Higashi-Nagasaki Station

Higashi-Nagasaki Station
東長崎駅
South entrance, July 2008
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Toshima
Neighborhood etc. 5-1-1 Nagasaki
Postal code171-0051
(in Japanese)東京都豊島区長崎5-1-1
History
Year opened 1915
Rail services
Station number(s) SI03
Operator(s) Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Statistics 27,072 passengers/day (FY2013)

Higashi-Nagasaki Station (東長崎駅 Higashi-Nagasaki-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Higashi-Nagasaki Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo to Hannō in Saitama Prefecture, and is located 3.1 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[1] Only all-stations "Local" services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station has two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks.[2] The platforms are capable of handling 10-car trains.[2]

Platforms

1/2 Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa and Hannō
3/4 Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Ikebukuro

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Limited express: no stop
Rapid express: no stop
Express: no stop
Commuter express: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Commuter semi express: no stop
Semi express: no stop
Shiinamachi   Local   Ekoda

History

Higashi-Nagasaki Station opened on 15 April 1915.[1] While the name of the district in which the station is located is actually Nagasaki, the station was named Higashi-Nagasaki to avoid confusion with Nagasaki Station in Kyushu.[2]

Station numbering was introduced during fiscal 2012, with Higashi-Nagasaki Station becoming "SI03".[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 37th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 27,072 passengers daily.[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 32,376[1]
2009 27,593[5]
2010 26,464[6]
2011 26,109[7]
2012 26,598[4]
2013 27,072[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第12巻 東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 29/63. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
  3. 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (pdf). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 駅別乗降人員 2013(平成25)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. 駅別乗降人員 2010(平成22)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  7. 駅別乗降人員 2011(平成23)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2011)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

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Coordinates: 35°43′48″N 139°40′59″E / 35.729991°N 139.683194°E