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Seibu Ikebukuro Line 池袋線

Railway · Seibu Railway 西武鉄道 · 31 stations

How to ride Seibu Railway P

Operator-wide facts from Seibu Railway's own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.

IC cards (Suica etc.)Accepted PPASMO, Suica, Kitaca, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA +4 more
Credit card touchSome services PVisa, Mastercard etc. contactless
Delays & suspensionsLive status →Japanese only
Step-free accessStation list → PBarrier-free facilities are listed per station and per train type (バリアフリー情報一覧). Book staff help ahead if you need it; without a booking, use the intercom by the ticket gates.
Passes6 valid herefrom ¥1,500
IC cards and payment in detail

PASMO, Suica and the other nationwide transport IC cards can be used at every station on all Seibu lines (Ikebukuro, Seibu Chichibu, Seibu Yūrakuchō, Toshima, Sayama, Yamaguchi, Shinjuku, Seibuen, Kokubunji, Haijima, Tamako and Tamagawa lines). This comes from the PASMO operator list; PASMO notes that a few lines in its area do not take every card. You cannot ride beyond the IC card area on an IC card: buy a ticket for such trips. Contactless credit/debit cards and phones (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, UnionPay) work at most Seibu stations, at the adult fare only: not yet between Musashi-Yokote and Yokoze or on the Tamagawa Line (13 stations), and not at every gate. Seibu plans to cover all 92 stations by the end of March 2027. P

PASMOは、以下の鉄道事業者の全駅(伊豆箱根鉄道駿豆線を除く)でご利用いただけます。

Getting on

  1. Buy a ticket at the ticket machine (券売機), or use an IC card such as PASMO or Suica. At most stations you can also use a contactless credit/debit card or phone (クレカ乗車), with no registration needed.
  2. Enter through the automatic ticket gate (自動改札機). IC card: touch it on the gate reader. Contactless card or phone: touch it on a gate that supports クレカ乗車. Some ticket gates at these stations do not have the reader, and the 13 stations from Musashi-Yokote to Yokoze and on the Tamagawa Line do not have it yet.
  3. One contactless card covers one person only (the cardholder).
  4. Digital QR tickets: at stations without a QR-capable gate, show the ticket's "in use" screen to the staff. At remotely staffed stations (staff answer by intercom), call the staff on the intercom.

Getting off

  1. Leave through the automatic ticket gate, touching the same IC card you entered with.
  2. If your IC card balance is too low, add money in cash at a fare adjustment machine (精算機), a charge machine, a ticket machine or the station window. If you rode on beyond the IC card area, pay in cash at the window of your exit station.
  3. Contactless credit/debit card or phone: you must touch the same card or device to exit. You pay the adult fare (no child fares or discounts). It cannot be combined with other tickets such as commuter passes. Since 25 March 2026 one touch-in/touch-out also covers trips continuing onto Odakyu, Odakyu Hakone, Keio, Keikyu, Sotetsu, Tokyu, Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu and Minatomirai lines (some of their stations excluded), but you cannot ride on beyond these operators.
Wheelchair assistance

Seibu Railway Customer Center (西武鉄道お客さまセンター), every day 9:00–17:00 except 30 Dec–3 Jan. If you need staff help getting on or off, book by 17:00 the day before using Seibu's online assistance booking (介助事前受付サービス), or through the Customer Center or a station window. Booking is especially requested at the stations with no permanent staff that are only visited by patrolling staff (Musashi-Yokote, Higashi-Agano, Nishi-Agano, Shōmaru, Ashigakubo), and between 22:00 and 7:00 at the remotely staffed stations (staff answer by intercom) on the Ikebukuro, Sayama, Shinjuku, Haijima, Kokubunji and Seibuen lines. Without a booking, use the intercom near the ticket gates and wait for staff. Tel. 0570-005-712

Sources checked 2026-10-09 · review: draft_unreviewed

Passes valid on this line 6 P

Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. 2 of them are sold only to foreign visitors. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.

Foreign visitors only 1 day · Unlimited rides

SEIBU 1Day Pass / SEIBU 1Day Pass + Nagatoro

SEIBU 1Day Pass/SEIBU 1Day Pass + Nagatoro · Seibu Railway

¥1,500 SEIBU 1Day Pass, adult · ¥300 SEIBU 1Day Pass, child · ¥2,000 SEIBU 1Day Pass + Nagatoro, adult · +1 more

Valid only on the day of boarding. Bought at a station: the day of purchase; bought online: use within two weeks of collection.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Round trip + area

Tokyu–Seibu Marugoto Ticket

東急線西武線まるごときっぷ · Tokyu Railways

¥1,840 From Daikanyama / Naka-Meguro, adult · ¥940 From Daikanyama / Naka-Meguro, child · ¥2,100 From Yokohama, adult · +3 more

Day of purchase only. The price depends on the Tokyu station you start from (table dated 14 March 2026).

