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
Location1-1-22 Nagasaki, Toshima, Tokyo
(東京都豊島区長崎1-1-22)
Japan
Operated bySeibu Railway
Line(s)Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Other information
Station codeSI02
History
Opened11 June 1924
Passengers
FY201318,664 daily
Services
Preceding station Seibu Following station
Higashi-Nagasaki
SI03
towards Agano
Ikebukuro Line
Local
Ikebukuro
SI01
Terminus

Lines

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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

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

Platforms

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

History

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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. 29/63. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
  3. ^ 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 2015-09-24. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b c 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Most Crowded Rush Hour Train Lines in Tokyo". Blog. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
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