Nishi-Tokorozawa Station

Nishi-Tokorozawa Station
西所沢駅
Nishi-Tokorozawa Station, October 2008
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Tokorozawa
Neighborhood etc. 1-11-9 Nishi-Tokorozawa
Postal code359-1144
(in Japanese)埼玉県所沢市西所沢1-11-9
History
Year opened 1915
Former name Kotesashi Station
Present name since 1915
Rail services
Station number(s) SI18
Operator(s) Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Seibu Sayama Line
Statistics 24,473 passengers/day (FY2013)
There is a bus stop near this station

Nishi-Tokorozawa Station (西所沢駅 Nishi-Tokorozawa-eki) is a railway station in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Nishi-Tokorozawa Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo to Hannō, and by its branch, the 4.2 km Seibu Sayama Line to Seibu-Kyūjō-mae. Nishi-Tokorozawa is located 27.2 km from the terminus of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line at Ikebukuro Station.[1] The following train services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms and one island platform, serving four tracks.[2]

Platforms

Platforms 1 and 2 are bidirectional platforms used by Sayama Line services, and platforms 3 and 4 are used by Seibu Ikebukuro Line services.[2] Through trains in the up direction from the Sayama Line to Ikebukuro normally use platform 1.

1 ■Seibu Sayama Line for Seibu-Kyūjō-mae
■Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro
2 ■Seibu Sayama Line for Seibu-Kyūjō-mae
3 ■Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
4 ■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
Tokorozawa   Express   Kotesashi
Tokorozawa   Commuter express   Kotesashi
Tokorozawa   Rapid   Kotesashi
Tokorozawa   Commuter semi express   Kotesashi
Tokorozawa   Semi express   Kotesashi
Tokorozawa   Local   Kotesashi
Seibu Sayama Line
Tokorozawa   Express   Shimo-Yamaguchi
Tokorozawa   Rapid   Shimo-Yamaguchi
Tokorozawa   Commuter semi express   Shimo-Yamaguchi
Tokorozawa   Semi express   Shimo-Yamaguchi
Tokorozawa   Local   Shimo-Yamaguchi

History

The station opened on 15 April 1915 as Kotesashi Station (小手指駅).[1] It was renamed Nishi-Tokorozawa on 1 September 1915.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Nishi-Tokorozawa Station becoming "SI18".[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 43rd busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 24,473 passengers daily.[5]

The passenger figures for the station in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 24,154[1]
2009 24,393[6]
2010 23,904[6]
2011 23,863[7]
2012 24,112[5]
2013 24,473[5]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 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. 12/71. 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 10 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. ↑ 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 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°47′22″N 139°27′24″E / 35.7894°N 139.4568°E