is a major interchange railway station in

Ōmiya-ku, Saitama is one of ten Wards of Japan, wards of the Saitama, Saitama, Saitama City, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 119,298 and a population density of 9,300 perso ...

, Japan, jointly operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East), Saitama New Urban Transit and

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operator Tōbu Railway. It is the busiest JR East station in

Saitama Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 ( ...

Lines

The following lines serve the station:

JR East

Tōhoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company, it links Tokyo in the south to Aomori in the north, with ...

* Hokkaidō Shinkansen *

Yamagata Shinkansen The is a Mini-shinkansen route in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It provides service between Tokyo and Shinjō in Yamagata Prefecture over the tracks of the Tohoku Shinkansen and the Ōu Main Line. The term Yamagata ...

* Akita Shinkansen * Jōetsu Shinkansen *

Hokuriku Shinkansen The Hokuriku Shinkansen () is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo with Tsuruga, Fukui, Tsuruga in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It is jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR ...

Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Uts ...

(

Utsunomiya Line The Utsunomiya Line () is the name given to a section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network. Services Serv ...

) *

Takasaki Line The Takasaki Line () is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). All service ...

* Shōnan-Shinjuku Line * Ueno-Tokyo Line * Keihin-Tōhoku Line *

Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line () is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station (Saitama), Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is a portmant ...

Kawagoe Line The Kawagoe Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka in Saitama Prefecture. The main transfer stations on the line are , , and . Servic ...

Tobu Railway

* Tobu Urban Park Line

Saitama New Urban Transit

* 22px New Shuttle

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 platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s. Tracks 5 and 10 are through tracks not served by platforms.

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

s at the third-floor level.

No. 19–22

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

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 platform In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms. They must have a buffer stop ...

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 A balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop ( North American Terminology) allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or stop. Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains and unit freight trains. Bal ...

History

Ōmiya Station opened on 16 March 1885 as a station of

Nippon Railway was the first private railway company in the history of Japan. The company built trunk lines connecting Tokyo with the Tōhoku region to the northeast. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationaliza ...

. 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 , or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. The Japan Railways Group was foun ...

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.

Surrounding area

* The Railway Museum Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches, including ones to

Narita International Airport , also known as Tokyo-Narita International Airport or simply Narita Airport, formerly and originally known as , is the secondary international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the only other one being Haneda Airport (HND). It is about e ...

and

Haneda Airport , also known as and sometimes abbreviated to ''Tokyo-Haneda'', is the busier of the two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary domestic base of J ...

, also depart from this station.

References

External links

Ōmiya Station information
(JR East)

(Tobu)

(Saitama Prefectural Government) {{DEFAULTSORT:Omiya Station (Saitama) Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Tōhoku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Tōhoku Main Line Takasaki Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tobu Noda Line Kawagoe Line Utsunomiya Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Stations of Tobu Railway Railway stations in Saitama (city) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1885 Hokuriku Shinkansen