Irumashi Station

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Irumashi Station
入間市駅
File:Irumashi-Station-2006-03-12 1.jpg
North exit, March 2006
Location 2-1 Kawaramachi, Iruma, Saitama
(埼玉県入間市河原町2-1)
Japan
Operated by Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Ikebukuro Line
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  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station code SI23
History
Opened 1915
Previous names Toyooka-machi (until 1967)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 35,881 daily

Irumashi Station (入間市駅 Irumashi-eki?) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Iruma, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Irumashi Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Inariyama-kōen and Bushi, it is 36.8 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[1]

Service pattern

All train services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level side platform and two island platforms, serving a total of four tracks.[2]

Platforms

File:Irumashi-Station-2005-6-12 2.jpg
View of the platforms, June 2005
1  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō and Seibu-Chichibu (Limited express services)
2/3  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō
4  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa, Nerima, and Ikebukuro
Subway TokyoYurakucho.png Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
Subway TokyoFukutoshin.png Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
5  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro (Limited express services

Platform 2 is not normally used.[2]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Tokorozawa   Chichibu/Musashi limited express   Hannō
Kotesashi   Rapid express   Hannō
Inariyama-kōen   Express   Bushi
Inariyama-kōen   Commuter express   Bushi
Inariyama-kōen   Rapid   Bushi
Inariyama-kōen   Commuter semi express   Bushi
Inariyama-kōen   Semi express   Bushi
Inariyama-kōen   Local   Bushi

History

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Toyooka-machi Station after the end of World War II

The station opened on 15 April 1915 as Toyooka-machi Station (豊岡町駅?).[1] It was renamed Irumashi on 1 April 1967.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Irumashi Station becoming "SI23".[3]

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 26th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 35,881 passengers daily.[5]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 35,092[1]
2009 36,331[6]
2010 35,706[7]
2011 34,580[8]
2012 35,241[5]
2013 35,881[5]

Surrounding area

File:Irumashi-Station-2006-03-12 2.jpg
Station forecourt on north side, March 2006

References

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