Urawa Station

Urawa Station (浦和駅, Urawa-eki) is a railway station in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located near Saitama City Office and the Saitama Prefectural Government Office.

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Urawa Station west entrance in January 2018
Location	1-16-12 Takasago, Urawa-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken Japan
Coordinates	35°51′30.53″N 139°39′25.51″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JU Takasaki Line JU Utsunomiya Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line JK Keihin-Tohoku Line
Distance	24.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	JU05, JS23, JK43
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 July 1883
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	84,725 daily
Location
Urawa Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Urawa Station Urawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Urawa Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, and Shonan-Shinjuku Lines. It is 6.1 kilometers from Ōmiya and 24.2 kilometers from Tokyo.

Station layout

Track layout
Ōmiya,Utsunomiya, Takasaki,Maebashi ↑ 6 5 4 3 2 1 Shonan-Shinjuku Line Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) Keihin-Tohoku Line Akabane, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna↓

The station has three elevated island platforms, serving six tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna
2	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Kita-Urawa, Yono, and Ōmiya
3	JU Utsunomiya Line	for Akabane, Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Ōfuna
	JU Takasaki Line	for Akabane and Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Ōfuna
4	JU Utsunomiya Line	for Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso
	JU Takasaki Line	for Takasaki and Maebashi
5	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Akabane, Shinjuku, Yokohama and Ōfuna JO Yokosuka Line for Zushi JT Tokaido Line for Odawara
6	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Ōmiya JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Utsunomiya Line JU05
Akabane ABNJU04		Commuter Rapid		Ōmiya OMYJU07
Akabane ABNJU04		Rapid Rabbit		Ōmiya OMYJU07
Akabane ABNJU04		Local & Rapid Acty		Saitama-Shintoshin JU06
Takasaki Line JU05
Akabane ABNJU04		Kusatsu		Ōmiya OMYJU07
Akabane ABNJU04		Akagi		Ōmiya OMYJU07
Akabane ABNJU04		Commuter Rapid		Ōmiya OMYJU07
Akabane ABNJU04		Rapid Urban		Ōmiya OMYJU07
Akabane ABNJU04		Local		Saitama-Shintoshin JU06
Shonan-Shinjuku Line JS23
Narita Express: Does not stop at this station
Ikebukuro IKBJS21		Nikkō		Ōmiya OMYJS24
Ikebukuro IKBJS21		Kinugawa		Ōmiya OMYJS24
Akabane ABNJS22		Special Rapid		Ōmiya OMYJS24
Akabane ABNJS22		Rapid		Ōmiya OMYJS24
Akabane ABNJS22		Local		Ōmiya OMYJS24
Keihin-Tōhoku Line JK43
Minami-Urawa JK42		Rapid		Kita-Urawa JK44
Minami-Urawa JK42		Local		Kita-Urawa JK44

History

Urawa Station platform 1 under construction in November 2006

Urawa Station opened on 28 July 1883[1] as a station of Nippon Tetsudō (lit. Japan Railway) company, when this company opened the railway from Ueno Station to Kumagaya Station (part of today's Takasaki Line). At that time, there were only six stations along the route (Ueno, Ōji, Urawa, Ageo, Kōnosu, and Kumagaya), so Urawa Station is one of the oldest stations of the Tōhoku Main Line, and is also the oldest in the present-day city of Saitama.

Following eight years of construction, the station became fully elevated in March 2013, therefore allowing the Shonan-Shinjuku Line to serve the station from 16 March 2013 onwards.[2]

In 2017, chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms (1 and 2), brought into use from 21 October 2017.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 84,720 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 51st-busiest station operated by JR East.[4] The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	73,995[5]
2005	73,633[6]
2010	79,113[7]
2011	78,807[8]
2012	80,269[9]
2013	84,230[10]
2014	84,720[4]

Surrounding area

Saitama Prefectural Government Officein March 2015

• Saitama Prefectural Government Office
• Saitama City Office
• Isetan department store
• Corso (department store located in front of Urawa Station west exit)
• Parco Department Store
• Urawa Royal Pines Hotel
• Urawa Washington Hotel
• National Route 17
• National Route 463

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 97. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
2. 浦和駅の高架化、完成　16日から湘南新宿ライン停車 [Urawa Station elevated platforms complete, Shonan-Shinjuku Line to serve station for the 16th] (in Japanese). Japan: Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
3. 京浜東北線浦和駅でホームドアの使用開始 [Platform edge doors commence operation at Urawa Station on Keihin-Tohoku Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
5. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
6. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
7. 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
8. 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
9. 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
10. 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)