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Kami-Igusa Station

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Kami-Igusa Station (上井草駅, Kami-Igusa-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

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Lines

Kami-Igusa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from Seibu-Shinjuku in Tokyo to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1  Seibu Shinjuku Line for Tanashi, Tokorozawa, Haijima, and Hon-Kawagoe
2  Seibu Shinjuku Line for Takadanobaba and Seibu-Shinjuku

History

Kami-Igusa Station opened on 16 April 1927.[1] Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kami-Igusa Station becoming "SS12".[2]

On 23 March 2008, a bronze statue of the RX-78-2 Gundam was erected at the south entrance of the station to honor the animation studio Sunrise, which is located in Suginami.[3] In addition, the station started using a keyboard rendition of the Mobile Suit Gundam theme song as its train melody.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 51st busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 20,030 passengers daily.[6] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

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