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Shin-Tokorozawa Station is a railway station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.LinesShin-Tokorozawa Station is served by the 47.5 km Seibu Shinjuku Line from in Tokyo to in Saitama Prefecture. Located between and, it lies 31.7 km from the Seibu Shinjuku terminus. All trains except Limited express Koedo services stop at Shin-Tokorozawa Station.Station layoutShin-Tokorozawa Station has two entrances, east and west, with ticket vending on the second floor level of the elevated station building.PlatformsThe station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.From August 2013, an experimental platform edge door system was installed for evaluation purposes at the Tokorozawa end of platform 1 for a period of approximately 8 months. The platform edge door system jointly developed by the University of Tokyo and Kobe Steel is designed to handle trains with three or four doors per car, and the temporary installation is just one car length long.HistoryThe station opened on 11 June 1951, initially named. It was renamed Shin-Tokorozawa ("New Tokorozawa") on 1 February 1959.Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Shin-Tokorozawa Station becoming "SS24".