Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Saitama-Shintoshin Station さいたま新都心駅
The station entrance in November 2015
Location	4 Kishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 330-0843 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Takasaki Line ■ Utsunomiya Line ■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Distance	28.7 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1 April 2000
Traffic

Passengers ((FY2014))	43,667 (daily)^[1]
Location
Saitama-Shintoshin Station Location within Japan

Saitama-Shintoshin Station (さいたま新都心駅, Saitama-Shintoshin-eki, lit. Saitama New City Centre Station) is a railway station in Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

View of the platforms, July 2014

Saitama-Shintoshin Station is served by the Keihin-Tohoku Line, Takasaki Line, and Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line). It is 28.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

This station has and elevated station building with two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna
2	■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Akabane, Tokyo, Yokohama and Ōfuna
3	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Akabane, Tokyo, Yokohama and Ōfuna
3	■ Takasaki Line	for Akabane and Ueno
4	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso
4	■ Takasaki Line	for Kumagaya and Takasaki

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Keihin-Tohoku Line
Yono	Rapid	Ōmiya
Yono	Local	Ōmiya
Takasaki Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Urawa	Local	Ōmiya
Utsunomiya Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Urawa	Local	Ōmiya

History

The station opened on 1 April 2000.

Surrounding area

Saitama New Urban Center
Saitama Super Arena
Cocoon City shopping centre^[2]

Bus services

There is a direct express bus service to and from Narita Airport.^[3]

References

↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
↑ Cocoon City official website (Japanese)
↑ Narita International Airport Official Website Airport Access Information: Buses & Taxis. Retrieved on 8 July 2008

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saitama-Shintoshin Station.

Saitama-Shintoshin Station Information (Saitama Prefectural Government) (Japanese)
Saitama-Shintoshin Station Information (JR East) (Japanese)

Stations of the Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)

Ueno Oku Akabane Urawa Saitama-Shintoshin Ōmiya Toro Higashi-Ōmiya Hasuda Shiraoka Shin-Shiraoka Kuki Higashi-Washinomiya Kurihashi Koga Nogi Mamada Oyama Koganei Jichiidai Ishibashi Suzumenomiya Utsunomiya Okamoto Hōshakuji Ujiie Kamasusaka Kataoka Yaita Nozaki Nishi-Nasuno Nasushiobara Kuroiso (>> Kōriyama, Sendai, Morioka)

Stations of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line

Keihin-Tōhoku Line	Ōmiya Saitama-Shintoshin Yono Kita-Urawa Urawa Minami-Urawa Warabi Nishi-Kawaguchi Kawaguchi Akabane Higashi-Jūjō Ōji Kami-Nakazato Tabata Nishi-Nippori Nippori Uguisudani Ueno Okachimachi Akihabara Kanda Tokyo Yūrakuchō Shimbashi Hamamatsuchō Tamachi Shinagawa Ōimachi Ōmori Kamata Kawasaki Tsurumi Shin-Koyasu Higashi-Kanagawa Yokohama

Negishi Line	Yokohama Sakuragichō Kannai Ishikawachō Yamate Negishi Isogo Shin-Sugita Yōkōdai Kōnandai Hongōdai Ōfuna

Coordinates: 35°53′38″N 139°38′01″E / 35.89389°N 139.63361°E / 35.89389; 139.63361

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