Omiya marshalling yard

...During the Edo period, it was a post town on the Nakasendo road, and a city was established. In 1885, Omiya Station was opened as a junction between the Takasaki Line and the Tohoku Main Line, and it became a railway town. In 1894, the Japan Railway Omiya Factory was established, and in 1927, the Omiya Marshalling Yard opened. With the opening of the Tobu Noda Line (1929), the National Railway (now JR) Keihin-Tohoku Line (1932), and the National Railway (now JR) Kawagoe Line (1940), and the triple-tracking between Omiya and Akabane (1968), it became the prefecture's largest railway transportation hub. In 1982, it became the provisional starting point for both the Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen lines, and in 1983, the new transportation system, the New Shuttle, was introduced, and in 1985, the Saikyo Line was extended to Ikebukuro, in 1986 to Shinjuku, and in 1996 to Ebisu. ...

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…江戸時代は中山道の宿場町で，市も立った。1885年高崎線と東北本線の分岐点として大宮駅が開設されてから鉄道の街となり，94年日本鉄道大宮工場が設立され，1927年大宮操車場が開業した。東武野田線(1929)，国電(現JR)京浜東北線(1932)，国鉄(現JR)川越線(1940)の開設，大宮～赤羽間の三複線化(1968)などにより，県下最大の鉄道交通の要地となり，1982年には東北･上越両新幹線の暫定始発駅となり，83年には新交通システム，ニューシャトルが，85年には埼京線が池袋，86年新宿，96年恵比寿まで通じた。…

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