Saitama-Shintoshin Station (さいたま新都心駅) 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 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

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.

Surrounding area

Bus services

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