Urawa Station


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

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 and 24.2 kilometers from.

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

Adjacent stations

History

Urawa Station opened on 28 July 1883 as a station of Nippon Tetsudō company, when this company opened the railway from Ueno Station to Kumagaya Station. At that time, there were only six stations along the route, 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.
In 2017, chest-height platform edge doors were installed on the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms, brought into use from 21 October 2017.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 84,720 passengers daily, making it the 51st-busiest station operated by JR East. The daily passenger figures in previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yearDaily average
200073,995
200573,633
201079,113
201178,807
201280,269
201384,230
201484,720

Surrounding area

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