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is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in

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Lines

Araiyakushi-mae Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from in Tokyo to in

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. Located between and , it is 5.2 km from the Seibu-Shinjuku terminus. During the daytime off-peak, the station is served by six trains per hour in either direction.

Station layout

The station consists of a two ground-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two tracks.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 16 April 1927. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Araiyakushi-mae Station becoming "SS05".

Future developments

In order to ease congestion and improve the safety of the railway in the local area, plans have been produced to divert the tracks between

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and

Nogata Station is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. Lines Nogata Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from in Tokyo to in Saitama Prefecture. S ...

underground. Consequently, the existing station complex is expected to be replaced by an underground station. Approval for the plan was granted in April 2013.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 48th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 22,645 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* , commonly known as Araiyakushi, after which the station was named *

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Shinjuku campus

References

External links

Araiyakushi-mae Station
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