Shiinamachi Station

Shiinamachi Station (椎名町駅, Shiinamachi-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

SI02 Shiinamachi Station 椎名町駅
North entrance, May 2012
General information
Location	1-1-22 Nagasaki, Toshima, Tokyo （東京都豊島区長崎1-1-22） Japan
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Other information
Station code	SI02
History
Opened	11 June 1924
Passengers
FY2013	18,664 daily
Services
Preceding station Seibu Following station Higashi-Nagasaki SI03 towards Agano Ikebukuro Line Local Ikebukuro SI01 Terminus

Lines

Shiinamachi Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo to Hannō in Saitama Prefecture, and is located 1.9 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.^[1] Only all-stations "Local" services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station has two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.^[2]

Platforms

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

History

North side of station before rebuilding, February 2007

Shiinamachi Station opened on 11 June 1924.^[1] The name was taken from the original name of the district in which the station was located, although it is now named Nagasaki.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced during fiscal 2012, with Shiinamachi Station becoming "SI02".^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 55th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 18,664 passengers daily.^[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	21,476[1]
2009	18,633[5]
2010	17,937[6]
2011	17,638[7]
2012	18,027[4]
2013	18,664[4]

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Shiinamachi → Ikebukuro was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.^[8]