Higashi-Ōmiya Station
Railway station in Saitama, Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Higashi-Ōmiya Station (東大宮駅, Higashi-Ōmiya-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line located in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Japan
.svg){kind=logo}
JR EastHigashi-Ōmiya Station 東大宮駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Higashi-Ōmiya Station west exit, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 4-76-61 Higashiōmiya, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 337-0051 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.9486°N 139.6405°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Tōhoku Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 35.4 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | March 20, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 33,531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lines
Higashi-Ōmiya Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 35.4 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōhoku Main Line at Tokyo.
Station layout
This station has an elevated station building, with a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
| 2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via  Tōkaidō Line and Itō Line)
|
| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via  Yokosuka Line) |
History
The station opened on March 20, 1964. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 33,531 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
