西浦和

Nishi-Urawa Station

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About this station

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Station History & Timeline

6 Events

1973 4月1日

It opened as a Japanese National Railways station and was one of 12 stations where automatic ticket gates were initially test-installed.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

国鉄の駅として開業。開業当初に自動改集札機が試験設置された12駅の一つ。

1980 8月17日

The section between Kita-Kawajiri and the surrounding area was closed for about a month due to damage to the elevated bridge caused by a nearby old tire fire.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

付近の古タイヤ火災による高架橋損傷により、北朝霞との間が約1ヵ月間不通となる。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Machine translation — show Japanese original

国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。

2001 11月18日

The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

2008 2月29日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2018 4月1日

Operations were outsourced.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

業務委託化。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Platform Layout & Transfers

PLATFORM LAYOUT (MUSASHINO LINE)

2 Up

西国分寺 · 府中本町

3 Down

南浦和 · 新松戸 · 西船橋

↕ Platforms 2, 3 serve this line