is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
Lines Shin-Tokorozawa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from in Tokyo to in Saitama Prefecture. Located between and , 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 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 . 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 2019, the station was the 17th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 54,822 passengers daily.
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year Daily average 2000 62,054 2009 57,821 2010 56,017 2011 54,975 2012 55,628 2013 55,870
Surrounding area
East exit Shin-Tokorozawa Station Koban (police box) U.S. Air Force Tokorozawa Transmitter Site National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD) Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium (home of Saitama Broncos Basketball Team) Tokorozawa-Kita High School Tokorozawa Central High School Akikusa Gakuen High School
West exit Midori-chō Koban Police Box Midori-chō Park Nakasuna Park
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Shin-Tokorozawa Station information (Seibu Railway) 2013 ShinTokorozawa Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government)