Higashi-Ōmiya Station

35°56′55″N 139°38′26″E / 35.9486°N 139.6405°E / 35.9486; 139.6405Operated by JR EastLine(s)Tōhoku Main LineDistance35.4 km from TokyoPlatforms1 island platformOther informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedMarch 20, 1964PassengersFY201933,531 Services

Preceding station	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 Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Higashi-Ōmiya Station Higashi-Ōmiya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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).

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

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Higashi-Ōmiya Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Higashi-Omiya Station (in Japanese)