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 in Tokyo to in Saitama Prefecture.
Station layout The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.
Platforms
History Kami-Igusa Station opened on 16 April 1927. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kami-Igusa Station becoming "SS12".
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. In addition, the station started using a keyboard rendition of the Mobile Suit Gundam theme song as its train melody.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2013, the station was the 51st busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 20,030 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year Daily average 2009 20,694 2010 19,944 2011 19,740 2012 19,707 2013 20,030
See also List of railway stations in Japan
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Kami-Igusa station information