Nishi-Urawa Station

Nishi-Urawa Station (西浦和駅, Nishi-Urawa-eki) is a railway station on the Musashino Line in Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

JM27
Nishi-Urawa Station

西浦和駅
Nishi-Urawa Station, September 2008
Location5-10-20 Tajima, Sakura-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
（さいたま市桜区田島5丁目10-20）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JM Musashino Line
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1973
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)14,086 daily

Lines

Nishi-Urawa Station is served by the Musashino Line from Fuchūhommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is located 27.9 kilometers from Fuchūhommachi Station.

Station layout
Station track diagram

↑ to Musashi-Urawa
← to Tōhoku Main Line

1
2
3
4

↓ to Kita-Asaka

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks (2 and 3), with the station building located underneath. Additional tracks (1 and 4) outside the platforms tracks are used by freight trains and Musashino services to and from the Tōhoku Main Line.

  • View of the station platforms looking west, July 2008
  • View wast from the station platform, showing the junction and flyover, March 2007

Platforms
2 JM Musashino Line for Kita-Asaka, Nishi-Kokubunji and Fuchūhommachi
3 JM Musashino Line for Musashi-Urawa, Shim-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihimmakuhari

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Musashino Line JM27
Musashino: Does not stop at this station
Kita-Asaka JM28 Local Musashi-Urawa JM26

History

The station opened on 1 April 1973.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 14,086 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area
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References
  1. 各駅情報（西浦和駅） [Nishi-Urawa Station information] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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