Ōmiya Station (大宮駅) is in Ōmiya Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) runs the main station. The Tobu Railway and Saitama New Urban Transit (New Shuttle) also operate stations here. Lines served: Kawagoe Line, Saikyō Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line, Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, TD Tobu Urban Park Line, Tohoku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen, and Hokuriku Shinkansen.
History
Ōmiya station opened on 16 March 1885 as a station on the Nippon Railway line. On 16 July 1885 a branch line opened to Kuriha, which later became part of the Tōhoku Main Line. On 1 November 1906 the Nippon Railway was nationalized. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Tōhoku Main Line, and the line toward Takasaki was named the Takasaki Line. On 15 March 1927 a west exit opened for the railway workshops. For a long time there was no roundabout on the west side, and a shopping street ran west. On 17 November 1929 the Hokuso Railway's Noda Line opened a section toward Kasukabe, and on 9 December 1929 Ōmiya became a full station on the Noda Line.
On 15 July 1932 the Railway Ministry added two freight tracks between Yono and Ōmiya, making four tracks. On 1 September 1932 electric Keihin-Tōhoku trains were extended here from Akabane. On 22 July 1940 the Kawagoe Line opened. On 17 February 1961 the freight yard and freight handling were separated as Ōmiya freight yard. On 1 October 1967 the line between Yono and Ōmiya was split into three pairs of tracks: electric, passenger and freight. On 3 October 1967 a station building called Ōmiya Station Building (now Lumine 1) opened. Tobu's Ōmiya station moved here, and it was no longer a shared station.
On 27 April 1968 an underground east-west passage was completed. On 25 October 1981 a central passage was completed, and the east-west underground passage closed the day before. On 23 June 1982 the Tōhoku Shinkansen opened from here to Morioka. A shuttle called the Shinkansen Relay Train ran to Ueno, and female guides called Relay Girls appeared. On 15 November 1982 the Jōetsu Shinkansen opened. On 14 March 1985 the Tōhoku Shinkansen was extended from here to Ueno, ending its role as a temporary starting station. On 30 September 1985 the Saikyō Line opened, and its trains ran into underground platforms.
On 1 April 1987 JR East took over the station from the national railways. On 20 May 1992 a west ticket gate was added, with automatic gates. On 1 October 1997 three limited express pairs began stopping here. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable. On 1 December 2002 all Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamabiko, Tsubasa and Asama trains began stopping. On 5 March 2005 the Ecute Omiya shopping area opened inside the gates. On 18 March 2006 Tobu limited expresses to Nikkō and Kinugawa began using the JR platforms. On 18 March 2007 PASMO started on the Tobu line, and Suica started on the New Shuttle line. On 14 March 2009 all Hayate and Komachi trains began stopping, so every Tōhoku Shinkansen train now stopped here.
On 15 March 2014 the central passage was rebuilt for the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension. On 14 March 2015 all passenger trains began stopping here. In July 2018 Saitama City drew up the Ōmiya Grand Central Station plan. On 10 November 2021 the View Plaza travel office closed. On 11 March 2022 the Narita Express stopped running into Ōmiya. On 1 April 2022 an Ekitabi concierge opened, and on 30 June 2022 the Eki Tabi Market opened. On 16 March 2023 the station's opening anniversary was named Ōmiya Railway Day, and the east and west exits received local names: Hikawa Jinja exit and Teppaku-dōri exit. On 19 July 2023 a smart platform door came into use on the Keihin-Tōhoku platform, and on 7 August 2023 on the second one. On 1 October 2025 Eki-net Q-ticket service started on the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
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