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Seibu Sayama Line | |
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![]() Decorated 3000 series EMU at Seibukyūjō-mae Station, July 2010 | |
Overview | |
Native name | 西武狭山線 |
Owner | Seibu Railway |
Locale | Saitama Prefecture |
Termini | |
Stations | 3 |
Service | |
Type | Commuter rail |
History | |
Opened | 1929 |
Technical | |
Line length | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary |
Operating speed | 95 km/h (60 mph) |
TheSeibu Sayama Line (西武狭山線,Seibu Sayama-sen) is a commuter railway line inSaitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operatorSeibu Railway. The 4.2 km (2.6 mi) line extends fromNishi-Tokorozawa Station on theSeibu Ikebukuro Line toSeibukyūjō-mae Station inTokorozawa, Saitama.[1]
All stations are located inTokorozawa, Saitama. Abbreviations here are for the table below, not formally used.[2]
Local (各停,Kakutei) Stops at all stations.
Limited Express (特急,Tokkyū) (LE) :Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu, trains namedChichibu (ちちぶ),Musashi (むさし), with supplementary limited express charge.
No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | SE | Ra | Ex | LE | Transfers | |
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to Nishi-Tokorozawa | toIkebukuro | ||||||||
SI18 | Nishi-Tokorozawa | 西所沢 | 0.0 | 27.2 | O | O | O | | | ![]() |
SI40 | Shimo-Yamaguchi | 下山口 | 1.8 | 29.0 | O | O | O | | | |
SI41 | Seibukyūjō-mae | 西武球場前 | 4.2 | 31.4 | O | O | O | O | ![]() |
The line and its two stations opened on 1 May 1929,[1] initially electrified at 1,200 V DC.[citation needed] This was raised to 1,500 V DC in 1952.[citation needed]
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Seibu Sayama Line stations numbered prefixed with the letters "SI" (part of the Seibu Ikebukuro group of lines).[3]
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia