Shakujii-kōen Station

Shakujii-kōen Station (石神井公園駅, Shakujii-kōen-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

SI10 Shakujii-kōen Station 石神井公園駅
Shakujii-kōen Station South Exit, May 2021
General information
Location	3-23-10 Shakujiimachi, Nerima, Tokyo （東京都練馬区石神井町3-23-10） Japan
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	SI10
History
Opened	April 15, 1915
Previous names	Shakujii (until 1933)
Passengers
FY2013	74,212 daily
Services Preceding station Seibu Following station Hōya SI12 towards Kotesashi S-Train (weekdays) Iidabashi Y13 towards Toyosu Tokorozawa SI17 towards Seibu-Chichibu S-Train (weekends and national holidays) Ikebukuro F09 towards Motomachi-Chūkagai Hibarigaoka SI13 towards Hannō F Liner Nerima SI06 towards Motomachi-Chūkagai Ikebukuro Line Rapid Express [lower-alpha 1] Ikebukuro SI01 Terminus Ikebukuro Line Express Ōizumi-gakuen One-way operation Ikebukuro Line Commuter Express Hibarigaoka SI13 towards Hannō Ikebukuro Line Rapid Nerima SI06 towards Ikebukuro Ōizumi-gakuen SI11 towards Hannō Ikebukuro Line Semi Express Ōizumi-gakuen SI11 towards Agano Ikebukuro Line Local Nerima-Takanodai SI09 towards Ikebukuro

Lines

Shakujii-kōen 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 Nerima-Takanodai and Ōizumi-gakuen, it is 10.6 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.^[1]

Station layout

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

Platforms

1/2	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for Tokorozawa and Hannō
3/4	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

History

Original ground-level platforms, June 2006

The station first opened as Shakujii Station (石神井駅) on April 15, 1915, and was renamed Shakujii-kōen on March 1, 1933.^[1] The station was elevated on February 7, 2010 (platforms 3&4), April 17, 2011 (platform 2), and June 23, 2012 (platform 1).^[3][4][5]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Shakujii-kōen Station becoming "SI10".^[6]

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on March 16, 2013.^[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 11th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 74,212 passengers daily.^[8]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	65,157[1]
2009	70,043[9]
2010	69,515[10]
2011	68,820[11]
2012	71,041[8]
2013	74,212[8]

Surrounding area

Peerless, May 2021

Emio North, May 2021

Shakujii-kōen Station South Exit, May 2021

Shakujii Park

Shakujii Park

The roads around the station's south entrance are quite narrow and efforts have been made to encourage use of the north entrance, a larger, more open area where bus stops, parking, an Isetan supermarket, and bicycle racks are located. However, the south entrance, closer to residential areas, traditional shopping streets, and Shakujii Park (after which the station is named), continues to see greater use, the area around it being quite congested around rush hour times. On March 23, 2013 an additional west entrance was constructed opposite the original north and south entrances which have been collectively termed the "central entrance".^[12] Plans to expand this station plaza area have been included in upcoming track-laying construction projects.

An extensive commercial and housing area called "Eminade Shakujii-kōen" is expected to be completed by fiscal year 2015. Opening in three stages, the first stage of this project was opened on October 2, 2013, as "Emio Shakujii-kōen" at a cost of ¥900 million. Located largely towards the west exit and in close proximity to the station complex, it saw the opening of nineteen stores including a café, a general store, and the supermarket Ito Yokado.^[13][14] The second stage of the project, "Emio Shakujii-kōen East" is expected to be completed on August 21, 2014. This stage will see the opening of six stores comprising two fashion establishments (Muji and Buona Vita), an opticians and three catering establishments. Sections of the second stage comprising a daycare center, a pharmacist and a pet-care center were opened prior to the main section over the course of 2014.^[15]

Two bus terminals are located within Shakujii-kōen Station: "Shakujii-kōen Station North Entrance" and "Shakujii-kōen Station South Entrance". The terminals are served by: Seibu Bus, Airport Limousine, Kantō Bus and Kokusai Kōgyō Bus.

The bus services available from Shakujii-kōen Station as of August 2014 are displayed in the table below.^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

Service Number(s)	Destination	Operator(s)	Terminal
石02 石03 石04	Narimasu Station	Seibu Bus, Kokusai Kōgyō Bus	North
石01	Shakujii Circular	Seibu Bus, Kokusai Kōgyō Bus	North
吉60 石11 吉60-2	Narimasu-chō	Seibu Bus	North
吉60 吉60-2 吉60-3	Kichijōji Station	Seibu Bus	North
石11	Seibu bus garage	Seibu Bus	North
	Haneda Airport	Airport Limousine, Seibu Bus	North
荻14 石22	Ogikubo Station via Kami-Igusa Station	Seibu Bus	South
荻11 石21	Ogikubo Station via Iogi Station	Seibu Bus, Kantō Bus	South
阿50	Asagaya Station	Kantō Bus	South

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. 201. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
2. Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１２巻　東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 31/63. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
3. Seibu Railway (May 31, 2010). "池袋線石神井公園駅付近における上り線高架化による効果" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
4. Seibu Railway (May 26, 2011). "2011/05/26 石神井公園駅部の工事進捗をお知らせいたします。". Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
5. Seibu Railway. "石神井公園駅". Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
6. 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. February 23, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
7. 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. March 15, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
8. 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.
9. 駅別乗降人員　2009（平成21）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2009)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
10. 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 June 26, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
11. 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 November 1, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
12. 変わる石神井公園駅 [Changing Shakujii-Koen Station] (in Japanese). Seibu Railway. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
13. 石神井公園駅に駅ナカ商業施設 [A commercial district to begin operations in the Shakujii-kōen station complex] (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbun. September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
14. 石神井公園駅に駅ナカ施設　まず19店開業 [A commercial district begins operations in Shakujii-kōen station, initially with nineteen stores] (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbun. October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
15. 石神井公園駅、駅ナカ施設「エミオ」新エリア開業へ－無印良品など6店舗 [Shakujii-kōen station station complex establishment "Emio", a new area to enter operations. Six new stores including Muji] (in Japanese). Nerima Keizai Shimbun. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
16. 石神井公園駅北口 [Shakujii-kōen Station North Entrance] (in Japanese). Seibu Bus. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
17. 石神井公園駅南口 [Shakujii-kōen Station South Entrance] (in Japanese). Seibu Bus. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
18. 石神井公園駅 [Shakujii-kōen Station] (in Japanese). Kantō Bus. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
19. 石神井公園駅北口 [Shakujii-kōen Station North Entrance] (in Japanese). Limousine Bus. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
20. 石神井公園駅北口 [Shakujii-kōen Station North Entrance] (in Japanese). Kokusai Kōgyō Bus. Retrieved August 7, 2014.

1. The adjacent station for rapid express services bound for Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line is Nerima.

External links

• Shakujii-kōen Station information (Seibu Railway) (in Japanese)

35.743778°N 139.607027°E / 35.743778; 139.607027