Kōkū-kōen Station

航空公園
Kōkū-kōen Station East Entrance
General information
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Shinjuku Line

Kōkū-kōen Station (航空公園駅, Kōkū-kōen-eki) is a train station operated by Seibu Railway located in Tokorozawa, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Seibu Shinjuku Line. All trains except Limited express and Rapid Express services stop at Kōkū-kōen station.

Station building

Kōkū-kōen Station has two entrances, east and west, with the ticket vending on the third level.

The exterior of whole three-storied station building is designed to look like a "Henri Farman" biplane, 1910's Farman III, which is the first official powered aircraft in Japan, the clock, above the entrance, as its propeller, and was selected as 100 Train Stations in Kantō by MLIT in 1998.

Several stores, such as Henri Farman Bakery&Cafe, Hōrindō Book store, or Senba21 Supermarket, are located in the station building.

Platforms

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. Platform 1 is for trains heading towards Hon-Kawagoe Station and platform 2 is for trains heading towards Seibu Shinjuku Station.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Tokorozawa Station		Seibu Shinjuku Line		Shin-Tokorozawa Station

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  Kōkū-kōen Station East Entrance
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  Kōkū-kōen Station West Entrance
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  Kōkū-kōen Station interior view
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  Kōkū-kōen Station platform

Neighborhood

Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park
(Kōkū-kōen Park)

Retired YS-11 aircraft on display

Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre MUSE

To the east of the station is:

• Tokorozawa Aviation Museum and Kōkū-kōen Park
• FamilyMart
• Wara-wara (water-water, total fitness club)
• YS-11 (Retired aircraft on display)
• Tokorozawa City Hall (local government office building)
• Tokorozawa central post office
• Tokorozawa Police Station
• Tokorozawa Public Employment Security Office
• Tokorozawa Labor Standards Inspection Office
• Tokorozawa District Public Prosecutor's office
• Tokorozawa Tax office
• Saitama District Legal Affairs Bureau, Tokorozawa Branch
• Tokorozawa City Library
• National Defense Medical College
• National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD)
• Environmental Investigation Laboratory
• Child Guidance Clinic
• TEPCO Tokyo Office
• Tokyo Aeronautical Traffic Control Center
• Tokorozawa Summary Court
• Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse (concert hall complex)

To the west of the station is:

• Seven Eleven
• Tokorozawa Public Health Center
• Tokorozawa City Water Works Office
• Tokorozawa City Fire Department
• Heartia Tokorozawa (cultural hall, in Moto-machi, opened in spring 2010)
• Tokorozawa Shimmei-sha (major shintō shrine of the city)

References

• "Illustration of station facilities". Seibu Railway. 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
• "Seibu Railway Map" (PDF). (PDF map in English). 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2010.