Tokyu Ikegami Line

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東急池上線 (Tokyu Ikegami Line)
Info
Type	Commuter
Start station	Gotanda
End station	Kamata
No. of stations	15
Operation
Opened	1922 (initial section) 1928 (entire line)
Owner	N/A
Operator(s)	Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
Technical
Line length	10.8 km
Gauge	1067 mm
Electrified	Entire line at 1500 V DC

The Tōkyū Ikegami Line(東急池上線) is a line operated by the Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway. It extends from Gotanda (Shinagawa, Tokyo) to Kamata (Ota, Tokyo).

Contents 1 Rolling stock used 2 History 3 Station List 4 External link

[edit] Rolling stock used

• 1000 series 3-car sets (since 1990)
• 7600 series 3-car sets (x3) (since 1986)
• 7700 series 3-car sets (x12)

[edit] History

• 1922-10-06: Section opened between Kamata and Ikegami (1.8 km).
• 1923-05-04: Section opened between Ikegami and Yukigaya (3.7 km).
• 1926-08-06: Keidai Ground-mae Station opened (now Chidorichō Station) opened.
• 1927-08-19: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station opened between Yukigaya and Ontakesan.
• 1927-08-28: Section opened between Yukigaya and Kirigaya (now closed), located between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Togoshi-Ginza (4.7 km).
• 1927-10-09: Section opened between Kirigaya and Ōsaki-Hirokoji (0.6 km) opened.
• 1928-04-13: Ishikawa Station renamed Ishikawadai, and Suehiro Station renamed Higashi-Chōfu (now Kugahara).
• 1928-06-17: Section opened between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Gotanda (0.3 km), completing line.
• 1933-06-01: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station combined with Yukigaya Station and renamed to Yukigaya-Ōtsuka; Ontakesan-mae Station renamed Ontakesan.
• 1936-01-01: Higashi-Chōfu Station renamed Kugahara; Keidai Ground-mae Station renamed Chidorichō.
• 1951-05-01: Hatagaoka Station moved to Hatanodai Station on Ōimachi Line.
• 1953-08-12: Kirigaya Station closed.
• 1957-08-10: Line voltage raised from 600 V to 1,500 V.
• 1989-03-18: 3000 series trains withdrawn.
• 1989-03-19: Ebara-Nakanobu Station moved underground.
• 1998-03-16: Driver-only operation started.

[edit] Station List

Station Name	Japanese	Distance from Gotanda	Transfers	Location (Ward)
Gotanda	五反田	0.0	East Japan Railway Company: Yamanote Line Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: Asakusa Line	Shinagawa
Ōsaki-Hirokōji	大崎広小路	0.3
Togoshi-Ginza	戸越銀座	1.4
Ebara-Nakanobu	荏原中延	2.2
Hatanodai	旗の台	3.1	Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway: Oimachi Line
Nagahara	長原	3.7		Ota
Senzoku-Ike	洗足池	4.3
Ishikawadai	石川台	4.9
Yukigaya-Ōtsuka	雪が谷大塚	5.6
Ontakesan	御嶽山	6.4
Kugahara	久が原	7.1
Chidorichō	千鳥町	8.0
Ikegami	池上	9.1
Hasunuma	蓮沼	10.2
Kamata	蒲田	10.8	JR East: Keihin-Tohoku Line Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway: Tamagawa Line

[edit] External link

• Data on Google Earth or Maps of positions of the stations of this line