Kita-Urawa Station

Kita-Urawa Station 北浦和駅
File:Kita-Urawa Station West Exit.jpg Kita-Urawa Station west exit
Location	3-3-5 Kitaurawa, Urawa-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken (さいたま市浦和区北浦和三丁目3-5 ) Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Platforms	1 island platform
History
Opened	1936
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	50,459 daily

Kita-Urawa Station (北浦和駅, Kita-Urawa eki) is a railway station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Urawa Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line. It is 4.3 kilometers from Ōmiya and 26.0 kilometers from Tokyo.

Layout

The station has one island platform serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge to the elevated station building.

Platforms

1	■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Urawa, Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama and Ōfuna
2	■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Yono and Ōmiya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Yono		express		Urawa
Yono		local		Urawa

Statistics

in fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of people passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

History

The station opened on 1 September 1936. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

• Saitama Museum of Modern Art
• Kita-Urawa Park
• National Route 17

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)