The is a commuter railway line in

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefectur ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Seibu Railway is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism, and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbreviatio ...

. The 4.2 km line extends from

Nishi-Tokorozawa Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. Lines Nishi-Tokorozawa Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from in Tokyo to , and by ...

on the

Seibu Ikebukuro Line The 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 term ...

Seibukyūjō-mae Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. It is located in front of the Seibu Dome, the home field of the Saitama Seibu Lions baseball team ...

Tokorozawa, Saitama is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 344,194 in 163,675 households and a population density of 4800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Tokorozawa is located in the c ...

Stations and service pattern

All stations are located in

. Abbreviations here are for the table below, not formally used. Stops at all stations. (SE) (Ex) (LE) :Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu, trains named , , with supplementary limited express charge.

History

The line and its two stations opened on 1 May 1929, initially electrified at 1,200 V DC. This was raised to 1,500 V DC in 1952. 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).

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2012 Rail transport in Saitama Prefecture Sayama Line Sayama Line 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1929