Kami-Igusa Station
SS12 Kami-Igusa Station | |||||||||||
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 The south entrance in July 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Suginami, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Seibu Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Seibu Shinjuku Line | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | SS12 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 April 1927 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2013 | 20,030 daily | ||||||||||
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Kami-Igusa Station (
Lines
[edit]Kami-Igusa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from Seibu-Shinjuku in Tokyo to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 |  Seibu Shinjuku Line
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for Tanashi, Tokorozawa, Haijima, and Hon-Kawagoe |
| 2 | Seibu Shinjuku Line
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for Takadanobaba and Seibu-Shinjuku |
History
[edit]Kami-Igusa Station opened on 16 April 1927.[1] Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kami-Igusa Station becoming "SS12".[2]
On 23 March 2008, a bronze statue of the RX-78-2 Gundam was erected at the south entrance of the station to honor the animation studio Sunrise, which is located in Suginami.[3] In addition, the station started using a keyboard rendition of the Mobile Suit Gundam theme song as its train melody.[4][5]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2013, the station was the 51st busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 20,030 passengers daily.[6] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 20,694[7] |
| 2010 | 19,944[7] |
| 2011 | 19,740[8] |
| 2012 | 19,707[6] |
| 2013 | 20,030[6] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック
日本 の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. - ^
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 2 April 2013. - ^ "ガンダムのブロンズ
像 、西武 新宿 線 上井草 駅前 の大地 に立 つ！". Gundam.info. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2023. - ^ "
上井草 駅 の新 名物 「ガンダム発車 ベル」に隠 された秘密 とは!?". ITMedia. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2023-06-23. - ^ "ガンダムモニュメント、
上井草 駅 に立 つ！". Famitsu. 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2023-06-23. - ^ 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 17 July 2014. - ^ a b
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 17 July 2014. - ^
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 17 July 2014.
External links
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- Kami-Igusa station information (in Japanese)
