is a railway station on the

Seibu Shinjuku Line The is a Japanese railway line owned by the private railway operator Seibu Railway, connecting Seibu Shinjuku Station in Shinjuku, Tokyo with Hon-Kawagoe Station in Kawagoe, Saitama. The Shinjuku Line is one of two main lines of the Seibu Ra ...

Shinjuku, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Seibu Railway is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism, and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbrevi ...

Lines

Shimo-Ochiai Station is served by the 47.5 km

from in Tokyo to in Saitama Prefecture. Located between and , it is 3.2 km from the Seibu-Shinjuku terminus. During the daytime off-peak, the station is served by six trains per hour in either direction.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

s serving two tracks.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 16 April 1927. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Shimo-Ochiai Station becoming "SS03".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 64th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 11,221 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Tokyo Fuji University is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1943. It was chartered as a junior college in 1951 and became a four-year college in 2002. In 2008 the Department of Psychology was established. Exte ...

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Kanda River The stretches 24.6 km from Inokashira Park in Mitaka to the Sumida River under the Ryōgoku Bridge at the boundary of Taitō, Chūō, and Sumida. Its entire length lies within Tokyo, Japan. It drains an area of 105.0 km². The gov ...

References

External links

Shimo-Ochiai Station information
(Seibu Railway) {{Coord, 35.7161, N, 139.6955, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927