Urawa Station

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

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 following JR East lines.

Station layout

The station has three elevated island platforms, serving six tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

Urawa Station opened on 28 July 1883 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.