Kawagoe Line
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The Kawagoe Line (川越線 Kawagoe-sen?) is a 30.6 kilometre(km) railway line which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka in Saitama Prefecture in Japan. The main transfer stations on the line are Ōmiya, Kawagoe and Komagawa. It was opened in 1940, and electrified (1,500 V DC) in 1985. The 3.7 km Ōmiya Station to Nisshin Station section is double-tracked and the rest of the line is single-tracked. It is currently owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East.)
The Kawagoe to Ōmiya section operates as an extension of the Saikyō Line from central Tōkyō, with most services running to Ōsaki and on to Shin-Kiba via the Rinkai Line.
On the Kawagoe to Komagawa section, about a half of the services continue to and from Hachiōji via the Hachikō Line.
Except for a few rush-hour services that start and terminate at Minami-Furuya, there are no through trains operating between the west and east sections, and so passengers wishing to travel beyond Kawagoe from either side must change trains there.
[edit] Stations
| Name | Distance | Connections | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ōmiya Station | 0 km | Tōhoku Shinkansen (Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen), Jōetsu Shinkansen (Nagano Shinkansen) Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line), Shōnan Shinjuku Line, Keihin-Tōohoku Line, Saikyō Line, Takasaki Line Tōbu Noda Line, Saitama New Urban Transit |
Saitama Prefecture | Ōmiya-ku, Saitama |
| Nisshin Station | 3.7 km | Kita-ku, Saitama | ||
| Nishi-Ōmiya Station (expected to open around 2009) | - | Nishi-ku, Saitama | ||
| Sashiōgi Station | 7.7 km | |||
| Minami-Furuya Station | 12.4 km | Kawagoe | ||
| Kawagoe Station | 16.1 km | Tōbu Tōjō Main Line, (Seibu Shinjuku Line from Hon-Kawagoe Station, approx. 15 mins' walk from Kawagoe Station) | ||
| Nishi-Kawagoe Station | 18.7 km | |||
| Matoba Station | 20.9 km | |||
| Kasahata Station | 23.8 km | |||
| Musashi-Takahagi Station | 27.0 km | Hidaka | ||
| Komagawa Station | 30.6 km | Hachikō Line | ||
[edit] Rolling stock
The current EMU fleet used on Kawagoe Line services is based at Kawagoe Depot close to Minami-Furuya Station.
- 205 series 10-car EMUs x 32 (Kawagoe Line/Saikyō Line/TWR Rinkai Line services)
- TWR 70 series 10-car EMUs (Kawagoe Line/Saikyō Line/TWR Rinkai Line services)
- 205-3000 series 4-car EMUs x 5 (Kawagoe Line/Hachikō Line services)
- 209-3000 series 4-car EMUs x 4 (Kawagoe Line/Hachikō Line services)
- 209-3100 series 4-car EMUs x 2 (Kawagoe Line/Hachikō Line services)
[edit] Rolling stock previously used
- 9600 class steam locomotives (until September 1969)
- KiHa35 DMUs (until September 1985)
- 103-3000 series EMUs (until October 2005)
- 103-3500 series EMUs (until March 2005)
