Musashi-Fujisawa Station

Musashi-Fujisawa Station
武蔵藤沢駅
West entrance, April 2008
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Iruma
Neighborhood etc. 494-4 Shimofujisawa
Postal code358-0011
(in Japanese)埼玉県入間市下藤沢494-4
History
Year opened 1926
Rail services
Station number(s) SI21
Operator(s) Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Statistics 23,599 passengers/day (FY2013)
There is a bus stop near this station

Musashi-Fujisawa Station (武蔵藤沢駅 Musashi-Fujisawa-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Iruma, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Musashi-Fujisawa Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Sayamagaoka and Inariyama-kōen, it is 32.9 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[1]

Service pattern

Trains that stop here:

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.[2]

Platforms

1 Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō and Seibu-Chichibu
2 Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa, Nerima, and Ikebukuro
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Chichibu/Musashi limited express: no stop
Rapid express: no stop
Sayamagaoka   Express   Inariyama-kōen
Sayamagaoka   Commuter express   Inariyama-kōen
Sayamagaoka   Rapid   Inariyama-kōen
Sayamagaoka   Commuter semi express   Inariyama-kōen
Sayamagaoka   Semi express   Inariyama-kōen
Sayamagaoka   Local   Inariyama-kōen

History

The station opened on 1 April 1926.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Musashi-Fujisawa Station becoming "SI21".[3]

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 46th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 23,599 passengers daily.[5]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 21,957[1]
2009 23,054[6]
2010 22,690[7]
2011 22,412[8]
2012 22,837[5]
2013 23,599[5]

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. 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. pp. 19–72. 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 22 February 2013.
  4. 東急東横線・メトロ副都心線相互直通、16日スタート [Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line inter-running to start on 16 March]. Nikkei.com (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 15 March 2013. 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 22 June 2014.
  6. 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 22 February 2013.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  8. 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 22 February 2013.

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Coordinates: 35°49′16″N 139°24′46″E / 35.8212°N 139.4128°E