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located in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the

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operator

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Lines

Shin-Tokorozawa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from in Tokyo to in

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. Located between and , it lies 31.7 km from the Seibu Shinjuku terminus. All trains except

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''Koedo'' services stop at Shin-Tokorozawa Station.

Station layout

Shin-Tokorozawa Station has two entrances, east and west, with ticket vending on the second floor level of the elevated station building. File:Shin-Tokorozawa - Saitama - 2025 May 26 various 07.jpg, West entrance, May 2025 File:Shin-Tokorozawa Station concourse 20131116.JPG, Ticket vending machines, November 2013 File:Shin-Tokorozawa - Saitama - 2025 May 26 various 25.jpg, Ticket barriers, May 2025 File:Shin-Tokorozawa Station concourse inside ticket barriers 20131116.JPG, Concourse inside the ticket barriers, November 2013

Platforms

The station consists of two

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s serving four tracks. From August 2013, an experimental

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system was installed for evaluation purposes at the Tokorozawa end of platform 1 for a period of approximately 8 months. The platform edge door system jointly developed by the

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and

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is designed to handle trains with three or four doors per car, and the temporary installation is just one car length long. File:Shin-Tokorozawa Station platform 1-2 south end 20131116.JPG, South end of platform 1/2, November 2013 File:Shin-Tokorozawa Station platform 3-4 north end 20131116.JPG, North end of platform 3/4, November 2013 File:Shin-Tokorozawa Station platform 3-4 staff access 20131116.JPG, Staff footbridge at the north end of platform 3/4, November 2013 File:Shin-Tokorozawa Station platform edge doors 20131116.JPG, Experimental platform-edge door installation on platform 1, November 2013

History

The station opened on 11 June 1951, initially named . It was renamed Shin-Tokorozawa ("New Tokorozawa") on 1 February 1959. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Shin-Tokorozawa Station becoming "SS24".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was the 17th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 54,822 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

East exit

* Shin-Tokorozawa Station Koban (police box) *

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Tokorozawa Transmitter Site * National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD) * Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium (home of Saitama Broncos Basketball Team) * Tokorozawa-Kita High School * Tokorozawa Central High School * Akikusa Gakuen High School

West exit

* Midori-chō Koban Police Box * Midori-chō Park * Nakasuna Park

References

External links

Shin-Tokorozawa Station information
(Seibu Railway)

(Saitama Prefectural Government) {{Seibu Shinjuku Line Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Seibu Shinjuku Line Railway stations in Tokorozawa, Saitama Railway stations in Japan opened in 1951