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).
Higashi-Ōmiya Station 東大宮駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 4-76-61 Higashiōmiya, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 337-0051 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°56′55″N 139°38′26″E / 35.9486°N 139.6405°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 35.4 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | March 20, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 33,531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines edit
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 edit
This station has an elevated station building, with a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The station is staffed.
Platforms edit
1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) |
■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
History edit
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 edit
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 33,531 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Higashi-Ōmiya Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Higashi-Omiya Station (in Japanese)