Urayasu Station
T18 · Tozai Line · Urayasu, Chiba
Urayasu Station (浦安)
T18 opened on 29 March 1969, the day the Tozai Line was completed across the prefectural boundary, and it changed the place it served: Urayasu had been a fishing town reached by road, and it turned into commuter country within a generation. At the time its address was in a rural district rather than a city, which made it an unusual spot for a subway station. The platforms are elevated side platforms, and for years the only roof over them was in the middle.
Rapid trains passed straight through at first. From 9 June 1975 they began calling on weekday middays and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and from 16 March 1996 every rapid stopped, ending the long non-stop run from Toyocho. Two major rebuilds have followed, one finished in July 1987 that widened the platforms and concourse, and another between January 2011 and February 2013; solar panels were fitted on 26 March 2013 as part of a scheme covering the whole line. From 16 March 2019 one train a morning starts here, worked empty from the Gyotoku depot because the station has no turnback track. In 2025 Urayasu was used by 79,767 people on an average day.
Finding Urayasu on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Urayasu
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Urayasu
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| TTozai | 24 trains/hour (about one every 2.5 min) | 16 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Urayasu
Scheduled running time between Urayasu and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| TTozai | T17Kasai | 3 min |
| TTozai | T19Minami-gyotoku | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Tozai Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTozai | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Tozai Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Tokyo Metro: the “1-route” (step-free street-gate-platform path by elevator, slope, stair lift or wheelchair escalator) is complete at all 180 stations; a separate list shows stations with an elevator-only 1-route.
What is near Urayasu Station?
The station stands in what is now the centre of Urayasu, though it opened at the edge of the old town and the district grew around it afterwards; redevelopment plans for the area in front of the station have been discussed for years. The arches under the viaduct hold a parade of shops run by a Tokyo Metro subsidiary. The old Edo River and the Tokyo ward boundary are a short walk away, the city hall is well beyond walking distance, and the buses that serve the surrounding blocks stop on the roads rather than in a forecourt.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| 猫実五丁目東地区街区公園 | 350 m | about 6 min |
| 浦安市立浦安小学校 | 280 m | about 5 min |
| 浦安市中央公民館図書室 | 270 m | about 4 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Frequently asked questions
It was, from the park’s opening on 15 April 1983 until Maihama Station opened on 1 December 1988. Visitors came to Urayasu and finished the journey by bus from a terminal beside the station, and the station was far busier in those years than it is now. The bus terminal was wound down after 1988 and services into it ended in 1994.
All of them do now, and have done since 16 March 1996. When the station opened, rapids ran non-stop between Toyocho and Nishi-funabashi; from 9 June 1975 they called here on weekday middays and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and the remaining peak-hour exceptions went in 1996. Commuter rapid trains run all stations from here in the weekday morning peak.