is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines Ōizumi-gakuen Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to . Located between and , it is 12.5 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.

Station layout The station has one ground-level island platform, serving two tracks.

The station is located close to the home of Leiji Matsumoto, the creator of the anime Galaxy Express 999, and includes a statue of the Conductor from the series. From 2009, the station departure melody was changed to the Galaxy Express 999 theme tune.

Oizumi Anime Gate opened in April 2015 on the pedestrian deck outside the north exit of Oizumi Gakuen Station with life-sized bronze statues of popular anime characters originating in Nerima, such as Astro Boy from the series of the same name, Joe Yabuki from "Ashita no Joe", Tetsuro Hoshino and Maetel from Galaxy Express 999, and Lum from Urusei Yatsura.

Platforms

History

The station first opened on November 1, 1924, as , and was renamed Ōizumi-gakuen Station on March 1, 1933.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Ōizumi-gakuen Station becoming "SI11".

Through-running to and from and via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.

Passenger statistics In fiscal 2013, the station was the 8th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 84,006 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average 2000 75,570 2009 84,089 2010 83,002 2011 81,725 2012 82,786 2013 84,006

Surrounding area

Ōizumi Gakuen Yumeria Hall, Shop, and Tower Toei Tokyo Film & Animation Studios High School Ōizumi (associated with Tokyo Gakugei University) Ōizumi Metropolitan High School

References

External links

Ōizumi-gakuen Station information (Seibu Railway)