Toei Shinjuku Line

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Shinjuku line in green
Shinjuku line in green
10-300 series as Express for Hashimoto, on Keiō Line
10-300 series as Express for Hashimoto, on Keiō Line

The Shinjuku Line (新宿線 Shinjuku-sen?) is a subway line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation ("Toei") network in Tokyo, Japan. The line lies east-westerly between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture in the east and Shinjuku Station in Shinjjuku in the west. At Shinjuku, most trains continue to Sasazuka Station in Shibuya on the Keiō New Line of Keiō Corporation, with some services continuing to Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture via the Keiō and Sagamihara lines of Keiō.

The line applies exceptional rail gauge, 1372 mm, to allow through operations to Keiō network. The line was planned Line 10 in reports of a committee of the then Ministry of Transportation, thus the proper name in the concerning Ministry[1] which is scarcely used is Line 10 Shinjuku Line (10号線新宿線 10gō-sen Shinjuku-sen?).

On maps and signboards, the line is shown in colour yellow-green O. Stations carry the letter S and a two-digit number.

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[edit] Description

  • Length: 23.5 km
  • Gauge: 1372 mm
  • Stations: 21 (including ends)
  • Track: double
  • Power: 1500 VDC, overhead supply
  • Block system: Automatic (cab signal/digital) (D-ATC)

[edit] History

[edit] Stations

  • E: Express trains stop
Station km E Connections Location
S-01 Shinjuku* 新宿 0.0 E Shinjuku, Tokyo
S-02 Shinjuku Sanchōme 新宿三丁目 0.8  
S-03 Akebonobashi 曙橋 2.3    
S-04 Ichigaya 市ヶ谷 3.7 E Chiyoda, Tokyo
S-05 Kudanshita 九段下 5.0  
S-06 Jimbōchō 神保町 5.6 E
  • Toei: ○Mita Line (I-10)
  • Tokyo Metro: ○Hanzōmon Line (Z-07)
S-07 Ogawamachi 小川町 6.5  

At Shin-Ochanomizu

At Awajichō

  • Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-19)
S-08 Iwamotochō 岩本町 7.3    
S-09 Bakuro-yokoyama 馬喰横山 8.1 E

At Higashi-Nihombashi

At Bakurochō

 Chūō, Tokyo
S-10 Hamachō 浜町 8.7    
S-11 Morishita 森下 9.5 E Toei: ○Ōedo Line (E-13) Kōtō, Tokyo
S-12 Kikukawa 菊川 10.3     Sumida, Tokyo
S-13 Sumiyoshi 住吉 11.2   Tokyo Metro: ○Hanzōmon Line (Z-12) Kōtō, Tokyo
S-14 Nishi-Ōjima 西大島 12.2    
S-15 Ōjima Station 大島 12.9 E  
S-16 Higashi-Ōjima 東大島 14.1    
S-17 Funabori 船堀 15.8 E   Edogawa, Tokyo
S-18 Ichinoe 一之江 17.5    
S-19 Mizue 瑞江 19.2    
S-20 Shinozaki 篠崎 20.7    
S-21 Motoyawata 本八幡 23.5 E
  • JR East: Chūō-Sōbu Line

At Keisei-Yawata Station

 Ichikawa, Chiba
  • *Shinjuku Station is shared, administrated by Keiō, no connection service provided to Shinjuku Station on Marunouchi Line (M-08).
  • *Express trains run between Hashimoto Station on Keiō Sagamihara Line and Motoyawata Station, via Keiō Main Line and Keiō New Line. Only a few bound for Takaosanguchi Station on Takao Line or Tama-dōbutsukōen Station on Dōbutsuen Line.


[edit] Rolling stock

10-000 series
10-000 series
9030 series of Keiō
9030 series of Keiō
6000 series type 6030 of Keiō
6000 series type 6030 of Keiō

Shinjuku Line is served by 8-car EMUs of Toei and Keiō.

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ (ja:鉄道要覧 Tetsudō Yōran?), annually
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Mass transit in the Tokyo area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines
■Yamanote • ■Chūō • ■Chūō-Sōbu • ■Jōban • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Saikyō •■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu Rapid • ■Tōkaidō • ■Utsunomiya • ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines
○Chiyoda (C) • ○Fukutoshin (F) • ○Ginza (G) • ○Hibiya (H) • ○Marunouchi (M) • ○Namboku (N) • ○Tōzai (T) • ○Yūrakuchō (Y) • ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines
Subway: ○Asakusa (A) • ○Ōedo (E) • ○Mita (I) • ○Shinjuku (S) • Guideway: Nippori-Toneri • Streetcar: Arakawa
Major / semi-major lines
Keikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Shin-Keisei • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8)
Other lines
Suburban, JR
■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama
Suburban, Non-JR
Terminals
Miscellaneous