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Nishi-Tokorozawa Station

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SI18
Nishi-Tokorozawa Station

西所沢駅

Nishi-Tokorozawa Station, February 2021

General information

Location

1-11-9 Nishi-Tokorozawa, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama-ken 359–1144
Japan

Coordinates

35°47′22″N 139°27′24″E / 35.7894°N 139.4568°E

Operated by

Seibu Railway

Line(s)

Seibu Ikebukuro Line

Seibu Sayama Line

Platforms

1 island and 1 side platform

Connections

Bus stop

Other information

Station code

SI18

Website

Official website

History

Opened

15 April 1915

Previous names

Kotesashi (until 1915)

Passengers

FY2019

25,720 daily

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Kotesashi SI19 towards Hannō	Ikebukuro Line Express	Tokorozawa SI17 towards Ikebukuro
Kotesashi One-way operation	Ikebukuro Line Commuter Express
Kotesashi SI19 towards Hannō	Ikebukuro Line Rapid
Kotesashi One-way operation	Ikebukuro Line Commuter Semi Express
Kotesashi SI19 towards Hannō	Ikebukuro Line Semi Express
Kotesashi SI19 towards Agano	Ikebukuro Line Local
Shimo-Yamaguchi SI40 towards Seibukyūjō-mae	Sayama Line	Terminus

Location
Nishi-Tokorozawa Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Nishi-Tokorozawa Station Nishi-Tokorozawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

Lines[edit]

Nishi-Tokorozawa Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo to Hannō, and by its branch, the 4.2 kmSeibu Sayama LinetoSeibukyūjō-mae. Nishi-Tokorozawa is located 27.2 km from the terminus of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line at Ikebukuro Station.^[1]

Station layout[edit]

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

Station platforms, 2021

Platforms[edit]

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 Seibukyūjō-mae
1	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro
2	Seibu Sayama Line	for Seibukyūjō-mae
3	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for Hannō
4	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for Tokorozawa, Nerima, and Ikebukuro Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya TY Tōkyū Tōyoko Line for Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

History[edit]

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[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the station was the 40th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 25,720 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^[8]
2013	24,473^[8]

Surrounding area[edit]

Saitama Prefectural Tokorozawa High School
National Route 463

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.

^ ^a ^b 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.

^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

^ 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.

^ 駅別乗降人員(2019年度1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

^ ^a ^b 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

^ ^a ^b 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.