Kami-Igusa Station
Railway station in Tokyo, Japan
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Kami-Igusa Station (上井草駅, Kami-Igusa-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
 Kami-Igusa Station 上井草駅 | |||||||||||
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The south entrance in July 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Suginami, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Seibu Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Seibu Shinjuku Line | ||||||||||
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| Station code | SS12 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 April 1927 | ||||||||||
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| FY2013 | 20,030 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
Kami-Igusa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from Seibu-Shinjuku in Tokyo to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.
Station layout
The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.
Platforms
| 1 |  Seibu Shinjuku Line |
for Tanashi, Tokorozawa, Haijima, and Hon-Kawagoe |
| 2 | Seibu Shinjuku Line |
for Takadanobaba and Seibu-Shinjuku |
History
Kami-Igusa Station opened on 16 April 1927.[1] Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kami-Igusa Station becoming "SS12".[2]
On 23 March 2008, a bronze statue of the RX-78-2 Gundam was erected at the south entrance of the station to honor the animation studio Sunrise, which is located in Suginami.[3] In addition, the station started using a keyboard rendition of the Mobile Suit Gundam theme song as its train melody.[4][5]
