Musashi-Urawa Station

Musashi-Urawa Station (武蔵浦和駅) is a junction passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Musashi-Urawa Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line and 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 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 platforms serving two tracks for the Musashino Line, and two elevated island platforms serving four tracks for the Saikyō Line. The station building is located underneath the platforms.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

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