Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

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Tōkyō Metro 10000 series for use on the Fukutoshin Line
Tōkyō Metro 10000 series for use on the Fukutoshin Line

The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (東京地下鉄副都心線 Tōkyō Chikatetsu Fukutoshin-sen?), formerly known as Tokyo Metro Line 13 (東京地下鉄13号線 Tōkyō Chikatetsu Jūsangō-sen?), is a Tokyo Metro subway line currently under construction in Tokyo, Japan. A 3.2 km segment from Kotake-Mukaihara to Ikebukuro, running parallel to the Yūrakuchō Line on separate tracks and known as the Yūrakuchō New Line (有楽町新線 Yūrakuchō Shin-sen?), is already in operation.

The section presently under construction will connect to Shinjuku and Shibuya via Zoshigaya, Sendagaya and Meiji Shrine, with service scheduled to start on June 14, 2008. Through services to Kawagoe-shi station on the Tōbu Tōjō Main Line, and Hannō station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line will be offered. Starting in 2012, the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line will move to share the line's Shibuya terminus and offer through services on the Minatomirai Line to Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama.

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[edit] Development

Construction underway on the Fukutoshin Line in northern Shibuya
Construction underway on the Fukutoshin Line in northern Shibuya

Fukutoshin is Japanese for "secondary city center," and the Fukutoshin Line connects three of Tokyo's secondary city centers: Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya. Presently, only JR East has rail service between the three (on the Yamanote Line, the Saikyō Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line). The new line was conceived to relieve congestion along this busy corridor, and to provide convenient through service between the northwest of Tokyo, the southwest of Tokyo and the city center.

The line was initially planned in 1972 as a run from Shiki, Saitama to Shinjuku, with the possibility of further extension to Shibuya, Shinagawa and Haneda Airport. In 1985, a second Ministry of Transportation committee proposed that the line terminate at Shibuya. Part of the northern end of the original plan line became unnecessary following improvements to the Tōbu Tōjō Main Line and the beginning of through service from the Yūrakuchō Line.

[edit] Stations

The Fukutoshin Line is the second Tokyo Metro line to feature express services, after the Tōzai Line. Local trains (各駅停車 kakuekiteisha) still stop at all stations.

Stations in italics are not yet operational, with service scheduled to start on June 14, 2008.

Station Express
急行		 Commuter express
通勤急行		 Ward/City Transfers
F1 Wakōshi X X Wakō, Saitama Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks), Tōbu Tōjō Main Line (through service) (same tracks)
F2 Chikatetsu-Narimasu X Itabashi, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)
F3 Chikatetsu-Akatsuka X Nerima, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)
F4 Heiwadai X Nerima, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)
F5 Hikawadai X Nerima, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)
F6 Kotake-Mukaihara X X Nerima, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (through service) (same tracks), Seibu Ikebukuro Line (through service) (same tracks)
F7 Senkawa Toshima, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line
F8 Kanamechō Toshima, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line
F9 Ikebukuro X X Toshima, Tokyo Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Tōbu Tōjō Main Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line
F10 Zōshigaya Toshima, Tokyo Toden Arakawa Line (Kishibojinmae Station)
F11 Nishi-Waseda Shinjuku, Tokyo
F12 Higashi-Shinjuku Shinjuku, Tokyo Toei Ōedo Line
F13 Shinjuku-sanchōme X X Shinjuku, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Toei Shinjuku Line
F14 Kitasandō Shibuya, Tokyo
F15 Meiji-Jingūmae Shibuya, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Yamanote Line (Harajuku Station)
F16 Shibuya X X Shibuya, Tokyo Tōkyū Tōyoko Line (through service starting 2012), Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan Shinjuku Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line, Keiō Inokashira Line

[edit] Rolling stock

[edit] Tokyo Metro

[edit] Trains owned by other operating companies

Tōkyō Metro 7000 series

Tōbu 50070 series

Tōbu 9000 series

Seibu 6000 series

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  • "Japan Railfan Magazine" July 2008 issue
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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
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