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:Ōmiya Station (Saitama)

{{short description|Major railway station in Saitama, Japan}}

{{Primary sources|date=November 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRSNH|span=4|tlc=OMY|size=40}}{{JRSN|JK|47|seq=1|size=40}}{{JRSN|JA|26|seq=2|size=40}}{{JRSN|JU|07|seq=3|size=40}}{{JRSN|JS|24|seq=4|size=40}}{{JRSNF}} {{TBSN|TD|01|size=50}} 50px
Ōmiya Station

| native_name = 大宮駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Omiya-STA West.jpg

| alt = Omiya-STA West

| caption = West of Omiya Station in August 2021

| other_name =

| address = 630 Nishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 330-0853

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35|54|23|N|139|37|26|E|region:JP_type:railwaystation_source:dewiki|display=inline, title}}

| operator = {{Plainlist|

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| line =

| distance =

| platforms = 11 island + 2 bay platforms

| tracks =

| connections ={{rint|bus}} Bus terminal

| structure =

| code =

| status = staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| opened = {{start date and age|1885|03|16|df=y}}

| rebuilt =

| closed =

| former =

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

| pass_year =

| map_type = Japan Saitama Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Ōmiya Station

| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR East|line2=Tohoku Shinkansen

|type2=Hayabusa|left2=Ueno|right2=Sendai

|type3=Yamabiko|left3=Ueno|right3=Oyama

|type4=Nasuno|left4=Ueno|right4=Oyama

|line5=Yamagata Shinkansen

|type5=Tsubasa|left5=Ueno|right5=Utsunomiya

|line6=Akita Shinkansen

|type6=Komachi|left6=Ueno|right6=Sendai

|line7=Joetsu Shinkansen

|type7=Toki|left7=Ueno|right7=Kumagaya

|type8=Tanigawa|left8=Ueno|right8=Kumagaya

|line9=Hokuriku Shinkansen

|left9=Ueno|right9=Nagano|type9=Kagayaki|to-right9=Nagano|to-left9=Tokyo|note-mid9={{SLL|Kagayaki|#FFFACD}}

|left10=Ueno|right10=Takasaki|type10=Hakutaka|to-right10= Jōetsumyōkō|to-left10=Tokyo|note-mid10={{SLL|Hakutaka|#FF4500}}

|type11=Asama|left11=Ueno|right11=Kumagaya|to-right11=Nagano|to-left11=Tokyo|note-mid11={{SLL|Asama (train)|#9370DB}}

}}

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services_header = Other services
{{JRLS|JK}} {{JRLS|JU}} {{JRLS|JS}} {{JRLS|JA}} {{TBLS|TD}} 22px

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=JR East

|line2=Keihin-Tohoku|left2=Saitama-Shintoshin|note-left2={{JRSN|JK|46}}|note-mid2={{SLL|Rapid|c=deeppink|t=white}}Local

|line4=Kusatsu|left4=Urawa|right4=Kumagaya|note-left4={{JRSN|JU|05|tlc=URW|20}}

|line6=Akagi|left6=Urawa|right6=Ageo|note-left6={{JRSN|JU|05|tlc=URW|20}}
(through-service)|to-left6=Ueno

|line7=Akagi|left7=Ikebukuro|right7=Ageo|note-left7={{JRSN|JS|21|tlc=IKB|20}}
(one-way service)|to-left7=Shinjuku

|line9=Utsunomiya|left9=Urawa|note-mid9=Rapid Rabbit|type9=Rapid|right9=Higashi-Ōmiya|oneway-left9=yes

|line10=Utsunomiya|left10=Saitama-Shintoshin|note-left10={{JRSN|JU|06}}|note-mid10=Local|right10=Toro

|line11=Takasaki|left11=Urawa|note-mid11=Rapid Urban|right11=Ageo|to-right11=Takasaki|oneway-left11=yes

|line14=Takasaki|left14=Saitama-Shintoshin|note-left14={{JRSN|JU|06}}|note-mid14=Local|right14=Miyahara|to-left14=Tokyo|to-right14=Maebashi

|line16=Nikko/Kinugawa|left16=Urawa|note-left16={{JRSN|JS|23|tlc=URW|20}}|right16=Tochigi|note-right16={{TBSN|TN|11|25}}

