Kami-Igusa Station (上井草駅, Kami-Igusa-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

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

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1  Seibu Shinjuku Line for Tanashi, Tokorozawa, Haijima, and Hon-Kawagoe
2  Seibu Shinjuku Line for Takadanobaba and Seibu-Shinjuku

History

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

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.

35°43′30″N 139°36′11″E / 35.7251°N 139.6031°E / 35.7251; 139.6031

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