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 Tōhoku Shinkansen Hokkaidō Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Tōhoku 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 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.

No. 13–18

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

No. 19–22

These are two underground island platforms.

Tōbu 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 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. 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.駅情報（乗降人員） - Tobu Railway official home page

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

Surrounding area The Railway Museum

Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches, including ones to Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport, also depart from this station.

See also List of railway stations in Japan Ōmiya Station (Kyoto)

References

External links

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