Tōbu Tōjō Main Line

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Tōbu Tōjō Main Line

Tōbu 50000 series

Line length:

75.0 km

Gauge:

1067 mm

Voltage:

1500 =

Legend

Seibu: Ikebukuro Line

for Tokorozawa

Tokyo Metro: Yūrakuchō Line

to Wakōshi

0.0

Ikebukuro

Tokyo Metro: Marunouchi Line

for Ginza

JR East (JR-E): Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

for Ōmiya

JR-E: Yamanote Line

for Tabata

1.2

Kita-Ikebukuro

JR-E: Saikyō Line

for Akabane, Ōmiya

2.0

Shimo-Itabashi

3.0

Ōyama

4.0

Naka-Itabashi

4.7

Tokiwadai

6.0

Kami-Itabashi

Tōbu: Keishi Line

Keishi

7.4

Tōbu Nerima

Yūrakuchō Line

for Ikebukuro

8.9

Shimo-Akatsuka (Chikatetsu Akatsuka)

10.4

Narimasu (Chikatetsu Narimasu)

12.5

Wakōshi

Tokyo Metro Wakō Depot

14.0

Asaka

JR-E: Musashino Line Kita-Asaka

16.4

Asakadai

17.8

Shiki

19.3

Yanasegawa

20.6

Mizuhodai

22.0

Tsuruse

24.2

Fujimino

25.9

Kami-Fukuoka

28.3

Shingashi

JR-E: Kawagoe Line

to Ōmiya

30.5

Kawagoe

Seibu: Shinjuku Line Hon-Kawagoe

to Komagawa

31.4

34.8

37.0

38.9

40.6

Tōbu: Ogose Line

to Ogose

42.7

Kita-Sakado

46.2

Takasaka

49.9

Higashi-Matsuyama

52.6

Shinrin-Kōen

55.4

Tsukinowa

57.1

Musashi-Ranzan

JR-E: Hachikō Line

for Komagawa, Hachiōji

64.1

Ogawamachi

67.1

Tōbu Takezawa JR-E Takezawa

to Yorii

70.8

Obusuma

73.5

Hachigata

74.4

Tamayodo

Chichibu Railway Main Line

for Kumagaya

Hachikō Line

to Takasaki

75.0

Yorii

for Ogawamachi

to Mitsumineguchi

The Tōjō Main Line (東上本線, Tōjō Hon-sen^?) of Tobu Railway (東武鉄道, Tōbu Tetsudō^?) 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^?) or simply Tōjō Line (東上線, Tōjō-sen^?).

The Tōjō Main Line and Tōbu Ogose Line branch are isolated from other Tōbu lines, such as the Isesaki Line and Nikkō Line. There was a plan to connect between Nishiarai on the Isesaki Line and Kami-Itabashi on the Tōjō Line, but this was never built.

The name of the line comes from the original plan to construct a line linking Tokyo (東京) with Jōshū (上州) (an ancient province now Gunma Prefecture).

1 History
2 Stations
3 Rolling stock currently used
4 Past rolling stock
5 References

[edit] History

On 1914-05-01, the Tōjō Railway (東上鉄道, Tōjō Tetsudō^?) began operating, covering the 33.5 km stretch between Ikebukuro and Tanomosawa (located between the present stations of Kawagoeshi and Kasumigaseki). Two years later, 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 Line 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 Line 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] November 1993 timetable revision

Fujimino station opens. Interchange between Express and Semi-express trains moved from Kawagoeshi to Fujimino.

[edit] March 1998 timetable revision

Express services make an additional stop at Asakadai.

[edit] March 2005 timetable revision

(From 2005-03-17)

Express trains extended from Musashi-Ranzen to Ogawamachi following completion of double-tracking
Limited express trains terminated at Ogawamachi (rather than Yorii). Standardized as 10 cars, and include stop at Wakōshi.
Driver-only operation starts on Ogawamachi to Yorii section. All trains are 4 cars.

