Urawa railway station
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 Urawa railway station
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| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | ｳ ﾗ ( U-RA ) |
| opening | July 18, 1883 |
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| City / municipality | Saitama |
| prefecture | Saitama |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 51 '31 " N , 139 ° 39' 26" E |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Urawa Station ( Jap. 浦和駅 , Urawa-eki ) is located in the city of Saitama ( District Urawa ) in Saitama Prefecture on the Keihin-Tohoku Line of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located near Saitama City Hall, the Prefectural Government, and the Prefectural Parliament Building. It practically serves as a “front door” to the main administration of the prefecture. According to the description in the JTB course book, Urawa Station is the main station in the city and Saitama Prefecture. There are also three larger hotels near the train station.
Lines
Urawa is served by the following lines:
- JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line
- JR Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
- JR Takasaki Line
- JR Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Adjacent train stations
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| Minami-Urawa |
.svg){kind=logo} Keihin Tōhoku Line, JR East |
Kita-Urawa | ||
| Akabane |
Utsunomiya and Takasaki Lines JR East |
Saitama Shintoshin | ||
| Akabane |
JR East Shonan-Shinjuku Line |
Ōmiya | ||
history
On July 18, 1883, the station was opened by the first private railway company in Japan, the Nippon Tetsudō ( 日本 鉄 道 , literally: "Japan Railway"), when they opened the line from Ueno to Kumagaya, which is now part of the Takasaki- Line belong. At that time there were only six stations on the route, Ueno, Ōji, Urawa, Ageo, Kōnosu, and Kumagaya. Urawa is one of the oldest stations on the Tōhoku main line. It is also one of the oldest buildings in the city.
Station description
The station is currently under renovation for a lift.
The city of Saitama and JR East are working together to raise the station and the subsequent railway lines, as the railway lines still cut the city in two and motor vehicles and pedestrians are very restricted in their mobility due to the rail traffic on the line. In addition, the trains of the Shonan-Shinjuku line still have to be routed through the station on a route for freight trains, as there is no longer any space in the station for a usable platform for this line. This resulted in the decision to raise the station and equip it with an additional platform. In addition, the road tunnel near the train station is to be extended under the railway line. The entire construction project will take several years.
Track 1 was the first to be raised and is now roughly level with a second floor. This is where the Keihin-Tōhoku line is dispatched from Tokyo via Shinagawa to Yokohama and via the branch to the Negishi line to Ōfuna.
Tracks 2-4 are still at street level. The trains of the Keihin-Tōhoku line run on platform 2 in the opposite direction, to Ōmiya.
The Utsunomiya line and the Takasaki line stop on platforms three and four .
