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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URWJU05JS23JK43 Urawa Station 浦和駅
JR Urawa Station Platform 1 and 2
General information
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
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
Other information
Station code	JU05, JS23, JK43
Website	Official website
History
Opened	28 July 1883; 140 years ago (28 July 1883)
Passengers
FY2019	95,865 daily
Services Preceding station JR East Following station Minami-Urawa JK42 towards Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line Rapid Local Kita-Urawa JK44 towards Ōmiya Akabane ABNJU04 towards Ueno Kusatsu Ōmiya OMYJU07 towards Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Akagi Ōmiya OMYJU07 towards Takasaki Akabane ABNJU04 towards Tokyo Utsunomiya / Takasaki lines Rapid Rabbit & Urban Ōmiya OMYJU07 towards Utsunomiya or Maebashi Akabane ABNJU04 towards Tokyo Utsunomiya / Takasaki lines Local Saitama-Shintoshin JU06 towards Kuroiso or Maebashi Ikebukuro IKBJS21 towards Shinjuku Nikkō and Kinugawa Ōmiya OMYJS24 towards Tōbu Nikkō or Kinugawa-Onsen Akabane ABNJS22 towards Odawara or Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Special Rapid Rapid Local Ōmiya OMYJS24 towards Takasaki, Maebashi or Utsunomiya
Track layout Legend  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↓
Location
Urawa Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Urawa Station Urawa Station (Kanto Area) Show map of Kanto Area Urawa Station Urawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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Urawa 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.

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.

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 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]

In 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.

• 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

• List of railway stations in Japan