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Oyama Station (小山駅, Oyama-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Oyama, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Oyama Station 小山駅
Oyama Station from outside
General information
Location	3 Shiroyamacho, Oyama-shi, Tochigi-ken 323-0025 Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	JR East JR Freight
Line(s)	■ Tohoku Shinkansen ■ Tohoku Main Line ■■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line ■ Mito Line ■ Ryomo Line
Distance	80.6 km from Tokyo
Platforms	1 side, 2 bay, 4 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 July 1885; 137 years ago (1885-07-16)
Passengers
FY2019	22,471(daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ōmiya towards Tokyo Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamabiko Utsunomiya towards Morioka Tōhoku Shinkansen Nasuno Utsunomiya towards Kōriyama Koga towards Tokyo Utsunomiya Line Rapid Rabbit Terminus Mamada towards Tokyo Utsunomiya Line Local Koganei towards Kuroiso Koga towards Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line   Rapid Koganei towards Utsunomiya Mamada towards Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line   Local Terminus Mito Line Otabayashi towards Mito Omoigawa towards Takasaki Ryōmō Line Terminus
Location
Oyama Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Oyama Station Oyama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Overview

This station is the representative station of Oyama City, the second largest city in Tochigi Prefecture, and the largest terminal station next to Utsunomiya Station in the prefecture.

Lines

Oyama Station is served by the following lines.

• Tōhoku Shinkansen
• Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)
• Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
• Mito Line
• Ryōmō Line

Station layout

The Shinkansen portion of the station has one side platform and one island platform, both of which are elevated. The local portion of the station has two bay platforms (Platforms 6 and 8) for the Ryomo Line and three island platforms (Platforms 9 and 10, 12 and 13, 15 and 16) of the other local lines. There are no platforms 2, 3, 7, 11, 14.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Shinkansen	for Nasushiobara, Fukushima, Sendai, and Morioka
4,5	■ Tōhoku Shinkansen	for Ōmiya, Ueno, and Tokyo
6,8	■ Ryōmō Line	for Tochigi, Sano, Ashikaga, Kiryū, Maebashi, and Takasaki
9,10	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Utsunomiya, Nasushiobara, and Kuroiso
	■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Utsunomiya
12,13	■ 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)
15,16	■ Mito Line	for Shimodate, Tomobe, and Mito

• Most up Shinkansen services use platform 4.
• Some trains on the Ryōmō Line offering through service to Utsunomiya operate from Platform 9.

History

• July 16, 1885: The station opens on what later becomes the Tōhoku Main Line.[1]
• May 22, 1888: The Ryōmō Line opens.
• January 16, 1889: The Mito Line opens.
• June 23, 1982: The Tōhoku Shinkansen opens.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 22,471 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

• Oyama Station information (in Japanese)
• Guide map for Oyama station (in English)

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