is a passenger railway station located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan. It is a major interchange station for the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and is also operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. Lines The following lines serve the station. JR East Tōhoku Shinkansen Hokkaidō Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) Takasaki Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Ueno-Tokyo Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Saikyō Line Kawagoe Line Tobu Railway Tobu Urban Park Line Saitama New Urban Transit New Shuttle Station layout JR East platforms No. 1–11 These are five ground-level island platforms. Tracks 5 and 10 are through tracks not served by platforms. No. 13–18 These are three elevated island platforms at the third-floor level. No. 19–22 These are two underground island platforms. |} Tōbu platforms These platforms are bay platforms. New Shuttle platform A single platform on the middle of a balloon loop. History Ōmiya Station opened on 16 March 1885 as a station of Nippon Railway. In 1894, a railway workshop was opened to the north of the station, and this facility is still operated by JR East and Japan Freight Railway Company. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 257,344 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by JR East in Saitama Prefecture and the eighth-busiest station on the JR East network as a whole. The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. In fiscal 2019, the Tobu station was used by an average of 135,984 passengers daily. Surrounding area The Railway Museum Local and late-night buses and intercity coaches including ones to Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport airports also depart from this station. See also List of railway stations in Japan Ōmiya Station (Kyoto) References External links Ōmiya Station information (JR East) Ōmiya Station information (Tobu) Ōmiya Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government) Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Tōhoku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Tōhoku Main Line Takasaki Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tobu Noda Line Kawagoe Line Utsunomiya Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Stations of Tobu Railway Railway stations in Saitama (city) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1885 Hokuriku Shinkansen