Seibu Ikebukuro Line
The Seibu Ikebukuro Line (西武池袋線 Seibu Ikebukuro-sen?) is a commuter railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It heads northwest from Ikebukuro Station, Tokyo. It connects Ikebukuro, Nerima, and Hanno. The Seibu Ikebukuro Line is managed by Seibu Railway.
The Seibu Chichibu Line is essentially an extension of this line, with through trains at Agano Station. However, the lines are divided operationally at Hanno Station, which has a switchback.
Line Data
- Line length: 57.8km
- Track gauge: 1067mm
- Station count: 31 (including termini)
- Powered segment: All (1500VDC overhead lines)
- Track counts:
- 4-track segment: Nerima to Nerima-Takanodai (3.5km)
- 2-track segment: Ikebukuro to Nerima (6.0km), Nerima-Takanodai to Hanno (40.2km), Kita-Hanno Rail yard to Mushashigaoka Rail yard (1.5km)
- 1-track segment: Remainder of line
History
The line opened April 15, 1915 as the Musashino line (separate from the JR Musashino Line) and ran from Ikebukuro to Hanno. Starting in 1922, powered segments were added in three stages, starting at Ikebukuro, until reaching Hanno in 1925. In the late 1920s, a second track was added from Ikebukuro to Hoya, and in 1929 the line was extended to Agano Station. On March 25, 1952, the line was renamed to the Ikebukuro line, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the 2-track segment was extended in stages until reaching Kasanui Rail yard in 1969.
In 1969, through service was added to the Seibu Chichibu Line; in 1989, a transfer point was added to the Chichibu Honsen; and in 1998, through service was added to the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line.
In 2001, 350 meters of double-track section was built to complete the double-track segment from Ikebukuro to Hanno. At the same time, the elevated 4-track section from Nerima-Takanodai to Nakamurabashi opened, and this elevated 4-track section was extended to Nerima in 2003.
Stations and Transfers
| Line | Station | Distance from Previous Station | Local | Semi- Exp. | Comm. Semi- Exp. | Rapid | Comm. Exp. | Exp. | Rapid Exp. | Ltd. Exp. | Transfers to: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seibu Ikebukuro | Ikebukuro | 0.0km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | JR Yamanote, JR Saikyo, JR Shonan-Shinjuku, JR Utsunomiya, JR Takasaki, Tobu Tōjō Main, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line 13, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi | |||
| Shiinamachi | 1.9km | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Higashi-Nagasaki | 1.2km | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Ekoda | 1.2km | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Sakuradai | 0.9km | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Seibu Yurakucho | Kotake-Mukaihara | 1.2km | X | X | X | Tokyo Metro Yurakucho, Tokyo Metro Line 13 (through service) | ||||||||||
| Shin-Sakuradai | 1.4km | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Seibu Ikebukuro | Nerima | 0.8km | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | Toei Oedo |
| Seibu Toshima | Toshimaen | 1.0km | X | Toei Oedo | ||||||||||||
| Seibu Ikebukuro | Nakamurabashi | 1.5km | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ||
| Fujimidai | 0.8km | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||
| Nerima-Takanodai | 1.2km | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||
| Shakujii-Kōen | 1.1km | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | |||
| Ōizumi-Gakuen | 1.9km | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||
| Hōya | 1.6km | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||
| Hibarigaoka | 2.3km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | X | X | ｜ | |||
| Higashi-Kurume | 1.4km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||
| Kiyose | 1.8km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | |||
| Akitsu | 2.2km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | ｜ | JR Musashino（at Shin-Akitsu Stn.） | ||
| Tokorozawa | 3.0km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Seibu Shinjuku | ||
| Nishi-Tokorozawa | 2.4km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | |||
| Seibu Sayama | Shimo-Yamaguchi | 1.8km | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Seibu Kyūjō- mae | 2.4km | X | X | X | X | X | X | Seibu Yamaguchi | ||||||||
| Seibu Ikebukuro | Kotesashi | 2.2km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | |||
| Sayamagaoka | 2.2km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Musashi-Fujisawa | 1.3km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Inariyama-Kōen | 3.0km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | O | |||||
| Irumashi | 0.9km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Bushi | 2.9km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Motokaji | 1.3km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| Kasanui Rail yard (Closed) | ||||||||||||||||
| Hannō | 2.7km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Higashi-Hannō | 0.8km | X | X | ｜ | JR Hachikō | |||||||||||
| Kita-Hannō Rail yard | 0.5km | |||||||||||||||
| Musashigaoka Rail yard | 1.5km | |||||||||||||||
| Koma | 2.0km | X | X | O | ||||||||||||
| Musashi-Yokote | 2.8km | X | X | ｜ | ||||||||||||
| Higashi-Agano | 2.5km | X | X | ｜ | ||||||||||||
| Agano | 4.0km | X | X | ｜ | ||||||||||||
| Seibu Chichibu | ||||||||||||||||
| Nishi-Agano | 3.6km | X | X | ｜ | ||||||||||||
| Shōmaru | 2.7km | X | X | ｜ | ||||||||||||
| Shōmaru Tunnel Rail yard | 2.7km | |||||||||||||||
| Ashigakubo | 3.4km | X | X | O | ||||||||||||
| (Closed) Higashi-Yokoze | ||||||||||||||||
| Yokoze | 4.0km | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Seibu Chichibu | 2.6km | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
References
- Large sections of this article were translated from the Japanese-language article on the Seibu-Ikebukuro line [1]
