Station

Higashi-Urawa

東浦和

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Higashi-Urawa
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 419/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 238/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:04 / 24:42 (00:42 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (38)


Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Higashi-Urawa Station opened on 1 April 1973 in present-day Midori-ku, Saitama, as a Musashino Line stop and was one of twelve stations chosen to pilot automated ticket gates from the outset. The line was originally planned to interchange here with a future Toshi Kōsoku Tetsudō Line 7 (now the Saitama Rapid Railway Line), but in 1985 the route was redrawn northward and the interchange role passed to neighbouring Higashi-Kawaguchi. The station passed to JR East at privatisation on 1 April 1987 and gained Suica IC card service on 18 November 2001. The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed in September 2018 ahead of contracted operation.

Notes

Higashi-Urawa-to-Minami-Urawa is the most congested segment of the Musashino Line: morning rush congestion reached 173% in fiscal 2018.

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