Oyama Station

Overview

Lines

• Tohoku Shinkansen
• Utsunomiya Line
• Shonan-Shinjuku Line
• Mito Line
• Ryomo Line

  Station layout

Platforms

• Most up Shinkansen services use platform 4.
• Some trains on the Ryomo Line offering through service to Utsunomiya operate from Platform 9.

  Adjacent stations

Transportation characteristics at this station

• This station is a junction where the Tohoku Shinkansen, the conventional Utsunomiya Line, the Mito Line, and the Ryomo Line enter, and the line extends to the north, south, east and west.
• Tohoku Shinkansen upbound
• *During the day, one stop every hour, "Yamabiko" or "Nasuno" alternately stops every two hours. In the early morning, "Nasuno", which departs from the station, is also set.
• Tohoku Shinkansen downbound
• *During the day, one stop every hour, "Yamabiko" or "Nasuno", alternately stops every two hours. If you use Sendai-Morioka from this station, you need to transfer at Utsunomiya, Kōriyama or Sendai. If you use Morioka and north, you need to transfer at Sendai.
• Utsunomiya Line
• *Upbound
• *During the day, approximately one fast train and four regular trains Stop.
• Utsunomiya Line going down
• *During the day, one high-speed train and four ordinary trains stop approximately every hour.
• Mito Line going down
• *During the day, approximately one regular train arrives and departs approximately every hour. Some morning and evening trains also take the section train bound for Shimodate and the Joban Line from Tomobe.
• Ryomo Line going down
• *During the day, one ordinary train arrives and departs approximately every hour. All trains, except two for Kiryu at night, enter Takasaki from Shin-Maebashi via the Joetsu Line.

  History

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