[edit] June 2008 timetable revision

From the start of the revised timetable on 2008-06-14, new limited-stop evening TJ Liner services are due to commence on the Tōbu Tōjō Line using new 50090 series rolling stock. Six down services will operate on weekdays, with four at weekends. Trains from Ikebukuro will stop at Fujimino, Kawagoe, Kawagoeshi, Sakado, Higashi-Matsuyama, and Shinrinkōen, with some services continuing to Ogawamachi stopping at Tsukinowa and Musashiranzan stations.^[1] Limited Express services will be discontinued and replaced by new Rapid Express (快速急行) services. All trains operating out of Ikebukuro will be standardized as 10-car trains.^[2]

[edit] Stations

Abbreviations:

L = Local (普通)
YL = Through train to the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (直通)
SE = Semi Express (準急)
CE = Commuter Express (通勤急行)
E = Express (急行)
LE = Limited Express (特急)

Station	L	YL	SE	CE	E	LE	Location
Ikebukuro 池袋	S		S	S	S	S	Toshima	Tokyo
Kita-Ikebukuro 北池袋	S		\|	\|	\|	\|
Shimo-Itabashi 下板橋	S		\|	\|	\|	\|
Ōyama 大山	S		\|	\|	\|	\|	Itabashi
Naka-Itabashi 中板橋	S		\|	\|	\|	\|
Tokiwadai ときわ台	S		\|	\|	\|	\|
Kami-Itabashi 上板橋	S		\|	\|	\|	\|
Tōbu Nerima 東武練馬	S		\|	\|	\|	\|
Shimo-Akatsuka 下赤塚	S		\|	\|	\|	\|
Narimasu 成増	S		S	S	S	\|
Wakōshi 和光市	S	S	S	S	S	S	Wakō	Saitama
Asaka 朝霞	S	S	S	S	\|	\|	Asaka
Asakadai 朝霞台	S	S	S	\|	S	\|	Asaka
Shiki 志木	S	S	S	S	S	\|	Niiza
Yanasegawa 柳瀬川	S	S	S	S	\|	\|	Shiki
Mizuhodai みずほ台	S	S	S	S	\|	\|	Fujimi
Tsuruse 鶴瀬	S	S	S	S	\|	\|
Fujimino ふじみ野	S	S	S	S	S	\|
Kami-Fukuoka 上福岡	S	S	S	S	\|	\|	Fujimino
Shingashi 新河岸	S	S	S	S	\|	\|	Kawagoe
Kawagoe 川越	S	S	S	S	S	S
Kawagoeshi 川越市	S	S	S	S	S	S
Kasumigaseki 霞ヶ関	S	S	S	S	S	\|
Tsurugashima 鶴ヶ島	S	S	S	S	S	\|	Tsurugashima
Wakaba 若葉	S	S	S	S	S	\|	Sakado
Sakado 坂戸	S	S	S	S	S	S
Kita-Sakado 北坂戸	S	S	S	S	S	\|
Takasaka 高坂	S	S	S	S	S	\|	Higashimatsuyama
Higashimatsuyama 東松山	S	S	S	S	S	S	Higashimatsuyama
Shinrin-Kōen 森林公園	S	S	S	S	S	S	Namegawa, Hiki District
Tsukinowa つきのわ	S		S	S	S	S	Namegawa, Hiki District
Musashi-Ranzan 武蔵嵐山	S		S	S	S	S	Ranzan, Hiki District
(Ranzan Signal Stop 嵐山信号所)	\|		\|	\|	\|	\|	Ranzan, Hiki District
Ogawamachi 小川町	S		S	S	S	S	Ogawa, Hiki District
Tōbu Takezawa 東武竹沢	S						Ogawa, Hiki District
Obusuma 男衾	S						Yorii, Ōsato District
Hachigata 鉢形	S
Tamayodo 玉淀	S
Yorii 寄居	S

[edit] Rolling stock currently used

Tōbu 8000 series EMUs
Tōbu 9000 series EMUs (also used on Yūrakuchō Line through-running services to Shin-Kiba)
Tōbu 9050 series EMUs (also used on Yūrakuchō Line through-running services to Shin-Kiba)
Tōbu 10000 series EMUs
Tōbu 10030 series EMUs
Tōbu 50000 series EMUs
Tōkyō Metro 7000 series EMUs (between Wakōshi and Kawagoeshi)
Tōkyō Metro 10000 series EMUs (between Wakōshi and Kawagoeshi)

[edit] Past rolling stock

Tōbu 3000 series EMUs
Tōbu 5000 series EMUs
Tōbu 7300 series EMUs
Tōbu 7800 series EMUs
Tōkyō Metro 07 series EMUs (between Wakōshi and Kawagoeshi, until October 2007)

[edit] References

^ Tobu News, 21 November 2007
^ Tobu News, 14 May 2008

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