Minami-Urawa Station (南浦和駅, Minami-Urawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[2]

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JK42 JM25 Minami-Urawa Station 南浦和駅
Minami-Urawa Station west entrance, June 2022
General information
Location	2-37-2 Minami-Urawa, Minami Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture 336-0017 Japan
Coordinates	35°50′52″N 139°40′09″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line JM Musashino Line
Distance	22.5 km (14.0 mi) to Tokyo
Platforms	2 island + 2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	At grade (Keihin-Tōhoku Line) Elevated (Musashino Line)
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi" )
Station code	JK42 JM25
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1961; 62 years ago (1961-07-01)
Passengers
FY2019	60,144 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Warabi JK41 towards Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line Rapid Local Urawa URWJK43 towards Ōmiya Musashi-Urawa JM26 towards Ōmiya Shimōsa Higashi-Urawa JM24 towards Kaihimmakuhari Musashi-Urawa JM26 towards Fuchūhommachi Musashino Line Higashi-Urawa JM24 towards Kaihimmakuhari or Tokyo
Track layout Legend  Ōmiya↑ 4 3 2 1 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Utsunomiya Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line ←Musashino Line→ 6 → Nishi-Funabashi 5 ← Fuchūhommachi Saitama Rail Yard  Tokyo↓ Source:[1]
Location Minami-Urawa Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Minami-Urawa Station Minami-Urawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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Minami-Urawa Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line linking Saitama Prefecture with central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, and the orbital Musashino Line. Many Keihin-Tōhoku services originate and terminate at this station. The station is located 31.7 kilometers from Fuchūhommachi Station on the Musashino Line.

The station consists of two island platforms for the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, serving four tracks, with two opposed elevated side platforms for the Musashino Line located above and at a right angle to the island platforms. The station building is elevated and is located on a mezzanine level in between the two sets of platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

The station opened on July 1, 1961 on the Keihin-Tōhoku Line.^[2] The Musashino Line platforms opened on April 1, 1973 when passenger services on the line started. A widely reported incident occurred at the station about 9:15 a.m. on July 22, 2013, when a woman fell into the gap between a train and the edge of the platform. About 40 bystanders helped station staff push against the side of the train so that the woman could be safely extricated. A member of the station staff began pushing the train after the woman fell into the gap and bystanders quickly joined in to help with the rescue effort. The woman was not seriously injured.^[3]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 60,144 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

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