Kita-Ōmiya Station

Kita-Ōmiya Station
北大宮駅

Kita-Ōmiya Station, September 2011
Location 3-285 Dotechō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama
(さいたま市大宮区土手町3-285)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Urban Park Line
Platforms 1 island
Other information
Station code TD-02
History
Opened 1930
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 6,058 daily

Kita-Ōmiya Station (北大宮駅 Kita-ōmiya-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Urban Park Line in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Lines

Kita-Ōmiya Station is served by the 62.7 km Tobu Urban Park Line from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture. Located between Ōmiya and Ōmiya-kōen, it is 1.2 km from the line's starting point at Ōmiya.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath.

Platforms

1  Tobu Urban Park Line for Ōmiya
2  Tobu Urban Park Line for Iwatsuki, Kasukabe, and Kashiwa

Adjacent stations

Service
Tobu Urban Park Line
Ōmiya   Local   Ōmiya-kōen

History

The station opened on 12 April 1930.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kita-Ōmiya Station becoming "TD-02".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 6,058 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生! あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. 駅情報(乗降人員) - Tobu Railway official home page (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°55′01″N 139°37′30″E / 35.9169°N 139.6249°E / 35.9169; 139.6249

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