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Toshimaen Station

Toshimaen Station
豊島園駅
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The Seibu station, May 2011
Location 4-16-5 Nerima, Nerima, Tokyo
(東京都練馬区練馬4-16-5)
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code SI39 (Seibu)
E36 (Toei)
History
Opened 1927
Previous names Toshima (until 1933)
Traffic
Passengers (Seibu, FY2013) 13,583 daily

Toshimaen Station (豊島園駅 Toshimaen-eki?) is a railway station in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway and Toei Subway.

Toshimaen Station is served by the Seibu Toshima Line and the Toei Ōedo Line.

The Seibu station consists of an island platform serving two terminating tracks. An additional disembarking platform originally existed opposite platform 2.


View of the Seibu platforms, with platform 2 on the right, December 2008

The station has an island platform serving two tracks.


The Seibu station opened on 15 October 1927, originally named Toshima Station (豊島駅?). It was renamed Toshimaen on 1 March 1933.

The Toei station opened on 10 December 1991.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Toshimaen Station becoming "SI39".

In fiscal 2013, the Seibu station was the 60th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 13,583 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for the Seibu station in previous years are as shown below.


Coordinates: 35°44′33″N 139°38′53″E / 35.7424°N 139.6480°E / 35.7424; 139.6480


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