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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Higashi-Ōmiya Station west exit, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 4-76-61 Higashiōmiya, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 337-0051 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35.9486°N 139.6405°E / 35.9486; 139.6405 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 33,531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
This station has an elevated station building, with a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The station is staffed.
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) |
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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 33,531 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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Stations of the Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line) | ||
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Stations of the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | ||
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Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line |
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Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line |
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