Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

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A 6000 series train inter-running on the Odakyū Odawara Line, at Higashi-Kitazawa
A 6000 series train inter-running on the Odakyū Odawara Line, at Higashi-Kitazawa
Route map
Route map

The Chiyoda Line (千代田線 Chiyoda-sen?) is a rapid transit line of the Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan, its official name being Line 9 Chiyoda Line (9号線千代田線 9-gō sen Chiyoda-sen?) which is rarely used.

Trains interoperate on both ends: more than half trains to the north-east with the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Jōban Line beyond Ayase down to Toride; some to the south-west with the Odakyū Electric Railway Odawara Line beyond Yoyogi-Uehara down to Hon-Atsugi, and more trains than to Hon-Atsugi, to Karakida on Tama Line.

The 21.9 km main line serves the wards of Tokyo: Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato and Shibuya; a short stretch of tunnel in Taitō with no station. A 2.1km branch line goes from Ayase to Kita-Ayase both in Adachi.

The colour of the line shown on maps and signboards is dark green, and EMUs of Tokyo Metro proper are lined with the colour (see photograph). Station numbers carry the preceding letter C. Automatic Train Operation is used on the line between Ayase and Kita Ayase.

[edit] Development

The Chiyoda Line was originally proposed in 1962 as a line from Setagaya to Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture: the initial name was Line 8. In 1964, the plan was changed slightly so that through service would be offered on the Jōban Line north of Tokyo, and the number was changed to Line 9.

Line 9 was designed to pass through build-up area in Chiyoda, and also intended to relieve the busy Ginza Line and Hibiya Line, which follow a roughly similar route through central Tokyo.

The first stretch was opened on December 20, 1969 between Kita-Senju and Ōtemachi. The line was almost completed by October 10, 1972 when it reached Yoyogi-Kōen, although the 1 km section to Yoyogi-Uehara was not completed until March 31, 1978. The branch line to Kita-Ayase was opened on December 20, 1979.

In May 15, 2006, women-only cars were introduced on early-morning trains from Toride on the Jōban Line to Yoyogi-Uehara.

From March 18, 2008, Odakyū Romancecar trains began to run from Kita-Senju to Hakone-Yumoto (on Hakone Tozan Line) and Karakida (on Odakyū Tama Line. Trains also run from/to Shin-Kiba using a connecting line between the Yūrakuchō Line and Chiyoda Line. It is the first time that reserved-seating trains have operated on a Japanese subway.

[edit] Stations

Lines with transfer are of Tokyo Metro unless noted.

Station Distance (km) Limited Express Transfers Location
(Ward in Tokyo)
C-1 Yoyogi-uehara   0.0 (/*) Odakyu Electric Railway: Odawara Line through trains Shibuya
C-2 Yoyogi-Kōen 1.0 1.0 /  
C-3 Meiji-jingūmae 1.2 2.2 / ○ Fukutoshin Line (F-15, scheduled to open on June 14, 2008)

At Harajuku:
C-4 Omotesandō 0.9 3.1 S Minato
C-5 Nogizaka 1.4 4.5 /  
C-6 Akasaka 1.1 5.6 /  
C-7 Kokkai-gijidō-mae 0.8 6.4 /

At Tameike-Sannō:

 Chiyoda
C-8 Kasumigaseki 0.8 7.2 S*
C-9 Hibiya 0.8 8.0 /

At Yūrakuchō:
C-10 Nijūbashimae 0.7 8.7 /  
C-11 Ōtemachi 0.7 9.4 S
  • ○Hanzōmon Line (Z-08)
  • ○Marunouchi Line (M-18)
  • ○Tōzai Line (T-09)
  • Toei: ○Mita Line (I-09)
C-12 Shin-Ochanomizu 1.3 10.7 / At Ogawamachi:

At Awajichō:

  • ○Marunouchi Line (M-19)

At Ochanomizu:
C-13 Yushima 1.2 11.9 /   Bunkyō
C-14 Nezu 1.2 13.1 /  
C-15 Sendagi 1.0 14.1 /  
C-16 Nishi-Nippori 0.9 15.0 / Arakawa
C-17 Machiya 1.7 16.7 /

Keisei Electric Railway (Keisei): Main Line

At Machiya-eki-mae: Tokyo Toden (tram): Arakawa Line
C-18 Kita-Senju 2.6 19.3 S Adachi
C-19 Ayase 2.6 21.9 (terminus)
  • ○Chiyoda Line "Kita-Ayase branch line"
  • JR East: Jōban Line (through trains)
Kita-Ayase Branch Line
C-19 Ayase   21.9  
  • ○Chiyoda Line ("main line") for Yoyogi-Uehara
  • JR East: Jōban Line
 Adachi
C-20 Kita-Ayase 2.1 24.0    
  • See about Limited Express services:
    • All trains run through Odakyū Lines, for Hakone-Yumoto, Hon-Atsugi (on Odakyū Odawara Line) and Karakida Station.
    • Passengers can't use Limited Express trains only in Tokyo Metro sections. They have to ride from/to Odakyū Lines.
    • All trains stop at "S", and pass at "/".
    • At Yoyogi-Uehara, all trains stop, but don't treat passenger service, only change its staffs from Odakyū to Tokyo Metro, or revert.
    • Almost of them run from/to Kita-Senju or Ōtemachi, but "Bay Resort" goes to Shin-Kiba on Yūrakuchō Line. It doesn't stop at Kasumigaseki, and goes on the connection line between Kasumigaseki and Sakuradamon Station.
  • Other trains from Odakyū Lines, Tama Express, Express and Semi-Express stop all stations on Chiyoda Line.

[edit] Rolling stock

Listed below are currently used, all series 10-car formation unless noted. Numbers in parentheses are of formations currently in service.

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Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
v • d • e
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