Oyama Station

Railway station in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Not to be confused with Ōyama Station, Obama Station, Omama Station, or Okama Station.

Oyama Station

小山駅

Oyama Station from outside

General information
Location| 3-3-22 Shiroyamacho, Oyama-shi, Tochigi-ken 323-0025
Japan
Coordinates| 36°18′46″N 139°48′23″E﻿ / ﻿36.312808°N 139.80639°E﻿ / 36.312808; 139.80639
Operated by|

* JR East
* JR Freight

Line(s)|

* Tōhoku Shinkansen
*      Tōhoku Main Line
* ■■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line
*      Mito Line
*      Ryōmō Line

Distance| 80.6 km (50.1 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms| 1 side, 2 bay, 4 island platforms
Tracks| 11 (3 Shinkansen)
Other information
Status| Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code| Elevated (Shinkansen)
At grade (conventional)
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 16 July 1885; 140 years ago (1885-07-16)
Passengers
FY2019| 22,471(daily)

Services

| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Ōmiya

towards Tokyo

|  | Tōhoku Shinkansen

Yamabiko

|  | Utsunomiya

towards Morioka

| Tōhoku Shinkansen

Nasuno

|  | Utsunomiya

towards Kōriyama

Omoigawa

towards Takasaki

|  | Ryōmō Line |  | Terminus
Koga

One-way operation

|  | Utsunomiya Line

Rapid Rabbit

|  | Koganei

towards Utsunomiya

Mamada

towards Tokyo

|  | Utsunomiya Line

Local

|  | Koganei

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

Location

Oyama Station

Location within Tochigi Prefecture

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Oyama Station

Oyama Station (Japan)

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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

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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

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

Oyama Station is served by the following lines.

* Tōhoku Shinkansen
* Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)
* Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
* Mito Line
* Ryōmō Line

## Station layout

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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

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1 | ■ Tōhoku Shinkansen  | for Nasushiobara, Fukushima, Sendai, and Morioka

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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

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* 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

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

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oyama Station.

* Oyama Station information (in Japanese)
* Guide map for Oyama station (in English)

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Stations of the Tōhoku Shinkansen

* Tokyo
* Ueno
* Ōmiya
* Oyama
* Utsunomiya
* Nasushiobara
* Shin-Shirakawa
* Kōriyama
* Fukushima
* Shiroishi-Zaō
* Sendai
* Furukawa
* Kurikoma-Kōgen
* Ichinoseki
* Mizusawa-Esashi
* Kitakami
* Shin-Hanamaki
* Morioka
* Iwate-Numakunai
* Ninohe
* Hachinohe
* Shichinohe-Towada
* Shin-Aomori (for Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto)

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Stations of the Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)

* (Ueno–Tokyo Line towards Yokohama and Atami << )
* Tokyo
* Ueno
* Oku
* (Shonan-Shinjuku Line towards Shinjuku, Yokohama and Zushi << )
* Akabane
* Urawa
* Saitama-Shintoshin
* Ōmiya
* Toro
* Higashi-Ōmiya
* Hasuda
* Shiraoka
* Shin-Shiraoka
* Kuki
* Higashi-Washinomiya
* Kurihashi
* Koga
* Nogi
* Mamada
* Oyama
* Koganei
* Jichi Medical University
* Ishibashi
* Suzumenomiya
* Utsunomiya
* Okamoto
* Hōshakuji
* Ujiie
* Kamasusaka
* Kataoka
* Yaita
* Nozaki
* Nishi-Nasuno
* Nasushiobara
* Kuroiso

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Stations of the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line

Takasaki Line \- Tōkaidō Main Line|

* (Maebashi
* Shin-Maebashi
* Ino
* Takasakitonyamachi)
* Takasaki
* Kuragano
* Shimmachi
* Jimbohara
* Honjō
* Okabe
* Fukaya
* Kagohara
* Kumagaya
* Gyōda
* Fukiage
* Kita-Kōnosu
* Kōnosu
* Kitamoto
* Okegawa
* Kita-Ageo
* Ageo
* Miyahara
* Ōmiya
* Urawa
* Akabane
* Ikebukuro
* Shinjuku
* Shibuya
* Ebisu
* Ōsaki
* Musashi-Kosugi
* Yokohama
* Totsuka
* Ōfuna
* Fujisawa
* Tsujidō
* Chigasaki
* Hiratsuka
* Ōiso
* Ninomiya
* Kōzu
* Kamonomiya
* Odawara

Utsunomiya Line \- Yokosuka Line|

* Utsunomiya
* Suzumenomiya
* Ishibashi
* Jichi Medical University
* Koganei
* Oyama
* Mamada
* Nogi
* Koga
* Kurihashi
* Higashi-Washinomiya
* Kuki
* Shin-Shiraoka
* Shiraoka
* Hasuda
* Higashi-Ōmiya
* Toro
* Ōmiya
* Urawa
* Akabane
* Ikebukuro
* Shinjuku
* Shibuya
* Ebisu
* Ōsaki
* Nishi-Ōi
* Musashi-Kosugi
* Shin-Kawasaki
* Yokohama
* Hodogaya
* Higashi-Totsuka
* Totsuka
* Ōfuna
* Kita-Kamakura
* Kamakura
* Zushi

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Stations of the Ryōmō Line

* Oyama
* Omoigawa
* Tochigi
* Ōhirashita
* Iwafune
* Sano
* Tomita
* Ashikaga Flower Park
* Ashikaga
* Yamamae
* Omata
* Kiryū
* Iwajuku
* Kunisada
* Isesaki
* Komagata
* Maebashi-Ōshima
* Maebashi
* Shin-Maebashi
* Ino
* Takasakitonyamachi
* Takasaki

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Stations of the JR East Mito Line

* Oyama
* Otabayashi
* Yūki
* Higashi-Yūki
* Kawashima
* Tamado
* Shimodate
* Niihari
* Yamato
* Iwase
* Haguro
* Fukuhara
* Inada
* Kasama
* Shishido
* Tomobe

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