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.
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | JU05, JS23, JK43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 28 July 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 95,865 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editUrawa 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
editThe 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
edit1 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna |
2 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku 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 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Akabane, Shinjuku, Yokohama and Ōfuna JO Yokosuka Line for Zushi JT Tokaido Line for Odawara |
6 | JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki |
History
editUrawa 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 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to serve the station from 16 March 2013 onwards.[2]
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.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 95,865 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | Daily average |
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2000 | 73,995[5] |
2005 | 73,633[6] |
2010 | 79,113[7] |
2015 | 87,650[8] |
Surrounding area
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
editMedia related to Urawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)