Saitama-Shintoshin Station (さいたま新都心駅, Saitama-Shintoshin-eki, lit. "Saitama New Urban Center Station") is a passenger railway station located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Saitama-Shintoshin Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Takasaki Line, and Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), and lies 28.7 km (17.8 mi) from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

This station has and elevated station building with two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna
2	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Ōmiya
3	JU Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Ito Line)
	JU Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line)
4	JU Utsunomiya Line	for Ōmiya, Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso
	JU Takasaki Line	for Ōmiya, Kumagaya and Takasaki

Platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms (1 and 2) in 2017, being brought into service on 23 September 2017.

History

The station opened on 1 April 2000.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 55,782 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	15,033
2005	35,874
2010	39,090
2015	48,371

Surrounding area

• Saitama New Urban Center
• Saitama Super Arena
• Cocoon City shopping centre

Bus services

There is a direct express bus service to and from Narita Airport.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan