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SS14 Musashi-Seki Station 武蔵関駅
South entrance, April 2021
General information
Location	2-29-1 Sekimachikita, Nerima, Tokyo （東京都練馬区関町北） Japan
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Shinjuku Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	SS14
History
Opened	16 April 1927
Passengers
FY2013	28,803 daily
Services
Preceding station Seibu Following station Higashi-FushimiSS15towards Hon-Kawagoe Shinjuku LineSemi ExpressLocal Kami-ShakujiiSS13towards Seibu-Shinjuku

Musashi-Seki Station (武蔵関駅, Musashi-Seki-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Musashi-Seki Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from Seibu-Shinjuku in Tokyo to Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. Located between Kami-Shakujii and Higashi-Fushimi, it lies 14.4 km from the Shinjuku terminus. Only all-stations "Local" services and "Semi-Express" services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station structure is located over the tracks, with one set of ticket barriers, and station entrances on the north and south sides.

• North entrance, December 2012
• The ticket barriers, June 2022

Platforms

The station is composed of two side platforms serving two tracks.

1	Seibu Shinjuku Line	for Tanashi, Tokorozawa, Haijima, and Hon-Kawagoe
2	Seibu Shinjuku Line	for Takadanobaba and Seibu-Shinjuku

• View from the east (Shinjuku) end of platform 1, December 2012
• View from the west (Kawagoe) end of platform 1, December 2012

History

The station opened on 16 April 1927.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Musashi-Seki Station becoming "SS14".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 34th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 28,803 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

North side

• Honryuji Temple
• Sophia University Shakujii campus
• Tokyo Shakujii High School
• Tokyo Joshi Gakuin Junior & Senior High School
• Sekimachikita Elementary School
• Shakujii River

South side

• Nerima Ward Office
• Shakujii Fire Station
• Musashiseki Park

References

1. ^ 各駅のご案内: 武蔵関駅 [Station information: Musashi-Seki Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
2. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
3. 路線図・停車駅 [Route and station stop information] (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
4. 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
5. ^ 駅別乗降人員　2013（平成25）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
6. ^ 駅別乗降人員　2010（平成22）年度　1日平均 [Passenger usage statistics by station (Fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
7. 駅別乗降人員　2011（平成23）年度　1日平均 [Passenger usage statistics by station (Fiscal 2011)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

External links

• Musashi-Seki Station information (Seibu) (in Japanese)

35°43′40″N 139°34′35″E / 35.7277°N 139.5763°E / 35.7277; 139.5763

• Seibu Shinjuku Line
• Stations of Seibu Railway
• Railway stations in Tokyo
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927