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

metsä & HYPER MUSEUM HANNO Odekake Pass (digital)

メッツァ・ハイパーミュージアムおでかけパス(デジタル) · Seibu Railway

¥2,700 Adult · ¥2,200 Junior high / high school · ¥1,300 Child (elementary)

Day of use only; bought from 1 month before.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

MOOMINVALLEY PARK Odekake Pass (digital)

ムーミンバレーパークおでかけパス(デジタル) · Seibu Railway

¥4,600 Adult · ¥2,400 Junior high / high school · ¥1,500 Child (elementary)

Day of use only; bought from 1 month before.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Seibuen Yuenchi Tokutoku Pass (digital)

西武園ゆうえんちトクトクパス(デジタル) · Seibu Railway

¥5,500 Adult · ¥4,800 Junior high / high school · ¥4,100 Child (elementary)

Day of use only; bought from 1 month before (not on park closing days).

Foreign visitors only 5 days · Unlimited rides

Greater Tokyo Pass

Greater Tokyo Pass · Greater Tokyo Pass Council (13 Kanto private railways and Toei)

¥6,500 Adult (5 days) · ¥3,250 Child 6–11 (5 days) ¥1,300/day

5 consecutive days from first use; each day runs 3:00–2:59. The voucher must be used within 3 months of issue.

IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P

29 stations are not in the IC areas we have; check at the station.

How IC card areas work →

Trains to book on this line 3 P

Sightseeing trains and services whose seats you reserve in advance.

All seats reserved Commuter liner

S-TRAIN

S-TRAIN · Seibu Railway

Weekends and holidays: Seibu-Chichibu – Hanno – Tokorozawa – Ikebukuro – Shinjuku-sanchome – Shibuya – Jiyugaoka – Yokohama – Minatomirai – Motomachi-Chukagai. Weekdays: Tokorozawa → Toyosu and Toyosu → Kotesashi

Weekday trains run Tokorozawa → Toyosu and Toyosu → Kotesashi; the Seibu-Chichibu ⇔ Motomachi-Chukagai trains run on weekends and holidays

¥510 from

All seats reserved Limited express

Seibu Limited Express Laview / Red Arrow

特急ラビュー/特急レッドアロー号 · Seibu Railway

Laview: Ikebukuro – Tokorozawa – Irumashi – Hanno – Yokoze – Seibu-Chichibu (Chichibu), Ikebukuro – Hanno (Musashi), Ikebukuro – Seibu-Kyujo-mae (Dome, irregular). Red Arrow: Seibu-Shinjuku – Takadanobaba – Higashi-Murayama – Tokorozawa – Sayamashi – Hon-Kawagoe (Koedo)

¥450 from

All seats reserved Sightseeing train

Seibu "52 Seats of Bliss" restaurant train

西武 旅するレストラン「52席の至福」 · Seibu Railway

Ikebukuro or Seibu-Shinjuku – Seibu-Chichibu (also Seibu-Shinjuku – Ikebukuro, Seibu-Shinjuku – Hon-Kawagoe and others)

Special train on about 100 days a year, mainly weekends and holidays; brunch and dinner courses

Stations

In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.

#StationEnglishPassengers / day (2024)Guide / other lines
1池袋
いけぶくろ 🗣
Ikebukuro2,364,011Marunouchi Line, Yūrakuchō Line, Yamanote Line, JR Akabane Line, Tōbu Tōjō Line
2椎名町
しいなまち 🗣
Shiinamachi20,617
3東長崎
ひがしながさき 🗣
Higashi-Nagasaki25,544
4江古田
えこだ 🗣
Ekoda32,177
5桜台
さくらだい 🗣
Sakuradai15,032
6練馬 🗣Nerima173,987Station guide Seibu Yurakucho Line, Seibu Toshima Line, Toei Ōedo Line
7中村橋
なかむらばし 🗣
Nakamurabashi38,455
8富士見台
ふじみだい 🗣
Fujimidai27,732
9練馬高野台
ねりまたかのだい 🗣
Nerima-Takanodai26,372
10石神井公園
しゃくじいこうえん 🗣
Shakujii-kōen76,732
11大泉学園
おおいずみがくえん 🗣
Oizumi-gakuen80,236
12保谷
ほうや 🗣
Hoya56,960
13ひばりヶ丘
ひばりがおか 🗣
Hibarigaoka68,792
14東久留米
ひがしくるめ 🗣
Higashi-Kurume51,222
15清瀬
きよせ 🗣
Kiyose62,526
16秋津
あきつ 🗣
Akitsu76,596
17所沢
ところざわ 🗣
Tokorozawa109,930Seibu Shinjuku Line
18西所沢
にしところざわ 🗣
Nishi-Tokorozawa24,676Seibu Sayama Line
19小手指
こてさし 🗣
Kotesashi43,489
20狭山ヶ丘
さやまがおか 🗣
Sayamagaoka22,670
21武蔵藤沢
むさしふじさわ 🗣
Musashi-Fujisawa22,401
22稲荷山公園
いなりやまこうえん 🗣
Inariyama-koen9,589
23入間市
いるまし 🗣
Irumashi29,964
24仏子 🗣Bushi9,467
25元加治 🗣Motokaji7,276
26東飯能 🗣Higashi-Hannō16,486Hachiko Line
27飯能
はんのう 🗣
Hanno27,920
28東吾野 🗣Higashi-Agano477
29武蔵横手 🗣Musashi-Yokote241
30高麗 🗣Koma2,189
31吾野 🗣Agano515Seibu Chichibu Line

Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).

Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報(鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ)」(国土交通省)を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.