Urawa Station

Coordinates: 35°51′30.53″N 139°39′25.51″E / 35.8584806°N 139.6570861°E

Urawa Station 浦和駅
Urawa Station east entrance in December 2015
Location	1-16-12 Takasago, Urawa-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line ■Takasaki Line ■ Tohoku Main Line ■Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Distance	24.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	28 July 1883
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	84,725 daily
Location
Urawa Station Location within Japan

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.

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

Urawa Station 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.

1	■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna
2	■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Kita-Urawa, Yono, and Ōmiya
3	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Akabane, Tokyo, Yokohama and Ōfuna
	■ Takasaki Line	for Akabane and Ueno
4	■ Utsunomiya Line	for Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso
	■ Takasaki Line	for Takasaki and Maebashi
5	■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Akabane, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Yokohama
6	■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Ōmiya, Utsunomiya, and Takasaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Utsunomiya Line
Akabane		Rapid Rabbit		Ōmiya
Akabane		Commuter Rapid		Ōmiya
Akabane		Local		Saitama-Shintoshin
Takasaki Line
Akabane		Limited express Kusatsu		Ōmiya
Akabane		Limited express Akagi		Ōmiya
Akabane		Rapid Urban		Ōmiya
Akabane		Commuter Rapid		Ōmiya
Akabane		Local		Saitama-Shintoshin
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Narita Express: Does not stop at this station
Ikebukuro		Limited express Nikkō		Ōmiya
Ikebukuro		Limited express Kinugawa		Ōmiya
Akabane		Special Rapid		Ōmiya
Akabane		Rapid		Ōmiya
Akabane		Local		Ōmiya
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Minami-Urawa		Rapid		Kita-Urawa
Minami-Urawa		Local		Kita-Urawa

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]

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.^[3] The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

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

Surrounding area

Saitama Prefectural Government Office

• 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
• Red Voltage (official goods shop of Urawa Reds football team)
• 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. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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

• Urawa Station information (JR East) (Japanese)