Kawagoe Line

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Kawagoe Line 209-3000 series EMU at Komagawa Station
Kawagoe Line 209-3000 series EMU at Komagawa Station

The Kawagoe Line (川越線 Kawagoe-sen?) is a 30.6 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 section between Ōmiya and Nisshin Stations 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 section between Kawagoe and Ōmiya operates as an extension of the Saikyō Line from central Tokyo, with most trains running to Ōsaki and on to Shin-Kiba via the Rinkai Line.

On the section between Kawagoe and Komagawa, about a half of the trains continue to and from Hachiōji via the Hachikō Line.

Except for a few rush-hour trains 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-Tōhoku Line, Saikyō Line, Takasaki Line
Tōbu Noda Line, Saitama New Urban Transit		 Ōmiya-ku, Saitama Saitama
Prefecture
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 70-000 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)
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