Railway Elevation Around Urawa Station
Now Saitama City and JR East cooperate in the elevation of Urawa Station and the railroad tracks around it. The railroad tracks separate the town, and so cars and pedestrians cannot easily go across the tracks. Also, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains now pass through Urawa Station, but there are no platforms for these services because they run on tracks originally laid only for freight trains. The station is therefore being reconstructed with new elevated platforms for Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains, and to widen the road which passes under the tracks near the station. Construction of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line platforms is scheduled to be completed in 2012.
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