Ōmiya Station (Saitama)


Ōmiya Station is a railway station in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan. It is a major interchange station for the East Japan Railway Company, and is also operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Lines

The following lines serve the station.

JR East

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.

Tobu platforms

These platforms are bay platforms.

New Shuttle platform

A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.

Adjacent stations

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, 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.
Fiscal yearDaily average
1999228,571
2000228,219
2001227,835
2002228,247
2003227,683
2004228,271
2005231,599
2006233,719
2007239,111
2008239,720
2009236,424
2010235,151
2011235,744
2012240,143
2013245,479

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.