# Ōmiya Station (Saitama)

Ōmiya Station (大宮駅, Ōmiya-eki) 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
* JU Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
* JU Takasaki Line
* JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
* JU Ueno-Tokyo Line
* JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line
* JA Saikyō Line
* ■ Kawagoe Line

### Tobu Railway

* TD Tobu Urban Park Line

### Saitama New Urban Transit

* New Shuttle

## Station layout
### JR East platforms
#### No. 1–11

* Central south gate in July 2022
* Central north gate in July 2022
* South gate in July 2022
* North gate in July 2022
* LUMINE south gate in August 2022
* LUMINE north gate in August 2022
* Keihin-Tōhoku Line platform in March 2024
* Utsunomiya Line platform in July 2021
* Takasaki Line platform in July 2021
These are five ground-level island platforms. Tracks 5 and 10 are through tracks not served by platforms.
| 1, 2 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Akabane, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, and Ōfuna |
| 3, 4 | JU Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Itō Line) |
| 3, 4 | JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
| 3, 4 | ■ Musashino | for Kita-Asaka, Tachikawa, and Hachioji (via JM Musashino Line and JC Chūō Line (Rapid)) |
| 3, 4 | ■ Shimōsa | for Minami-Koshigaya, Shim-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, and Kaihimmakuhari (via JM Musashino Line) |
| 6, 7 | JU Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Ito Line) |
| 6, 7 | JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Hiratsuka, and Odawara (via JT Tōkaidō Line) |
| 6, 7 | ■ Ltd. Exp. Narita Express | for Shinjuku, Tokyo and Narita Airport |
| 8 | ■ Takasaki Line | for Kumagaya, Takasaki and Maebashi |
| 8 | ■ Ltd. Exp. Kusatsu | for Takasaki and Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi |
| 8 | ■ Ltd. Exp. Minakami | for Takasaki and Minakami |
| 8 | ■ Ltd. Exp. Akagi & Swallow Akagi | for Takasaki and Maebashi |
| 9 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya and Kuroiso |
| 11 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya and Kuroiso |
| 11 | ■ Takasaki Line | for Kumagaya, Takasaki, and Maebashi |

#### No. 13–18

* Shinkansen north transfer gate in August 2022
* Shinkansen south transfer gate in August 2022
* Shinkansen platforms in June 2022
These are three elevated island platforms at the third-floor level.
| 13-15 | ■ Shinkansen | for Ueno and Tokyo |
| 16 | ■ Tōhoku Shinkansen (extra trains) | for Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Sendai, Morioka, and Shin-Aomori |
| 17 | ■ Tōhoku・Hokkaidō Shinkansen | for Sendai, Morioka, Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto |
| 17 | ■ Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa | for Fukushima, Yamagata and Shinjō |
| 17 | ■ Akita Shinkansen Komachi | for Morioka and Akita |
| 18 | ■ Jōetsu Shinkansen | for Takasaki, Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata |
| 18 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Takasaki, Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa |

#### No. 19–22

* The underground Saikyō/Kawagoe Line platforms in July 2022
These are two underground island platforms.
| 19-20 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba |
| 21 | ■ Kawagoe Line | for Sashiogi and Kawagoe |
| 22 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba |
| 22 | ■ Kawagoe Line | for Sashiogi and Kawagoe |

### Tōbu platforms

* Tōbu Line ticket gate in July 2021
* The Tōbu platforms in July 2021
These platforms are bay platforms.
| 1/2 | TD Tōbu Urban Park Line | for Iwatsuki, Kasukabe, Nodashi, Kashiwa, and Funabashi |

### New Shuttle platform

* The New Shuttle ticket gate in June 2022
* The New Shuttle platform in August 2022
A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.
| ■ Ina Line (New Shuttle) | for Uchijuku |

## 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.
| 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.