Tōkyū Ikegami Line

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Tōkyū Ikegami Line
Info
Type	Commuter
Terminals	Gotanda Kamata
No. of stations	15
Operation
Opened	1922 (initial section) 1928 (entire line)
Owner	N/A
Operator(s)	Tokyu Corporation
Technical
Line length	10.8 km
Gauge	1,067 mm
Electrification	Entire line at 1,500 V DC

The Tōkyū Ikegami Line (東急池上線, Tōkyū Ikegami-sen^?) is a line operated by Tokyu Corporation. It runs through Tokyo, extending from Gotanda Station in Shinagawa to Kamata Station in Ōta.

New 3-car EMUs based on the Tōkyū 5000 series design are due to be delivered from November 2007, with a total of 19 sets to be delivered by 2011.^[1]

Contents 1 Rolling stock used 2 History 3 Station list 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Rolling stock used

• 1000 series 3-car sets (since 1990)
• 7000 series 3-car sets (x19) (in service from December 2007)
• 7600 series 3-car sets (x3) (since 1986)
• 7700 series 3-car sets (x12)

[edit] History

• 1922-10-06: Line opens between Kamata and Ikegami (1.8 km).
• 1923-05-04: Line opens between Ikegami and Yukigaya (3.7 km).
• 1926-08-06: Keidai Ground-mae Station opens (now Chidorichō Station).
• 1927-08-19: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station opens between Yukigaya and Ontakesan.
• 1927-08-28: Section opens between Yukigaya and Kirigaya (now closed), located between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Togoshi-Ginza (4.7 km).
• 1927-10-09: Line opens between Kirigaya and Ōsaki-Hirokoji (0.6 km).
• 1928-04-13: Ishikawa Station renamed Ishikawadai, and Suehiro Station renamed Higashi-Chōfu (now Kugahara).
• 1928-06-17: Line opens between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Gotanda (0.3 km), completing line.
• 1933-06-01: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station combined with Yukigaya Station and renamed 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 closes.
• 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• 1989-03-18: 3000 series trains withdrawn.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 starts.

[edit] Station list

Station Name	Distance from Gotanda	Transfers	Location (Ward)
Gotanda	0.0	East Japan Railway Company: Yamanote Line Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: Asakusa Line	Shinagawa
Ōsaki-Hirokōji	0.3
Togoshi-Ginza	1.4
Ebara-Nakanobu	2.2
Hatanodai	3.1	Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
Nagahara	3.7		Ota
Senzoku-Ike	4.3
Ishikawadai	4.9
Yukigaya-Ōtsuka	5.6
Ontakesan	6.4
Kugahara	7.1
Chidorichō	8.0
Ikegami	9.1
Hasunuma	10.2
Kamata	10.8	JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tokyu Corporation: Tamagawa Line

[edit] External links

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

[edit] References