Motokaji Station

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Motokaji Station
元加治駅
File:Seibu-railway-ikebukuro-line-Motokaji-station-entrance.jpg
Station entrance, August 2009
Location 167 Noda, Iruma, Saitama
(埼玉県入間市野田167)
Japan
Operated by Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Other information
Station code SI25
History
Opened 1926
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 6,974 daily

Motokaji Station (元加治駅 Motokaji-eki?) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Iruma, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Motokaji 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 Bushi and Hannō, it is 41.0 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[1]

Service pattern

Trains that stop here:

  • Local
  • Semi Express
  • Commuter Semi Express
  • Rapid
  • Commuter express
  • Express

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The station building and entrance is situated on the north side.[2]

Platforms

1  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
2  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Hannō and Seibu-Chichibu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Chichibu/Musashi limited express: no stop
Rapid express: no stop
Bushi   Express   Hannō
Bushi   Commuter express   Hannō
Bushi   Rapid   Hannō
Bushi   Commuter semi express   Hannō
Bushi   Semi express   Hannō
Bushi   Local   Hannō

History

The station opened on 3 April 1926.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Motokaji Station becoming "SI25".[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 least used station on the Ikebukuro-Hannō section of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line (75th out of 92 on the Seibu network as a whole) with an average of 6,974 passengers daily.[5]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 6,735[1]
2009 6,951[6]
2010 6,784[7]
2011 6,890[8]
2012 6,940[5]
2013 6,974[5]

Surrounding area

References

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