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Omiya Station (Saitama)

Ōmiya Station
大宮駅
JRE Omiya Station west exit.jpg
The west side of Ōmiya Station in November 2007
Location 630 Nishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
Japan
Operated by
Connections Bus terminal
History
Opened 16 March 1885
Traffic
Passengers (JR East, FY2013) 245,479 daily
Location
Ōmiya Station is located in Japan
Ōmiya Station
Ōmiya Station
Location within Japan

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

The following lines serve the station.

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

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

These are two underground island platforms.

These platforms are bay platforms.

A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.

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.

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 245,479 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.

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

Coordinates: 35°54′23″N 139°37′26″E / 35.90639°N 139.62389°E / 35.90639; 139.62389


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