|line17=Shonan-Shinjuku|left17=Urawa|note-left17={{JRSN|JS|23|tlc=URW|25}}|right17=Ageo|note-mid17={{SLL|Special Rapid|c=DeepSkyBlue|t=#000}}|to-right17=Takasaki

|line18=Shonan-Shinjuku|left18=Urawa|note-left18={{JRSN|JS|23|tlc=URW|25}}|note-mid18={{SLL|Rapid|c=DarkOrange}}|right18=Miyahara|to-right18=Maebashi

|line19=Shonan-Shinjuku|left19=Urawa|note-left19={{JRSN|JS|23|tlc=URW|25}}|note-mid19={{SLL|Rapid|c=DarkOrange}}|right19=Hasuda|to-right19=Utsunomiya

|line20=Shonan-Shinjuku|left20=Urawa|note-left20={{JRSN|JS|23|tlc=URW|25}}|note-mid20={{SLL|Local|c=Green|t=white}}|right20=Toro|to-right20=Utsunomiya

|line21=Saikyo|left21=Musashi-Urawa|note-left21={{JRSN|JA|21|25}}|note-mid21={{SLL|Commuter Rapid|c=Crimson|t=white}}|through-right21=Kawagoe Line

|line22=Saikyo|left22=Kita-Yono|note-left22={{JRSN|JA|25}}|note-mid22={{SLL|Rapid|c=DodgerBlue|t=white}}Local|through-right22=Kawagoe Line

|line23=Kawagoe Omiya|through-left23=Saikyō Line|right23=Nisshin|note-mid23={{SLL|Commuter Rapid|c=Crimson|t=white}}{{SLL|Rapid|c=DodgerBlue|t=white}}Local|to-right23=Kawagoe

|line24=Musashino|left24=Kita-Asaka|note-left24={{JRSN|JM|28}}

|line25=Shimosa|right25=Musashi-Urawa|note-right25={{JRSN|JM|26}}

|system26=Tobu|line26=Urban Park Liner 1|right26=Iwatsuki|oneway-right26=yes

|line27=Urban Park Liner 2|right27=Iwatsuki|to-right27=Kashiwa|note-right27={{TBSN|TD|06|25}}

|line30=Urban Park|right30=Iwatsuki|note-mid30={{SLL|Express|c=#e10084|t=#FFF}}|note-right30={{TBSN|TD|06|25}}

|line31=Urban Park|right31=Iwatsuki|note-mid31={{SLL|Section Express|c=#f68eb6|t=#000}}|note-right31={{TBSN|TD|06|25}}|to-right31=Kashiwa

|line32=Urban Park|right32=Kita-Ōmiya|note-mid32={{SLL|Local|c=#8a8b89|t=#FFF}}|note-right32={{TBSN|TD|02}}

|system35=New Shuttle|line35=Ina|right35=Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan|note-right35=30px

}}

}}

File:Omiya-STA East.jpg

{{Nihongo|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=

=Saitama New Urban Transit=

Station layout

=JR East platforms=

== No. 1–11 ==

File:JRE Omiya-STA Central-Gate-South.jpg|Central south gate in July 2022

File:JRE Omiya-STA Central-Gate-North.jpg|Central north gate in July 2022

File:JRE Omiya-STA South-Gate.jpg|South gate in July 2022

File:JRE Omiya-STA North-Gate.jpg|North gate in July 2022

File:JRE Omiya-STA LUMINE-South-Gate.jpg|LUMINE south gate in August 2022

File:JRE Omiya-STA LUMINE-North-Gate.jpg|LUMINE north gate in August 2022

File:JR East Ōmiya Station Platform 1・2, Saitama Pref 20240331.jpg|Keihin-Tōhoku Line platform in March 2024

File:JRE-Omiya-STA Home3-4.jpg|Utsunomiya Line platform in July 2021

File:JRE-Omiya-STA Home6-7.jpg|Takasaki Line platform in July 2021

These are five ground-level island platforms. Tracks 5 and 10 are through tracks not served by platforms.

