Higashi-Ōmiya Station

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
Higashi-Ōmiya Station west exit, 2008
General information
Location4-76-61 Higashiōmiya, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 337-0051
Japan
Coordinates35.9486°N 139.6405°E / 35.9486; 139.6405
Operated by JR East
Line(s)Tōhoku Main Line
Distance35.4 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedMarch 20, 1964
Passengers
FY201933,531
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Ōmiya
OMYJU07
towards Ueno
 Utsunomiya Line
Rapid Rabbit
 Hasuda
towards Utsunomiya
Toro
towards Tokyo
 Utsunomiya Line
Local
 Hasuda
towards Kuroiso
Ōmiya
OMYJS24
towards Zushi
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Rapid
 Hasuda
towards Utsunomiya
Toro
towards Zushi
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Local
Location
Higashi-Ōmiya Station is located in Saitama Prefecture
Higashi-Ōmiya Station
Higashi-Ōmiya Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Higashi-Ōmiya Station is located in Japan
Higashi-Ōmiya Station
Higashi-Ōmiya Station
Higashi-Ōmiya Station (Japan)

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 JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line)
■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO 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]

See also

References
  1. 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.

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