line)	Shinjuku, Yokohama, Hiratsuka, Odawara
7	■Ltd. Exp. Narita Express	Narita Airport
8, 11	■Takasaki Line, Joetsu Line, Ryomo Line	Kumagaya, Takasaki, Maebashi, Minakami, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi
9, 11	■Utsunomiya Line	Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
11	■Ltd. Exp. (Spacia) Nikkō, Kinugawa (through service for Tobu Nikkō Line)	Tochigi, Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa-onsen

No. 13 - 18

These are three elevated island platforms at the third-floor level.

13/14	■Shinkansen	Ueno, Tokyo
15	■Shinkansen (partly)	Ueno, Tokyo
16	■Tōhoku Shinkansen (extra trains)	Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Sendai, Morioka, Shin-Aomori
17	■Tōhoku Shinkansen Hayabusa, Hayate, Yamabiko, Nasuno	Sendai, Morioka, Shin-Aomori
	■Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa	Yamagata, Shinjō
	■Akita Shinkansen Komachi	Akita
18	■Jōetsu Shinkansen Toki, Tanigawa	Takasaki, Niigata
	■Nagano Shinkansen Asama	Nagano

No. 19 - 22

These are two underground island platforms.

19/20/22	■Saikyō Line	Akabane, Shinjuku, Ōsaki, (Rinkai Line) Shin-Kiba
21/22	■Kawagoe Line	Sashiogi, Kawagoe

Tobu platforms

These platforms are bay platforms.

1/2

■Noda Line

Iwatsuki, Kasukabe, Nodashi, Kashiwa, Funabashi

New Shuttle platform

A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.

■Ina Line (New Shuttle)

Maruyama, Uchijuku

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR East
Tōhoku Shinkansen
Ueno		-	Oyama
Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen
Ueno		-	Kumagaya
Utsunomiya Line
Saitama-Shintoshin		Local	Toro
Urawa		Rapid "Rabbit"	Hasuda
Urawa		Commuter Rapid	Kuki
Takasaki Line
Saitama-Shintoshin		Local	Miyahara
Urawa		Rapid "Urban"	Ageo
Urawa		Commuter Rapid	Kōnosu Ageo
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Toro		Local (Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line)	Akabane
Hasuda		Rapid (Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line)	Akabane
Miyahara		Rapid (Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line)	Akabane
Ageo		Special Rapid (Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line)	Akabane
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Saitama-Shintoshin		Local / Rapid	Terminus
Saikyō Line / Kawagoe Line
Kita-Yono		Local	Nisshin
Yono-Hommachi		Rapid	Nisshin
Musashi-Urawa		Commuter Rapid	Nisshin
Tōbu Railway
Noda Line
Terminus		Local	Kita-Ōmiya
Saitama New Urban Transit
Ina Line
Terminus		-	Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan

History

On 16 March 1885 it was opened 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.

Surrounding area

• The Railway Museum

Local and late night buses and intercity coaches including ones to Narita^[1] and Haneda^[2] airports also depart from this station.^[3]

See also

Media related to Ōmiya Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ http://5931bus.com/kosoku/haneda.html retrieved on 6 June 2007.

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)
• Tōbu station information (Japanese)

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