Tokorozawa Station

Tokorozawa Station (所沢駅, Tokorozawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.^[1]

SI17 SS22 Tokorozawa Station 所沢駅
Station building, September 2020
General information
Location	1-14-5 Kusunokidai, Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama-ken 359-0037 Japan
Coordinates	35°47′13″N 139°28′24″E
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Ikebukuro Line Seibu Shinjuku Line
Distance	28.9 km from Seibu-Shinjuku
Platforms	1 side + 2 island platforms
Tracks	5
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	SS22, SI17
Website	Official website
History
Opened	21 March 1895
Passengers
FY2019	102,368 daily
Services Preceding station Seibu Following station Irumashi SI23 towards Seibu-Chichibu Chichibu Ikebukuro SI01 Terminus Irumashi SI23 towards Hannō Musashi Nishi-Tokorozawa SI18 (one-way trains, alighting only) towards Kotesashi S-Train (weekdays) Hoya SI12 towards Toyosu Irumashi SI23 towards Seibu-Chichibu S-Train (weekends and national holidays) Shakujii-kōen SI10 towards Motomachi-Chūkagai Kotesashi SI19 towards Hannō F Liner Hibarigaoka SI13 towards Motomachi-Chūkagai Ikebukuro Line Rapid Express Hibarigaoka SI13 towards Ikebukuro or Nerima Nishi-Tokorozawa SI18 towards Hannō Ikebukuro Line Express Hibarigaoka SI13 towards Ikebukuro Nishi-Tokorozawa One-way operation Ikebukuro Line Commuter Express Higashi-Kurume SI14 towards Ikebukuro Nishi-Tokorozawa SI18 towards Hannō Ikebukuro Line Rapid Akitsu SI16 towards Ikebukuro Nishi-Tokorozawa One-way operation Ikebukuro Line Commuter Semi Express Nishi-Tokorozawa SI18 towards Hannō Ikebukuro Line Semi Express Nishi-Tokorozawa SI18 towards Agano Ikebukuro Line Local Sayamashi SS26 towards Hon-Kawagoe Koedo Higashi-Murayama SS21 towards Seibu-Shinjuku Shin-Tokorozawa SS24 towards Hon-Kawagoe Shinjuku Line Rapid Express Higashi-Murayama One-way operation Shin-Tokorozawa One-way operation Shinjuku Line Commuter Express Higashi-Murayama SS21 towards Seibu-Shinjuku Kōkū-kōen SS23 towards Hon-Kawagoe Shinjuku Line Express Semi Express Local
Location Tokorozawa Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Tokorozawa Station Tokorozawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Station from above, 2021

Lines

Tokorozawa Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo to Hannō, and by the Seibu Shinjuku Line from Seibu-Shinjuku to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. Some Ikebukuro Line services inter-run 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 Minatomirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. On the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, it is located between Akitsu and Nishi-Tokorozawa, and is 24.8 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.^[2] On the Seibu Shinjuku Line, it is located between Higashi-Murayama and Kōkū-kōen, and is 28.9 km from the Seibu-Shinjuku terminus.^[2]

All train services stop at this station.

Station layout

The platforms in January 2021

The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks.^[3]

Platforms

1	Seibu Shinjuku Line	for Hon-Kawagoe
2	Seibu Shinjuku Line	for Tanashi, Takadanobaba, and Seibu-Shinjuku
3	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
4	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for Kotesashi, Hannō, and Seibu-Chichibu
5	Seibu Ikebukuro Line	for Kotesashi, Hannō, and Seibu-Chichibu

History

Tokorozawa station in 1952

The station opened on 21 March 1895.^[2] The station building was rebuilt in 2012, with the new station building opened on 8 March 2012. The former west entrance closed from this date.^[4]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Tokorozawa Station becoming "SS22" on the Seibu Shinjuku Line and "SI17" on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.^[5]

Through-running on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was the 7th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 102,368 passengers daily.^[7] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	87,558[2]
2009	96,156[8]
2010	94,827[8]
2011	93,399[9]
2012	95,309[10]
2013	96,485[10]

Surrounding area

East exit

• Seibu Holdings head office
• Seibu Bus head office

South/West exit

• Seibu Railway Workshops (closed)

A Grand Emio was built around Tokorozawa Station. It is composed of around 120 stores. It was completed on September 2, 2020.^[11]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Seibu Station List. Retrieved on 7 October 2008. (in Japanese)
2. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 201–202. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
3. Tokorozawa Station map Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 12 April 2012. (in Japanese)
4. 所沢駅新駅舎で施設見学会 [Preview of new Tokorozawa Station building]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
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 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. "グランエミオ所沢 - Grand Emio TOKOROZAWA". 株式会社西武リアルティソリューションズ (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 July 2022.

External links

Media related to Tokorozawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)