Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line

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A Series-05 train on the Tozai Line.
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A Series-05 train on the Tozai Line.
Tozai Line (Click on image to enlarge.)
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Tozai Line (Click on image to enlarge.)

The Tokyo Metro Tozai Line (東京地下鉄東西線 Tōkyō Chikatetsu Tōzai-sen?) is a subway line. Part of the Tokyo Metro system, it connects Nakano Station in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, Japan and Nishi Funabashi Station in the city of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. In the numbering scheme of the Tokyo subways, it is Line 5. On maps, its color is light blue; stations on the Tozai Line carry the letter T followed by a two-digit number.

Women-only cars, designed to prevent chikan, were introduced on this line during morning rush hours starting on November 20, 2006.

[edit] Facts

  • Length: 30.8 km
  • Gauge: 1067 mm
  • Number of stations: 23 (including ends)
  • Multiple-track section: Entire line
  • Electric supply: 1500 V DC
  • Block system: Automatic (Eidan CW-ATC)
  • Underground segment: Nakano Station–Minami Sunamachi Station

[edit] Stations

Station number Station name Distance (km) Cumulative distance (km) Transfers (Station names and numbers) Location
T-01 Nakano Station - 0.0 km Chūō-Sōbu Line (Through trains), Chūō Main Line (Joint use with Chūō-Sōbu Line) Tokyo Nakano
T-02 Ochiai Station 2.0 km 2.0 km Shinjuku
T-03 Takadanobaba Station 1.9 km 3.9 km Yamanote Line, Seibu Shinjuku Line
T-04 Waseda Station 1.7 km 5.6 km Toden Arakawa Line (1 km walk)
T-05 Kagurazaka Station 1.2 km 6.8 km
T-06 Iidabashi Station 1.2 km 8.0 km Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Y-13), Namboku Line (N-10), Toei Oedo Line (E-06), Chūō-Sōbu Line
T-07 Kudanshita Station 0.7 km 8.7 km Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z-06), Toei Shinjuku Line (S-05) Chiyoda
T-08 Takebashi Station 1.0 km 9.7 km
T-09 Ōtemachi Station 1.0 km 10.7 km Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-18), Chiyoda Line (C-11), Hanzomon Line (Z-08), Toei Mita Line (I-09), Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Sanyō Shinkansen), Tohoku Shinkansen (Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen), Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line (Shonan Electric Trains), Yokosuka Line, Keiyo Line (Tokyo Station)
T-10 Nihombashi Station 0.8 km 11.5 km Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-11), Toei Asakusa Line (A-13) Chūō
T-11 Kayabacho Station 0.5 km 12.0 km Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-12)
T-12 Monzen Nakacho Station 1.8 km 13.8 km Toei Oedo Line (E-15) Koto
T-13 Kiba Station 1.1 km 14.9 km
T-14 Toyocho Station 0.9 km 15.8 km
T-15 Minami Sunamachi Station 1.2 km 17.0 km
T-16 Nishi Kasai Station 2.7 km 19.7 km Edogawa
T-17 Kasai Station 1.2 km 20.9 km
T-18 Urayasu Station 1.9 km 22.8 km Chiba Prefecture Urayasu
T-19 Minami Gyotoku Station 1.2 km 24.0 km Ichikawa
T-20 Gyotoku Station 1.5 km 25.5 km
T-21 Myoden Station 1.3 km 26.8 km
T-22 Baraki Nakayama Station 2.1 km 28.9 km Funabashi
T-23 Nishi Funabashi Station 1.9 km 30.8 km Chūō-Sōbu Line (some through service during rush hours), Toyo Rapid Line (through trains), Musashino Line, Keiyo Line, Keisei Line (Keisei-Nishifuna Station)
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