Kita-Ōmiya Station
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on the Tōbu Urban Park Line 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 ...
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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 ( ...
, Japan, operated by the private railway operator
Tōbu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and '' keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second lon ...
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Lines

Kita-Ōmiya Station is served by the 62.7 km Tōbu Urban Park Line from 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 ( ...
to in
Chiba Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...
. Located between Ōmiya and , it is from the line's starting point at Ōmiya.


Station layout

The station consists of an elevated
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 ...
serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath.


Platforms


History

The station opened on 12 April 1930. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kita-omiya Station becoming "TD-02".


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6321 passengers daily.駅情報(乗降人員)
- Tobu Railway official home page


Surrounding area

* Hikawa Shrine *
Ōmiya Park is a public park located 1 km northeast of Ōmiya Station and the most visited park in Saitama. The park encompasses a huge area of 67.9ha (as of 2004) and is famous for Japanese Red Pine forest and cherry blossoms. In particular, the pa ...
*Ōmiya Post Office


See also

* List of railway stations in Japan


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kita-Omiya Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930 Railway stations in Saitama (city) Tobu Noda Line Stations of Tobu Railway