Shin-Tokorozawa Station

Shin-Tokorozawa Station (新所沢駅, Shin-Tokorozawa-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

SS24
Shin-Tokorozawa Station

新所沢駅
East entrance, November 2013
Location1-21-25 Midori-chō, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県所沢市緑町1-21-25）
Japan
Operated by Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Shinjuku Line
Distance31.7 km from Seibu Shinjuku
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus terminal
Other information
Station codeSS24
History
Opened11 June 1951
Previous namesKita-Tokorozawa (until 1959)
Passengers
FY201454,698 daily

Lines

Shin-Tokorozawa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from Seibu Shinjuku in Tokyo to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. Located between Kōkū-kōen and Iriso, it lies 31.7 km from the Seibu Shinjuku terminus.[1] All trains except Limited express Koedo services stop at Shin-Tokorozawa Station.

Station layout

Shin-Tokorozawa Station has two entrances, east and west, with ticket vending on the second floor level of the elevated station building.

  • West entrance, November 2013
  • Ticket vending machines and ticket barriers, November 2013
  • Concourse inside the ticket barriers, November 2013

Platforms

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.[2]

1/2 ■ Seibu Shinjuku Line for Hon-Kawagoe
3/4 ■ Seibu Shinjuku Line for Tokorozawa, Takadanobaba, and Seibu-Shinjuku

From August 2013, an experimental platform edge door system was installed for evaluation purposes at the Tokorozawa end of platform 1 for a period of approximately 8 months.[3] The "Dokodemo Saku" (どこでも柵) platform edge door system jointly developed by the University of Tokyo and Kobe Steel is designed to handle trains with three or four doors per car, and the temporary installation is just one car length long.[4]

  • South end of platform 1/2, November 2013
  • North end of platform 3/4, November 2013
  • Staff footbridge at the north end of platform 3/4, November 2013
  • Experimental platform-edge door installation on platform 1, November 2013

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Seibu Shinjuku Line
Koedo limited express: Does not stop at this station
Tokorozawa   Commuter express   Sayamashi
Kōkū-kōen   Express   Iriso
Kōkū-kōen   Semi express   Iriso
Kōkū-kōen   Local   Iriso

History

The station opened on 11 June 1951, initially named Kita-Tokorozawa Station (北所沢駅, "North Tokorozawa Station").[1] It was renamed Shin-Tokorozawa ("New Tokorozawa") on 1 February 1959.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Shin-Tokorozawa Station becoming "SS24".[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was the 15th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 54,658 passengers daily.[6]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200062,054[1]
200957,821[7]
201056,017[7]
201154,975[8]
201255,628[9]
201355,870[9]

Surrounding area
The west side of the station building, showing the Seiyu department store, May 2009

East exit
  • Shin-Tokorozawa Station Koban (police box)
  • U.S. Air Force Tokorozawa Transmitter Site
  • National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD)
  • Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium (home of Saitama Broncos Basketball Team)
  • Tokorozawa-Kita High School
  • Tokorozawa Central High School
  • Akikusa Gakuen High School

West exit
  • Midori-chō Koban Police Box
  • Midori-chō Park
  • Nakasuna Park

See also

References
  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.
  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. 80. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  3. 新所沢駅1番線にホームドアが取り付けられる [Platform edge doors installed on platform 1 of Shin-Tokorozawa Station]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. 西武・東急・相鉄で新形ホームドアの実証実験 [New platform edge doors to be evaluated at Seibu, Tokyu, and Sotetsu stations]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  5. 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 2015-09-24. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  6. 駅別乗降人員　2014（平成26）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2014)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  7. 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 6 March 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  9. 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 17 July 2014.

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