is a passenger

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on the

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 ...

located in

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, Japan, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Nishi-Urawa Station is served by the

from to and . It is located 27.8 kilometers from Fuchūhommachi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of an 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 on ...

serving two tracks (2 and 3), with the station building located underneath. Additional tracks (1 and 4) outside the platforms tracks are used by freight trains and '' Musashino'' services to and from the

Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fukush ...

. The station is staffed. File:JRE Nishi-Urawa-STA Gate.jpg, Ticket gate, August 2022 File:JRE Nishi-Urawa-STA Platform.jpg, Station platforms, August 2022

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 April 1973.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,758 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

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Akigase Park is a park in Japan that occupies a section of flood plain of the Arakawa River (Kanto), Arakawa River, which is located at the western edge of Saitama City. The park covers an area of 100.1ha on the eastern side of the river between its northern ...

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Musashino Line Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1973 Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Saitama (city) Musashino Line