{{jpf|pfn=1, 2|first=2|name=Keihin-Tōhoku Line|symbol={{JRLS|JK}}|dir= for {{STN|Akabane|x}}, {{STN|Ueno|x}}, {{STN|Tokyo|x}}, {{STN|Yokohama|x}}, and {{STN|Ōfuna|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=3, 4|span=4|name=Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)|symbol={{JRLS|JU}}|dir=for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, {{STN|Atami|x}}, {{STN|Numazu|x}} and {{STN|Ito|x}} (via {{JRLS|JT}} Tokaido Line and {{JRLS|JT}} Itō Line)}}

{{jpfm|name=Shōnan-Shinjuku Line|symbol={{JRLS|JS}}|dir=for {{STN|Shinjuku|x}}, Yokohama, {{STN|Ōfuna|x}} and {{STN|Zushi|x}} (via {{JRLS|JO}} Yokosuka Line)}}

{{jpfm|name=Musashino|col=white|dir=for {{STN|Kita-Asaka|x}}, {{STN|Tachikawa|x}}, and {{STN|Hachioji|x}} (via {{JRLS|JM}} Musashino Line and {{JRLS|JC}} Chūō Line (Rapid))}}

{{jpfm|name=Shimōsa|col=white|dir=for {{STN|Minami-Koshigaya|x}}, {{STN|Shim-Matsudo|x}}, {{STN|Nishi-Funabashi|x}}, and {{STN|Kaihimmakuhari|x}} (via {{JRLS|JM}} Musashino Line)}}

{{jpfm|pfn=6, 7|span=3|name=Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)|symbol={{JRLS|JU}}|dir=for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via {{JRLS|JT}} Tōkaidō Line and {{JRLS|JT}} Ito Line)}}

{{jpfm|name=Shōnan-Shinjuku Line|symbol={{JRLS|JS}}|dir=for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, {{STN|Hiratsuka|x}}, and {{STN|Odawara|x}} (via {{JRLS|JT}} Tōkaidō Line)}}

{{jpfm|name=Ltd. Exp. Narita Express|col=blue|dir= for Shinjuku, Tokyo and {{STN|Narita Airport|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=8|span=4|name=Takasaki Line|col=orange|dir=for {{STN|Kumagaya|x}}, {{STN|Takasaki|x}} and {{STN|Maebashi|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Ltd. Exp. Kusatsu|col=orange|dir= for Takasaki and {{STN|Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Ltd. Exp. Minakami|col=orange|dir= for Takasaki and {{STN|Minakami|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Ltd. Exp. Akagi & Swallow Akagi|col=orange|dir= for Takasaki and Maebashi}}

{{jpf|pfn=9|name=Utsunomiya Line|col=orange|dir=for {{STN|Oyama|x}}, {{STN|Utsunomiya|x}} and {{STN|Kuroiso|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=11|span=2|name=Utsunomiya Line|col=orange|dir=for Oyama, Utsunomiya and Kuroiso}}

{{jpfm|first=3|name=Takasaki Line|col=orange|dir=for Kumagaya, Takasaki, and Maebashi}}

== No. 13–18 ==

File:JRE Omiya-STA Shinkansen-North-Transfer.jpg|Shinkansen north transfer gate in August 2022

File:JRE Omiya-STA Shinkansen-South-Transfer.jpg|Shinkansen south transfer gate in August 2022

File:JRE Omiya-STA Platform17-18.jpg|Shinkansen platforms in June 2022

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

{{jpf|pfn=13-15|first=2|name=Shinkansen|col=green|dir=for Ueno and Tokyo}}

{{jpf|pfn=16|name=Tōhoku Shinkansen
(extra trains)|col=green|dir=for Utsunomiya, {{STN|Fukushima|x|Fukushima}}, {{STN|Sendai|x|Miyagi}}, {{STN|Morioka|x}}, and {{STN|Shin-Aomori|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=17|span=3|name=Tōhoku・Hokkaidō Shinkansen|col=green|dir= for Sendai, Morioka, Shin-Aomori and {{STN|Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa|col=gray|dir=for Fukushima, {{STN|Yamagata|x}} and {{STN|Shinjō|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Akita Shinkansen Komachi|col=deeppink|dir=for Morioka and {{STN|Akita|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=18|span=2|name=Jōetsu Shinkansen|col=green|dir=for Takasaki, {{STN|Echigo-Yuzawa|x}} and {{STN|Niigata|x}}}}

{{jpfm|first=3|name=Hokuriku Shinkansen|col=green|dir= for Takasaki, {{STN|Nagano|x}}, {{STN|Toyama|x}}, and {{STN|Kanazawa|x}}}}

== No. 19–22 ==

File:JRE Omiya-STA Platform19-20.jpg|The underground Saikyō/Kawagoe Line platforms in July 2022

These are two underground island platforms.

