Seibu Sayama Line

Stations3ServiceTypeCommuter railHistoryOpened1929TechnicalLine length4.2 km (2.6 mi)Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenaryOperating speed95 km/h (60 mph)

The Seibu Sayama Line (西武狭山線, Seibu Sayama-sen) is a commuter railway line in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The 4.2 km (2.6 mi) line extends from Nishi-Tokorozawa Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to Seibukyūjō-mae Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama.^[1]

Stations and service pattern

All stations are located in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Abbreviations here are for the table below, not formally used.^[2]

  Local (各停, Kakutei) Stops at all stations.

  Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SE)

  Rapid (快速, Kaisoku) (Ra)

  Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)

  Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE) :Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu, trains named Chichibu (ちちぶ), Musashi (むさし), with supplementary limited express charge.

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		SE	Ra	Ex	LE	Transfers
			to Nishi-Tokorozawa	to Ikebukuro
SI18	Nishi-Tokorozawa	西所沢	0.0	27.2	O	O	O	|	Seibu Ikebukuro Line
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	Seibu Yamaguchi Line (Leo Liner)

History

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]

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia