is a junction passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

located in

Minami-ku, Saitama is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the southern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 192,143 and a population density of 14,000 persons per km². Its total area was ...

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...

(JR East).

Lines

Musashi-Urawa Station is served by the orbital

Musashino Line The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Tsurumi Station in Yokohama with Nishi-Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture, forming a 100.6 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo. Passenger operations a ...

and the

Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line ( ja, 埼京線, ) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is an abbreviation o ...

which runs between in Tokyo and in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to via the

Kawagoe Line The Kawagoe Line ( ja, 川越線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka in Saitama Prefecture. The main transfer stations on the line are ...

and southward to via the TWR

Rinkai Line The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on t ...

. The station is located 16.1 km from Ikebukuro Station on the Saikyo Line and 29.8 kilometers from Fuchūhommachi Station on the Musashino Line. The station identification colour for the Saikyō Line platforms is "cherry blossom".

Station layout

The station has two elevated opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platfo ...

s serving two tracks for the Musashino Line, and two elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...

s serving four tracks for the Saikyō Line. The station building is located underneath the platforms. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Gro ...

" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

JREast-Musashino-line-Musashi-urawa-station-platform

History

The station opened on 30 September 1985.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 53,992 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Saitama Minami-ku Ward Office * Lotte Urawa Factory * Lotte Urawa Baseball Ground * Tokyo Yakult Swallows Toda Baseball Ground

References

External links

Musashi-Urawa Station information
(JR East)

(Saitama Prefectural Government) {{Saikyo Line Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1985 Saikyō Line Musashino Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Saitama (city)