Saitama-Shintoshin_Station

Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Railway station in Saitama, Japan

Saitama-Shintoshin Station (さいたま新都心駅, Saitama-Shintoshin-eki, lit. "Saitama New Urban Center Station") is a passenger railway station located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

The platforms in July 2021

Saitama-Shintoshin Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Takasaki Line, and Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), and lies 28.7 km (17.8 mi) 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 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna
2 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Ōmiya
3 JU Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Ito Line)
JU Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line)
4 JU Utsunomiya Line for Ōmiya, Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso
JU Takasaki Line for Ōmiya, Kumagaya and Takasaki

Platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms (1 and 2) in 2017, being brought into service on 23 September 2017.[1]

History

The station opened on 1 April 2000.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 55,782 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

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Surrounding area

Bus services

There is a direct express bus service to and from Narita Airport.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    さいたま新都心駅でホームドア設置がすすむ [Work proceeding on installation of platform edge doors at Saitama-Shintoshin Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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    各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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    各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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    各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. [7]
    Cocoon City official website (in Japanese)
  8. [8]
    Narita International Airport Official Website Airport Access Information: Buses & Taxis. Retrieved 8 July 2008

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