Overview

The Seibu Ikebukuro Line (SI) runs 31 stations from Ikebukuro through Nerima and Tokorozawa to Agano. It begins as a dense commuter railway and ends among the hills at the gateway to Chichibu.

Why play it

This is a reading workout: Shakujii-koen, Oizumi-gakuen and Inariyama-koen sit among deceptively compact names such as Bushi and Koma. Hanno and Higashi-Hanno then test the same sound in quick succession.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 西武池袋線 — all 31 stops of it.

Operator
Seibu Railway
Line symbol
SI
Stations
31
Shape
Terminal to terminal
Termini
池袋 — 吾野

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 312 keystrokes, an average of 10.1 per station. The longest name is 東長崎 (higashi-nagasaki) at 15 keystrokes; the shortest is 高麗 (koma) at 4. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 0 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 1 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 3 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

4 of the 31 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Marked with a star: 池袋 — the major interchanges, which the maps always label and the game marks with a heavier arrival stamp.

Every station on the line

All 31 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#No.StationKanaRomaji
1SI01池袋いけぶくろikebukuro
2SI02椎名町しいなまちshiinamachi
3SI03東長崎ひがしながさきhigashi-nagasaki
4SI04江古田えこだekoda
5SI05桜台さくらだいsakuradai
6SI06練馬ねりまnerima
7SI07中村橋なかむらばしnakamurabashi
8SI08富士見台ふじみだいfujimidai
9SI09練馬高野台ねりまたかのだいnerima-takanodai
10SI10石神井公園しゃくじいこうえんshakujii-koen
11SI11大泉学園おおいずみがくえんoizumi-gakuen
12SI12保谷ほうやhoya
13SI13ひばりヶ丘ひばりがおかhibarigaoka
14SI14東久留米ひがしくるめhigashi-kurume
15SI15清瀬きよせkiyose
16SI16秋津あきつakitsu
17SI17所沢ところざわtokorozawa
18SI18西所沢にしところざわnishi-tokorozawa
19SI19小手指こてさしkotesashi
20SI20狭山ヶ丘さやまがおかsayamagaoka
21SI21武蔵藤沢むさしふじさわmusashi-fujisawa
22SI22稲荷山公園いなりやまこうえんinariyama-koen
23SI23入間市いるましirumashi
24SI24仏子ぶしbushi
25SI25元加治もとかじmotokaji
26SI26飯能はんのうhanno
27SI27東飯能ひがしはんのうhigashi-hanno
28SI28高麗こまkoma
29SI29武蔵横手むさしよこてmusashi-yokote
30SI30東吾野ひがしあがのhigashi-agano
31SI31吾野あがのagano