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URWJU05JS23JK43 Urawa Station 浦和駅
JR Urawa Station Platform 1 and 2
General information
Location	1-16-12 Takasago, Urawa Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture 330-0063 Japan
Coordinates	35°51′30.53″N 139°39′25.51″E / 35.8584806°N 139.6570861°E / 35.8584806; 139.6570861
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	24.2 km (15.0 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	JU05, JS23, JK43
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 July 1883; 141 years ago (28 July 1883)
Passengers
FY2019	95,865 daily
Services Preceding station JR East Following station Minami-UrawaJK42towards Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku LineRapidLocal Kita-UrawaJK44towards Ōmiya AkabaneABNJU04towards Ueno Kusatsu ŌmiyaOMYJU07towards Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Akagi ŌmiyaOMYJU07towards Takasaki AkabaneOne-way operation Utsunomiya / Takasaki linesRapid Rabbit & Urban ŌmiyaOMYJU07towards Utsunomiya or Takasaki AkabaneABNJU04towards Tokyo Utsunomiya / Takasaki linesLocal Saitama-ShintoshinJU06towards Kuroiso or Maebashi IkebukuroIKBJS21towards Shinjuku Nikkō and Kinugawa ŌmiyaOMYJS24towards Tōbu Nikkō or Kinugawa-Onsen AkabaneABNJS22towards Odawara or Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku LineSpecial RapidRapid Local ŌmiyaOMYJS24towards Takasaki, Maebashi or Utsunomiya
Track layout Legend  Ōmiya,Utsunomiya, Takasaki,Maebashi ↑ 6 54 32 1 Shonan-Shinjuku Line Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) Keihin-Tohoku Line Akabane, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna↓
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Urawa Station (浦和駅, Urawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located 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.

Lines

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

Station layout

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

History

Urawa Station opened on 28 July 1883 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 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to serve the station from 16 March 2013 onwards.

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 95,865 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

• 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, Shōnan-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 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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　（2015年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

External links

Media related to Urawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
• Tōhoku Main Line
• Takasaki Line
• Keihin-Tōhoku Line
• Utsunomiya Line
• Railway stations in Saitama (city)
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1883