Naka-Urawa Station (中浦和駅, Naka-Urawa-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Saikyō Line located in Minami-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
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![]() Naka-Urawa Station west exit, February 2015 | |||||||||||
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Location | 1 Shikatebukuro, Minami-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 336-0031 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°51′13.71″N 139°38′14.79″E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | JA Saikyō Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Opened | 30 September 1985 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 13,537 daily | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Naka-Urawa Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture![]() ![]() Naka-Urawa Station Naka-Urawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Naka-Urawa Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 17.3 km from Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "canary yellow".[2]
The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2] The station is staffed.
1 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Akabane, Shinjuku and Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba |
2 | JA Saikyō Line | for Ōmiya and Kawagoe |
The station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,537 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | Daily average |
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2000 | 10,778[4] |
2005 | 11,399[5] |
2010 | 12,214[6] |
2015 | 12,843[7] |
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