Ōmiya Station (Saitama)
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Ōmiya Station
大宮駅
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| West entrance of Ōmiya Station | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Saitama (See other stations in Saitama) |
| City | Saitama |
| Ward | Ōmiya |
| Neighborhood etc. | Nishikichō |
| (in Japanese) | さいたま市大宮区錦町630番地 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1885 |
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| Operator(s) | East Japan Railway Company Tōbu Railway Saitama New Urban Transit |
Ōmiya Station (大宮駅 Ōmiya-eki?) is a railway station located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Saitama Prefecture and one of the hub stations in the Greater Tokyo Area for the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) as well as one of the main gateways from Greater Tokyo to the Tōhoku and Hokuriku regions along with Niigata and northern Nagano Prefectures.
The following railways connect through the station:
- East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
- Tōbu Railway
- Saitama New Urban Transit
- Ina Line (New Shuttle)
Local and late night buses and intercity motorcoaches including ones to Narita [1] and Haneda [2] airports also depart from this station.[1] Train trips involving Tokyo Monorail from Hamamatsuchō or Tennōzu Isle, and Keikyū from Shinagawa are the alternatives to Haneda.
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[edit] History
On 16 March 1885 it was opened as a station of Nippon Tetsudō (日本鉄道 lit. Japan Railway) company.
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.
[edit] Station layout
[edit] JR East platforms
[edit] No. 1 - 11
These are five ground-level island platforms.
| 1・2 | ■Keihin-Tōhoku Line | Urawa ・ Akabane ・ Ueno ・ Tokyo ・ Shinagawa ・ Yokohama ・(Negishi Line) Ōfuna |
| 3・4 | ■Utsunomiya Line | Akabane ・ Ueno |
| ■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Yokosuka Line) |
Shinjuku ・ Yokohama ・ Ōfuna ・ Zushi | |
| 6 | ■Takasaki Line | Akabane ・ Ueno |
| ■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Tōkaidō Main Line) |
Shinjuku ・ Yokohama ・ Hiratsuka ・ Odawara | |
| 7 | ■Utsunomiya Line (seldom) | Oyama ・ Utsunomiya ・ Kuroiso |
| ■Takasaki Line (Up) | Akabane ・ Ueno | |
| ■Takasaki Line (Down, seldom) | Kumagaya ・ Takasaki ・ Maebashi | |
| ■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Tōkaidō Main Line) |
Shinjuku ・ Yokohama ・ Hiratsuka ・ Odawara | |
| ■Airport Ltd. Exp. "Narita Express" | Narita Airport | |
| 8 | ■Takasaki Line | Kumagaya ・ Takasaki ・ Maebashi |
| 9 | ■Utsunomiya Line | Oyama ・ Utsunomiya ・ Kuroiso |
| 11 | ■Ltd. Exp. "Nikkō", "Spacia" (through service for Tobu Nikkō Line) |
Tochigi ・ Tōbu Nikkō |
[edit] No. 13 - 18
These are three 3F island platforms.
| 13・14 | ■Shinkansen | Ueno ・ Tokyo |
| 15 | ■Shinkansen (partly) | Ueno ・ Tokyo |
| 16 | ■Tōhoku Shinkansen (part of "Nasuno" and "Yamabiko") |
Utsunomiya ・ Kōriyama ・ Sendai |
| 17 | ■Tōhoku Shinkansen ("Hayate", "Yamabiko" and "Nasuno") |
Utsunomiya ・ Kōriyama ・ Sendai ・ Morioka ・ Hachinohe |
| ■Yamagata Shinkansen (Tsubasa) |
Utsunomiya ・ Kōriyama ・ Yamagata ・ Shinjō | |
| ■Akita Shinkansen (Komachi) |
Sendai ・ Morioka ・ Akita | |
| 18 | ■Jōetsu Shinkansen (Toki and Tanigawa) |
Takasaki ・ Echigo-Yuzawa ・ Nagaoka ・ Niigata |
| ■Nagano Shinkansen (Asama) |
Takasaki ・ Karuizawa ・ Nagano |
[edit] No. 19 - 22
These are two underground island platforms.
| 19・20・22 | ■Saikyō Line | Ikebukuro ・ Shinjuku ・ Ōsaki ・ (Rinkai Line) Shin-Kiba |
| 21・22 | ■Kawagoe Line | Kawagoe (Change trains at Kawagoe for Komagawa) |
[edit] Tōbu platforms
These platforms are bay platforms.
| 1・2 | ■Noda Line | Ōmiya-kōen ・ Iwatsuki ・ Kasukabe ・ Nodashi ・ Kashiwa ・ Funabashi |
[edit] New Shuttle platform
New Shuttle has one platform on the middle of a balloon loop.
[edit] Adjacent stations
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| Tōhoku Shinkansen | ||||
| Ueno | - | Oyama | ||
| Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen | ||||
| Ueno | - | Kumagaya | ||
| Utsunomiya Line | ||||
| Saitama-Shintoshin | Local | Toro | ||
| Urawa | Rapid "Rabbit" | Hasuda | ||
| Urawa | Commuter Rapid | Kuki | ||
| Takasaki Line | ||||
| Saitama-Shintoshin | Local | Miyahara | ||
| Urawa | Rapid "Urban" | Ageo | ||
| Urawa | Commuter Rapid | Kōnosu Ageo |
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| Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | ||||
| Toro | Local (Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line) |
Akabane | ||
| Hasuda | Rapid (Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line) |
Akabane | ||
| Miyahara | Rapid (Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line) |
Akabane | ||
| Ageo | Special Rapid (Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line) |
Akabane | ||
| Keihin-Tōhoku Line | ||||
| Saitama-Shintoshin | Local / Rapid | Terminus | ||
| Saikyō Line / Kawagoe Line | ||||
| Kita-Yono | Local | Nisshin | ||
| Yono-Hommachi | Rapid | Nisshin | ||
| Musashi-Urawa | Commuter Rapid | Nisshin | ||
| Tōbu Railway | ||||
| Noda Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Kita-Ōmiya | ||
| Saitama New Urban Transit | ||||
| Ina Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan | ||
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://5931bus.com/kosoku/haneda.html retrieved on 6 June 2007.
