Kōkū-kōen Station

Kōkū-kōen Station
航空公園駅
East entrance, May 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Tokorozawa
Neighborhood etc. 2-4-1 Namiki
Postal code359-0042
(in Japanese)埼玉県所沢市並木2-4-1
History
Year opened 1987
Rail services
Station number(s) SS23
Operator(s) Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Shinjuku Line
Statistics 28,076 passengers/day (FY2013)
Small bus terminal at this station

Kōkū-kōen Station (航空公園駅 Kōkū-kōen-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.[1]

Lines

Kōkū-kōen Station is served by the Seibu Shinjuku Line between Seibu Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and Hon-Kawagoe Station in Kawagoe, and is located 30.5 km from the Seibu Shinjuku terminus.[2] All trains except Koedo limited express and Commuter express services stop at this station.

Station layout

Kōkū-kōen Station has two entrances, east and west, with the ticket vending on the third level.

The exterior of whole three-storied station building is designed to look like a "Henri Farman" biplane, 1910's Farman III, which is the first official powered aircraft in Japan, the clock, above the entrance, as its propeller, and was selected as 100 Train Stations in Kantō by MLIT in 1998.

Several stores, such as Henri Farman Bakery & Cafe, Hōrindō Book store, and Senba21 Supermarket, are located in the station building.[3]

Platforms

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. Platform 1 is for trains heading towards Hon-Kawagoe Station and platform 2 is for trains heading towards Seibu Shinjuku Station.

1 ■Seibu Shinjuku Line for Hon-Kawagoe
2 ■Seibu Shinjuku Line for Tokorozawa and Seibu Shinjuku

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seibu Shinjuku Line
Koedo limited express: no stop
Commuter express: no stop
Tokorozawa   Express   Shin-Tokorozawa
Tokorozawa   Semi express   Shin-Tokorozawa
Tokorozawa   Local   Shin-Tokorozawa

History

The station opened on 28 May 1987.[2]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kōkū-kōen Station becoming "SS23".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 36th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 28,076 passengers daily.[5]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2009 28,373[6]
2010 27,450[6]
2011 27,399[7]
2012 27,648[5]
2013 28,076[5]

Surrounding area

Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park (Kōkū-kōen)
Retired YS-11 aircraft on display in front of the station
Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse

To the east of the station is:

To the west of the station is:

References

  1. ↑ 各駅のご案内: 航空公園駅 [Station Information: Kōkū-kōen Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. ↑ Stores in the Kōkū-kōen Station building (Japanese)
  4. ↑ 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 2 April 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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 17 July 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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 17 July 2014.
  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 17 July 2014.

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Coordinates: 35°47′54.91″N 139°27′56.30″E / 35.7985861°N 139.4656389°E