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
• Yamagata Shinkansen
• Akita 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	Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna
3/4	■Utsunomiya Line	Akabane, Oku, Ueno
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Yokosuka Line)	Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Zushi (No trains stop at Saitama-shintoshin and Urawa)
	■Musashino	Kita-Asaka, Fuchu-Hommachi, Tachikawa, Hachioji
	■Shimousa	Minami-Koshigaya, Shin-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Kaihin-Makuhari
6/7	■Takasaki Line	Akabane, Oku, Ueno
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Tōkaidō Line)	Shinjuku, Yokohama, Hiratsuka, Odawara (No trains stop at Saitama-shintoshin, Urawa, Nishi-Oi, Shin-Kawasaki, Hodogaya, and Higashi-Totsuka)
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	Ikebukuro, 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 and Haneda airports also depart from this station.

See also

Media related to Ōmiya Station at Wikimedia Commons

External links

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