Seibu Shinjuku Station

Seibu-Shinjuku Station 西武新宿駅
The Seibu-Shinjuku Station building, 2006
Location	1-30-1 Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo （東京都新宿区歌舞伎町1-30-1） Japan
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Shinjuku Line
Tracks	3
Connections	Shinjuku Station
Other information
Station code	SS01
History
Opened	25 March 1952
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	175,244 daily
Location
Seibu-Shinjuku Station Location within Japan

Seibu-Shinjuku Station (西武新宿駅, Seibu-Shinjuku-eki^?) is a railway station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. It is the terminus of the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line, which extends to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.

The station is located approximately 420 meters by foot from Shinjuku Station. It is part of the Shinjuku Prince Hotel and Seibu PePe department store complex, with the ticket machines and platforms located on the second-floor level. The main entrance is located at the southern end, and a smaller "North entrance" is located at the north end of the station.

The station has three elevated platforms serving three tracks. Platform 1 is normally used for all-stations "Local" services, platform 2 is normally used for "Limited express" and "Rapid express" services, and platform 3 is normally used for "Rapid", "Express", and "Semi express" services.

North exit, March 2011

View from platform 1, July 2012

The station opened on March 25, 1952, when the Seibu Shinjuku Line was extended south from Takadanobaba Station. It was initially intended to be a temporary station until the line could be extended all the way to Shinjuku Station. Seibu planned to use right-of-way south of Seibu-Shinjuku Station which had originally been used for a streetcar line connecting Shinjuku to Ogikubo. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Seibu planned to extend the line to a new terminal on the second floor of the building now known as Lumine Est on the east side of Shinjuku Station, but this plan was eventually scrapped due to insufficient space to handle trains longer than six cars. The modern 25-story station building was completed in 1977, effectively ending all plans to extend the line to Shinjuku Station.