Oyama Station

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Not to be confused with Ōyama Station.
Oyama Station

小山駅
JR East Oyama Station 001.JPG
Oyama Station from outside
Location3 Shiroyamacho, Oyama-shi, Tochigi-ken 323-0025
Japan
CoordinatesCoordinates: 36°18′46″N 139°48′23″E / 36.312808°N 139.80639°E / 36.312808; 139.80639
Operated by
  • JR logo (east).svg JR East
  • JR logo (freight).svg JR Freight
Line(s)
  • ■ Tohoku Shinkansen
  • ■ Tohoku Main Line
  • ■■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line
  • ■ Mito Line
  • ■ Ryomo Line
Distance80.6 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 side, 2 bay, 4 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed ( Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 July 1885
Passengers
FY201922,471(daily)
Services
Preceding station JR logo (east).svg JR East Following station
Ōmiya
towards Tokyo
 Tōhoku Shinkansen Utsunomiya
towards Morioka
Tōhoku Shinkansen Utsunomiya
towards Kōriyama
Koga
towards Tokyo
 Utsunomiya Line
Rapid Rabbit
 Terminus
Mamada
towards Tokyo
 Utsunomiya Line
Local
 Okamoto
towards Kuroiso
Koga
towards Zushi
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Rapid
 Koganei
towards Utsunomiya
Mamada
towards Zushi
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
  Local
Terminus Mito Line Otabayashi
towards Mito
Omoigawa
towards Takasaki
 Ryōmō Line Terminus
Location
Oyama Station is located in Tochigi Prefecture
Oyama Station
Oyama Station
Location within Tochigi Prefecture

Oyama Station (小山駅, Oyama-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Oyama, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Overview[]

This station is the representative station of Oyama City, the second largest city in Tochigi Prefecture, and the largest terminal station next to Utsunomiya Station in the prefecture.

Lines[]

A Mito Line 415 series train at Oyama
A Ryōmō Line 115 series train at Oyama

Oyama Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout[]

The Shinkansen portion of the station has one side platform and one island platform, both of which are elevated. The local portion of the station has two bay platforms (Platforms 6 and 8) for the Ryomo Line and three island platforms (Platforms 9 and 10, 12 and 13, 15 and 16) of the other local lines. There are no platforms 2, 3, 7, 11, 14.

Platforms[]

1 ■ Tōhoku Shinkansen for Nasushiobara, Fukushima, Sendai, and Morioka
4,5 ■ Tōhoku Shinkansen for Ōmiya, Ueno, and Tokyo
6,8 ■ Ryōmō Line for Tochigi, Sano, Ashikaga, Kiryū, Maebashi, and Takasaki
9,10 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya, Nasushiobara, and Kuroiso
■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line for Utsunomiya
12,13 ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)
15,16 ■ Mito Line for Shimodate, Tomobe, and Mito
  • Most up Shinkansen services use platform 4.
  • Some trains on the Ryōmō Line offering through service to Utsunomiya operate from Platform 9.

History[]

  • July 16, 1885: The station opens on what later becomes the Tōhoku Main Line.[1]
  • May 22, 1888: The Ryōmō Line opens.
  • January 16, 1889: The Mito Line opens.
  • June 23, 1982: The Tōhoku Shinkansen opens.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 22,471 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Oyama Station information. Retrieved on 13 August 2008. (in Japanese)
  2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links[]

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