Tōbu Tōjō Main Line

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The Tōbu Tōjō Main Line (東上本線, Tōbu Tōjō Hon-sen) is a 75.0 km suburban train line that runs from Ikebukuro Station in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan to Yorii Station in Yorii, Saitama. It is usually called the Tōbu Tōjō Line (東武東上線, Tōbu Tōjō Sen) and is owned and operated by Tōbu Railway. The name of the line comes from the original plan to construct a line linking Tokyo (東京) with Joshu (上州) (the original name for the area now known as Gunma Prefecture).

Contents 1 Line details 2 History 3 Stations 4 Rolling stock currently used

[edit] Line details

• Total distance: 75.0 km
• Track gauge: 1,067 mm
• Electrification: 1,500 V DC overhead

[edit] History

On 1914-05-01, the Tōjō Railway began operating, covering the 33.5 km between Ikebukuro and Tanomosawa (located between the present stations of Kawagoeshi and Kasumigaseki). Two years later, in 1916, the line was extended 9.2 km from Kawagoemachi (now Kawagoeshi) to Sakadomachi (now Sakado), and at the same time, the section between Kawagoemachi and Tanomosawa was abandoned.

In 1920, the Tōjō Railway was absorbed into the Tōbu Railway, and in 1923, the line was extended 13.4 km from Sakadomachi to Ogawamachi. In 1925, the line was further extended 10.8 km from Ogawamachi to Yorii, completing the present-day Tōbu Tōjō Line. While the original plan had been to extend the line as far as Gunma Prefecture, the connection at Yorii did at least allow for through operations via the Chichibu Railway. The line from Ikebukuro to Yorii was electrified in 1929. The 10.9 km Ogose branch from Sakadomachi to Ogose was not opened until much later, in 1943. With the steadily growing population along the line, trains were gradually increased in length to the maximum 10 cars seen today, and the original single track was doubled and even quadrupled in some places (between Wakōshi and Shiki). The line from Ikebukuro to Yorii covers a total distance of 75 km.

Steam for freight haulage was finally withdrawn in 1959.

In 1987, the Yūrakuchō Subway reached Wakōshi, allowing through-running from Kawagoeshi on the Tōbu Tōjō Line to the then terminus of Shintomichō (later extended further east to the present terminus of Shinkiba).

[edit] Stations

• L = Local (普通)
• YL = Merges with the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (直通)
• SE = Semi Express (準急)
• CE = Commuter Express (通勤急行)
• E = Express (急行)
• LE = Limited Express (特急)

Name	L	YL	SE	CE	E	LE	Connections	Location
Ikebukuro Station (池袋駅)	●		●	●	●	●	Yamanote Line,Saikyo Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line, Yurakucho New Line	Tokyo	Toshima, Tokyo
Kita-Ikebukuro Station (北池袋駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜
Shimo-Itabashi Station (下板橋駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜	Saikyo Line (from Itabashi Station), Mita Line (from Shin-Itabashi Station)
Oyama Station (大山駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜	Mita Line (from Itabashi-ku Yakusho-mae Station）		Itabashi, Tokyo
Naka-Itabashi Station (中板橋駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜
Tokiwadai Station (ときわ台駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜
Kami-Itabashi Station (上板橋駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜
Tobu Nerima Station (東武練馬駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜
Shimo-Akatsuka Station (下赤塚駅)	●		｜	｜	｜	｜	Yurakucho Line (from Chikatetsu Akatsuka Station)
Narimasu Station (成増駅)	●		●	●	●	｜	Yurakucho Line (from Chikatetsu Narimasu Station)
Wako-shi Station (和光市駅)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Yurakucho Line (through trains)	Saitama Prefecture	Wako, Saitama
Asaka Station (朝霞駅)	●	●	●	｜	｜	｜			Asaka, Saitama
Asakadai Station (朝霞台駅)	●	●	●	｜	●	｜	Musashino Line (from Kita-Asaka Station)
Shiki Station (志木駅)	●	●	●	●	●	｜			Niiza, Saitama
Yanasegawa Station (柳瀬川駅)	●	●	●	●	｜	｜			Shiki, Saitama
Mizuhodai Station (みずほ台駅)	●	●	●	●	｜	｜			Fujimi, Saitama
Tsuruse Station (鶴瀬駅)	●	●	●	●	｜	｜
Fujimino Station (ふじみ野駅)	●	●	●	●	●	｜
Kami-Fukuoka Station (上福岡駅)	●	●	●	●	｜	｜			Fujimino, Saitama
Shingashi Station (新河岸駅)	●	●	●	●	｜	｜			Kawagoe, Saitama
Kawagoe Station (川越駅)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Kawagoe Line
Kawagoeshi Station (川越市駅)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Seibu Shinjuku Line (from Hon-Kawagoe Station)
Kasumigaseki Station (霞ヶ関駅)	●	●	●	●	●	｜
Tsurugashima Station (鶴ヶ島駅)	●	●	●	●	●	｜			Tsurugashima, Saitama
Wakaba Station (若葉駅)	●	●	●	●	●	｜			Sakado, Saitama
Sakado Station (坂戸駅)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Tobu Ogose Line
Kita-Sakado Station (北坂戸駅)	●	●	●	●	●	｜
Takasaka Station (高坂駅)	●	●	●	●	●	｜			Higashi-Matsuyama, Saitama
Higashi-Matsuyama Station (東松山駅)	●	●	●	●	●	●
Shinrin-Koen Station (森林公園駅)	●	●	●	●	●	●	Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line thru train terminus		Namegawa, Hiki District, Saitama
Tsukinowa Station (つきのわ駅)	●		●	●	●	●
Musashi-ranzan Station (武蔵嵐山駅)	●		●	●	●	●			Ranzan, Hiki District, Saitama
(Ranzan Signal Stop)	｜		｜	｜	｜	｜
Ogawamachi Station (小川町駅)	●		●	●	●	●	Hachiko Line		Ogawa, Hiki District, Saitama
Tobu Takegawa Station (東武竹沢駅)	●
Obusuma Station (男衾駅)	●								Yorii, Osato District, Saitama
Hachigata Station (鉢形駅)	●
Tamayodo Station (玉淀駅)	●
Yorii Station (寄居駅)	●						Hachiko Line, Chichibu Main Line

[edit] Rolling stock currently used

• Tōbu 8000 series EMUs
• Tōbu 9000 series EMUs (also used on Yurakucho Line through-running services to Shin-Kiba)
• Tōbu 9050 series EMUs (also used on Yurakucho Line through-running services to Shin-Kiba)
• Tōbu 10000 series EMUs
• Tōbu 10030 series EMUs
• Tōbu 50000 series EMUs
• Tokyo Metro 07 series EMUs (Wakōshi - Kawagoeshi only)
• Tokyo Metro 7000 series EMUs (Wakōshi - Kawagoeshi only)
• Tokyo Metro 10000 series EMUs (Wakōshi - Kawagoeshi only)

Tōbu 8000 series	Tōbu 9000 series	Tōbu 9050 series	Tōbu 10030 series
Tōbu 50000 series	Tōkyō Metro 7000 series	Tōkyō Metro 07 series	Tōkyō Metro 10000 series