Shin-Tokorozawa Station


Shin-Tokorozawa Station is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Shin-Tokorozawa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from in Tokyo to in Saitama Prefecture. Located between and, it lies 31.7 km from the Seibu Shinjuku terminus. 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.

Platforms

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
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. The "Dokodemo Saku" 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.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 11 June 1951, initially named Kita-Tokorozawa Station. It was renamed Shin-Tokorozawa on 1 February 1959.
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Shin-Tokorozawa Station becoming "SS24".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was the 15th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 54,658 passengers daily.
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yearDaily average
200062,054
200957,821
201056,017
201154,975
201255,628
201355,870

Surrounding area

East exit