Seibu Ikebukuro Line

Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Seibu 001 series near Nishi-Tokorozawa Station, October 2021
Overview
Native name西武池袋線
OwnerSeibu Railway
LocaleKanto region
Termini
Stations31
Service
Depot(s)Kotesashi
Daily ridership892,025 (2010)[1]
History
Opened15 April 1915
Technical
Line length57.8 km (35.9 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius200 m (660 ft)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed105 km/h (65 mph)[2]

The Seibu Ikebukuro Line (西武池袋線, Seibu Ikebukuro-sen) is a railway line of the Japanese private railway operator Seibu Railway. It originates at Ikebukuro Station, a large railway junction in north-western Tokyo, extending to northwest suburbs as far as Tokorozawa, Saitama, and nominally terminates at Agano Station.

The Seibu Chichibu Line from Agano to Seibu-Chichibu Station is an extension. The operation is largely divided into two sections: from Ikebukuro to Hannō Station and from Hannō to Seibu-Chichibu Station.

The section from Hannō to Seibu-Chichibu is single track, but every station except for Higashi-Hanno has passing loops, and trains may pass each other at any stop. There is also a passing loop inside a tunnel where the signal controls bi-directional operation. The rest of all the lines is double track with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) track gauge.

  1. ^ Seibu ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Seibu) Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 58–59. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.