Connections Bus terminal Address Japan Platforms in use 2 | Station code SS24 Opened 11 June 1951 Tracks 4 | |
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Distance 31.7 km from Seibu Shinjuku Similar Tokorozawa Station, Kōkū‑kōen Station, Kotesashi Station, Nishi‑Tokorozawa Station, Sayamagaoka Station | ||
Shin-Tokorozawa Station (新所沢, Shin-Tokorozawa-eki, lit. "New Tokorozawa Station") is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
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Lines
Shin-Tokorozawa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from Seibu Shinjuku in Tokyo to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. Located between Kōkū-kōen and Iriso, 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" (どこでも柵) 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.
History
The station opened on 11 June 1951, initially named Kita-Tokorozawa Station (北所沢駅, "North Tokorozawa Station"). It was renamed Shin-Tokorozawa ("New 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.