Ōmiya Station (大宮駅) 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

Tobu Railway

Saitama New Urban Transit

Station layout

JR East platforms

No. 1–11

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

No. 13–18

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

No. 19–22

These are two underground island platforms.

Tōbu platforms

These platforms are bay platforms.

New Shuttle platform

A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop.

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.

Surrounding area

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