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Seibu Sayama Line
Decorated 3000 series EMU at Seibu-Kyūjō-mae Station, July 2010
Overview
Native name	西武狭山線
Owner	Seibu Railway
Locale	Saitama Prefecture
Termini	Nishi-Tokorozawa Seibu-Kyūjō-mae
Stations	3
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	1929
Technical
Line length	4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	95 km/h (60 mph)

The Seibu Sayama Line (西武狭山線, Seibu Sayama-sen) is a commuter railway line in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The 4.2 km line extends from Nishi-Tokorozawa Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to Seibu-Kyūjō-mae Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama.^[1]

Stations

All stations are located in Tokorozawa, Saitama.

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers
SI18	Nishi-Tokorozawa	西所沢	0.0	Seibu Ikebukuro Line
SI40	Shimo-Yamaguchi	下山口	1.8
SI41	Seibu-Kyūjō-mae	西武球場前	4.2

History

The line and its two stations opened on 1 May 1929,^[1] initially electrified at 1,200 V DC.^{[citation needed]} This was raised to 1,500 V DC in 1952.^{[citation needed]}

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).^[2]

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 58–59. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ 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 27 March 2013.

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Ikebukuro Line group	■ Ikebukuro ■ Sayama ■ Seibu Chichibu ■ Seibu Yūrakucho ■ Toshima
Shinjuku Line group	■ Haijima ■ Kokubunji ■ Seibuen ■ Shinjuku ■ Tamagawa ■ Tamako
People mover	■ Yamaguchi
Related lines	Daiyūzan Line Hakone Komagatake Ropeway Jukkokutōge Cable Car Sunzu Line
Major stations	Hannō Hon-Kawagoe Ikebukuro Kokubunji Nerima Seibu-Shinjuku Takadanobaba Tokorozawa

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