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

Nishi-Ōmiya (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]

Lines

The station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Ōmiya. Most trains continue beyond Ōmiya on the Saikyō Line to Shinjuku and Shin-Kiba. Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime.^[2]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.

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		Local	Nisshin

History

The station opened on 14 March 2009.^[1]

See also

Media related to Nishi-Ōmiya Station at Wikimedia Commons

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. ^ JR Timetable, December 2010 issue

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)