Nishi-Urawa Station

Nishi-Urawa Station 西浦和駅駅
Nishi-Urawa Station, September 2008
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Saitama
Ward	Sakura
Neighborhood etc.	5 Tajima
Postal Code	338-0837
(in Japanese)	さいたま市桜区田島5丁目
History
Year opened	1973
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Musashino Line
There is a bus stop near this station

Nishi-Urawa Station (西浦和駅, Nishi-Urawa-eki^?) is a railway station in Saitama, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East}.^[1]

Lines

Nishi-Urawa Station is served by the Musashino Line from Fuchū-Hommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo.

Station layout

Station track diagram
Legend ↑ to Musashi-Urawa ← to Tōhoku Main Line 1 2 3 4 ↓ to Kita-Asaka

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks (2 and 3). Additional tracks (1 and 4) outside the platforms tracks are used by freight trains and Musashino services to and from the Tōhoku Main Line.

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  View of the station platforms looking east, July 2008

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  View west from the station platform, showing the junction and flyover, March 2007

Platforms

2	■Musashino Line	for Nishi-Kokubunji and Fuchū-Hommachi
3	■Musashino Line	for Musashi-Urawa, Shin-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihin-Makuhari

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Musashino Line
Kita-Asaka		Local	Musashi-Urawa

History

The station opened on 1 April 1973.^[1]

Surrounding area

• National Route 17
• Akigase Park

See also

Media related to Nishi-Urawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "各駅情報（西浦和駅） [Nishi-Urawa Station information]" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1148. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°50′38″N 139°37′41″E / 35.8439°N 139.6280°E / 35.8439; 139.6280