Ōizumi-gakuen Station

Ōizumi-gakuen Station (大泉学園駅, Ōizumi-gakuen-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

SI11 Ōizumi-gakuen Station 大泉学園駅
View of the platforms, December 2008
General information
Location	1-29-7 Higashi-oizumi, Nerima, Tokyo （東京都練馬区東大泉1-29-7） Japan
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Other information
Station code	SI11
History
Opened	November 1, 1924
Previous names	Higashi-Ōizumi (until 1933)
Passengers
FY2013	84,006 daily
Services
Preceding station Seibu Following station Hōya One-way operation Ikebukuro Line Commuter Express Shakujii-kōen SI10 towards Ikebukuro Ikebukuro Line Commuter Semi-Express Nerima SI06 towards Ikebukuro Hōya SI12 towards Hannō Ikebukuro Line Semi Express Shakujii-kōen SI10 towards Ikebukuro Hōya SI12 towards Agano Ikebukuro Line Local

Lines

Ōizumi-gakuen 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 Shakujii-kōen and Hōya, it is 12.5 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.^[1]

Station layout

The station has one ground-level island platform, serving two tracks.^[2]

The station is located close to the home of Leiji Matsumoto, the creator of the anime Galaxy Express 999, and includes a statue of the Conductor from the series. From 2009, the station departure melody was changed to the Galaxy Express 999 theme tune.^[2]

Oizumi Anime Gate opened in April 2015 on the pedestrian deck outside the north exit of Oizumi Gakuen Station with life-sized bronze statues of popular anime characters originating in Nerima, such as Astro Boy from the series of the same name, Joe Yabuki from "Ashita no Joe", Tetsuro Hoshino and Maetel from Galaxy Express 999, and Lum from Urusei Yatsura.^[3]

Platforms

1	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for 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
2	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for Tokorozawa and Hannō

History

Animator Leiji Matsumoto being appointed honorary station master for one day in March 2008

The station first opened on November 1, 1924, as Higashi-Ōizumi Station (東大泉駅), and was renamed Ōizumi-gakuen Station on March 1, 1933.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Ōizumi-gakuen Station becoming "SI11".^[4]

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 8th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 84,006 passengers daily.^[6]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	75,570[1]
2009	84,089[7]
2010	83,002[8]
2011	81,725[9]
2012	82,786[6]
2013	84,006[6]

Surrounding area

The south exit of the station, February 2007

• Ōizumi Gakuen Yumeria Hall, Shop, and Tower
• Toei Tokyo Film & Animation Studios
• High School Ōizumi (associated with Tokyo Gakugei University)
• Ōizumi Metropolitan High School