Higashi-Ōmiya Station

Higashi-Ōmiya Station (東大宮駅, Higashi-Ōmiya-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Higashi-Ōmiya Station 東大宮駅
Higashi-Ōmiya Station west exit
Location	4-76-61 Higashiōmiya, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken （さいたま市見沼区東大宮4丁目76-61） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Utsunomiya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
History
Opened	1964
Passengers
FY2014	32,035 (daily)

Lines

Higashi-Ōmiya Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line(Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 35.4 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku 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 has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
2	■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
	■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line	for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Utsunomiya Line
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Rabbit: Does not stop at this station
Toro		Local & Rapid Acty		Hasuda
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Toro		Local		Hasuda

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 2014, the station was used by an average of 32,035 passengers daily.[1]

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

External links

• Higashi-Omiya Station (in Japanese)