Odakyu Tama Line

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The Odakyū Tama Line (小田急多摩線 Odakyū Tama Sen?) is the Odakyū Electric Railway's branch section of railway line in Japan. It stretches 10.6km in southwesten zone in Greater Tokyo Area.

This is used for the commuter service with Tama New Town the largest residence plannning in Japan, many rapid trains ("Tama Express") run from/to Shinjuku, or several central areas in Tokyo (the terminal station is Toride, Ibaraki). Limited express services, famous as Romance Car, is taken in only evening.

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[edit] History

Odakyu started its service on first oparation section, from Shin-Yurigaoka to Odakyu-Nagayama on June 1, 1974. It was expand for Odakyu-Tama-Center, the core station of Tama New Town on April 23 in next year. This section is constructed by Japan Railway Construction Cooporation (public, established by government, and it's changed to Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency(JRTT) now), and Odakyu operated it and paid repayment costs for the cooporation. And on March 27, 1990, Odakyu made Karakida station in oparation.

This line was constructed on double track system, but Odakyu couldn't took a large part of transport between Tokyo and Tama New Town, because no room for operating extra train serices for this purpose, by the delay about four track construction on Odawara Line.

After 2000, when it was partly completed the construction, Odakyu has started rapid train service on Tama Line, and succeed in uprising a number of passengers, shorting the cost time. This line is regarded as a part of Tokyo Line 9, linked with Chiyoda Line and Odawara Line, in Transport Policy Council report #18 in 2000, that belonged to Ministry of Transport (it has changed to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MILT)).


[edit] Train Classification

Color Classification in Japanese Through lines service time
Limited Express 特急 All of these are from Shinjuku on Odawara Line only in evening, no service to Shinjuku
red Express 急行 All of these are to Shinjuku, or Ayase on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (except one, from Shin-Yurigaoka) only morning on weekday
pink Tama Express 多摩急行 All of these are from/to Toride on East JR Joban Line via Chiyoda Line daylong
sky blue Section Semi Express 区間準急 All of these are from Shinjuku in daytime
blue Local 各駅停車 almost run in the line only, and seldom from/to Shinjuku daylong

[edit] Station

[edit] Limited Express

It's "Homeway", charged, and used by Romancecar. It stops at Shin-Yurigaoka, Odakyu-Nagayama, Odakyu-Tama-Center and Karakida.

[edit] Commuter Service

Station in Japanese km total km km from Shinjuku L SSE TE E Connect lines Ward / City, Prefecture
Shin-Yurigaoka 新百合ヶ丘 0.0 21.5 + + + + Odakyu Odawara Line
Except almost of Local trains, many trains run through to/from Odawara Line. See above this.		 Asao Ward/ Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Satsukidai 五月台 1.5 1.5 23.0 + + ｜ ｜  
Kurihira 栗平 1.3 2.8 24.3 + + + +  
Kurokawa 黒川 1.3 4.1 25.6 + + ｜ ｜  
Haruhino はるひ野 0.8 4.9 26.4 + + ｜ ｜  
Odakyu-Nagayama 小田急永山 1.9 6.8 28.3 + + + + Keio Corporation: Keio Sagamihara Line (as Keio-Nagayama Station, besides the station) Tama, Tokyo
Odakyu-Tama-Center 小田急多摩センター 2.3 9.1 30.6 + + + + Keio Corporation: Keio Sagamihara Line (as Keio-Tama-Center Station, besides the station)

Tama Toshi Monorail Line (Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Line, as Tama-Center Station, 5 minutes on foot)
Karakida 唐木田 1.5 10.6 32.1 + + + +  

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