Nishi-Ōmiya Station

Nishi-Ōmiya Station
西大宮駅
North side of the station, March 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Saitama
Ward Nishi
Neighborhood etc. Sashiōgi
(in Japanese) 埼玉県さいたま市西区指扇
History
Year opened 2009
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Kawagoe Line
Statistics 5,533 passengers/day (FY2010)
There is a bus stop near this station

Nishi-Ōmiya Station (西大宮駅 Nishi-Ōmiya-eki?) is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Contents

Lines

Nishi-Ōmiya Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Ōmiya, and is located 6.3 km from Ōmiya.[2] Most trains continue beyond Ōmiya on the Saikyō Line to Shinjuku and Shin-Kiba. Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime.[3]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.[2]

Platforms

1 ■Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe
2 ■Kawagoe Line for Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku, Rinkai Line through service to Shin-Kiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kawagoe Line
Sashiōgi - Nisshin

History

The station opened on 14 March 2009.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 5,533 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ a b "Nishi-Ōmiya Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1723. Retrieved 25 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１１巻　埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 25/42. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9. 
  3. ^ JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
  4. ^ "各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010_02.html. Retrieved 29 December 2011. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nishi-%C5%8Cmiya_Station Nishi-Ōmiya Station] at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Kawagoe Line