{{jpf|pfn=19-20|first=2|name=Saikyō Line|symbol={{JRLS|JA}}|dir=for {{STN|Musashi-Urawa|x}}, {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}, {{STN|Shinjuku|x}}, {{STN|Ōsaki|x}}
{{RKLS}} Rinkai Line for {{STN|Shin-Kiba|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=21|name=Kawagoe Line|col=grey|dir=for {{STN|Sashiogi|x}} and {{STN|Kawagoe|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=22|span=2|name=Saikyō Line|symbol={{JRLS|JA}}|dir=for Musashi-Urawa, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ōsaki
{{RKLS}} Rinkai Line for {{STN|Shin-Kiba|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-linem|linename=Kawagoe Line|linecol=grey|dir=for Sashiogi and Kawagoe}}

|}

= Tōbu platforms =

File:Omiya-STA Noda-Line Gate.jpg|Tōbu Line ticket gate in July 2021

File:Omiya-STA Noda-Line Home.jpg|The Tōbu platforms in July 2021

These platforms are bay platforms.

{{jpf|pfn=1/2|first=4|name=Tōbu Urban Park Line|symbol={{TBLS|TD}}|dir= for {{STN|Iwatsuki|x}}, {{STN|Kasukabe|x}}, {{STN|Nodashi|x}}, {{STN|Kashiwa|x}}, and {{STN|Funabashi|x}}}}

= New Shuttle platform =

File:New-Shuttle Omiya-STA Gate.jpg|The New Shuttle ticket gate in June 2022

File:New-Shuttle Omiya-STA Platform.jpg|The New Shuttle platform in August 2022

A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.

{{ja-rail-line|first=4|linename=New Shuttle|lineindex=Ina Line (New Shuttle)|linecol=yellow|dir= for {{STN|Uchijuku|x}}}}

History

File:Omiya Station 1934.jpg

Ōmiya Station opened on 16 March 1885{{cite book |script-title=ja: 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 |trans-title=JNR Station Directory | publisher = Japanese National Railways | year = 1985 | location = Japan | page = 97| isbn = 4-533-00503-9}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2019年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 31 August 2014}} 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.[http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/ 駅情報（乗降人員）] - Tobu Railway official home page {{in lang|ja}}

class="wikitable"
Fiscal yearDaily average
1999228,571{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/1999.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （1999年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2000228,219{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2001227,835{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2001.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2001年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2001)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2002228,247{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2002.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2002年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2002)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2003227,683{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2003.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2003年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2003)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2004228,271{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2004.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2004年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2005231,599{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2006233,719{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2006.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2006年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2007239,111{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2007.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2007年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2008239,720{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2008.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2008年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2009236,424{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2009.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2009年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2010235,151{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 29 October 2012}}
2011235,744{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 31 August 2014}}
2012240,143{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度）|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 31 August 2014}}

Surrounding area

Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches, including ones to Narita International Airport{{cite web|url=http://www.chiba-bus.jp/onliner.html|title=格安高速バスを使ってみよう » Blog Archive » 予約|website=www.chiba-bus.jp}} and Haneda Airport,{{cite web|url=http://5931bus.com/kosoku/haneda.html|title=空港連絡バス 大宮・さいたま新都心－羽田空港 - 空港連絡バス - 国際興業バス|website=5931bus.com}} also depart from this station.{{cite web |url=http://5931bus.com/kosoku/haneda.html |title=（臨時ダイヤで運行）大宮・さいたま新都心－羽田空港 |website=5931bus.com |access-date=6 June 2007}}

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category-inline|Ōmiya Station (Saitama)|Ōmiya Station}}

  • [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=350 Ōmiya Station information] (JR East) {{in lang|ja}}
  • [http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/6102.html Ōmiya Station information] (Tobu) {{in lang|ja}}
  • [http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/site/jre-station-guide1/jre-omiya.html Ōmiya Station information] (Saitama Prefectural Government) {{in lang|ja}}

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