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
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
Opened1924
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)18,664 daily

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

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Limited express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Commuter express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Commuter semi express: Does not stop at this station
Semi express: Does not stop at this station
Ikebukuro   Local   Higashi-Nagasaki

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 yearDaily average
200021,476[1]
200918,633[5]
201017,937[6]
201117,638[7]
201218,027[4]
201318,664[4]
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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. 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. 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.

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