Koigakubo Station

Koigakubo Station
恋ヶ窪駅
The station entrance, May 2011
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
City Kokubunji
Neighborhood etc. 1-1-4 Tokura
Postal code185-0003
(in Japanese)東京都国分寺市戸倉1-1-4
History
Year opened 1955
Rail services
Station number(s) SK02
Operator(s) Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Kokubunji Line
Statistics 11,587 passengers/day (FY2013)
There is a bus stop near this station

Koigakubo Station (恋ヶ窪駅 Koigakubo-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Kokubunji Line in Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Koigakubo Station is served by the Seibu Kokubunji Line from Higashi-Murayama to Kokubunji, and is located 5.7 km from the starting point of the line at Higashi-Murayama.[1]

Station layout

The station has two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.[2] The station building and entrance is located on the south side of the station, and the platforms are connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

1 Seibu Kokubunji Line for Higashi-Murayama and Hon-Kawagoe
2 Seibu Kokubunji Line for Kokubunji

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seibu Kokubunji Line
Kokubunji   Local   Takanodai

History

Koigakubo Station opened on 10 February 1955.[1] Access between the platforms was originally via a level crossing for passengers, but this was replaced by a footbridge in 1986.[2] Wheelchair access in the form of ramps and lifts was added in 2006.[2]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Koigakubo Station becoming "SK02".[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 63rd busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 11,587 passengers daily.[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2010 11,009[5]
2011 10,923[6]
2012 11,212[7]
2013 11,587[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第11巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 10-88. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  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 17 November 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 駅別乗降人員 (2013年度1日平均) [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 18 August 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 17 November 2013.
  6. 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 November 2013.
  7. 駅別乗降人員 (2012年度1日平均) [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2012)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

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Coordinates: 35°42′40″N 139°27′51″E / 35.71111°N 139.46417°E