Bushi Station (仏子駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iruma, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Bushi Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Irumashi and Motokaji, it is 39.7 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks, with a bidirectional centre track in between the two platform tracks for use by out-of-service trains.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 15 April 1915. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Bushi Station becoming "SI24". Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was the 67th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 10,879 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Bushi station was the only station on the Ikebukuro-Hannō section of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to see a decrease in the number of users between fiscal 2012 and 2013. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area