Tōbu Noda Line

Tōbu Noda Line

8000 series near Higashi-Iwatsuki, August 2007
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Kantō Region
Termini Ōmiya
Funabashi
Stations 34
Operation
Opened 1911
Owner Tobu Railway
Rolling stock Tōbu 8000 series
Technical
Line length 62.7 km
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 90 km/h (55 mph)[1]
Route diagram
Legend
 New Shuttle
Jōetsu, Tōhoku Shinkansens
Saikyō Line / Kawagoe Line
Tōhoku Main Line / Takasaki Line
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
0.0 Ōmiya
1.2 Kita-Ōmiya
Tōhoku Main Line
2.2 Ōmiya-kōen
4.0 Ōwada
5.6 Nanasato
Kakura abandoned in 1950
8.5 Iwatsuki
Shibue
10.9 Higashi-Iwatsuki
12.2 Toyoharu
14.1 Yagisaki
Tōbu Isesaki Line
15.2 Kasukabe
Isesaki Line
Doi abandoned in 1947
17.8 Fujino-ushijima
Naganuma abandoned in 1956
20.6 Minami-Sakurai
Edo River
22.9 Kawama
Nanakōdai depot
25.1 Nanakōdai
26.6 Shimizu-kōen
27.7 Atago
28.6 Nodashi
30.9 Umesato
33.2 Unga
35.1 Edogawadai
36.8 Hatsuishi
Tsukuba Express
Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori
39.7 Toyoshiki
Kita-Kashiwa abandoned in 1955
42.9 Kashiwa
Jōban Line
Jōban Line
45.8 Shin-Kashiwa
47.1 Masuo
48.0 Sakasai
50.2 Takayanagi
51.9 Mutsumi
53.3 Shin-Kamagaya
Hokusō Line
Shin-Keisei Line
Hatsutomi
55.2 Kamagaya
57.7 Magomezawa
60.1 Tsukada
61.3 Shin-Funabashi
Kaijin Bypass abandoned in 1934
Keisei Main Line
Tōyō Rapid Line
62.7 Funabashi
Sōbu Main Line
Chūō-Sōbu Line
Keisei Main Line
Keisei-Funabashi

The Tōbu Noda Line (東武野田線 Tōbu Noda-sen?) is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway, in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures. It is 62.7 km (39.0 mi) long, and connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, Matsudo, Kamagaya, Kashiwa, and Funabashi.[1]

Contents

Description

History

The line first opened as the Chiba Prefectural Railway Noda Line (千葉県営鉄道野田線 Chiba Ken'ei Tetsudō Noda-sen?) on 9 May 1911, from Kashiwa to Nodamachi (now Nodashi), a distance of 9  miles 10 chains (14.7 km) using steam haulage.[1] In 1923, the line was privatized and the operator was named Hokusō Railway (北総鉄道 Hokusō Tetsudō?) (separate from the present Hokusō Railway), and also opened its own line from Funabashi Station to Kashiwa Station, a distance of 19.6 km (12 mi 14 ch).

Later the company stretched the line to Ōmiya gradually, entering the Musashi Province. Thus it changed its name in 1929 to Sōbu Railway (総武鉄道 Sōbu Tetsudō?) (not to confuse with the present Sōbu Main Line). Present stretch was made in 1930 with the completion of the bridge over the Edo River.

On 1 March 1944, the company merged with the Tobu Railway. 6-car trains were introduced from November 1972, according to the increase of passenger.[1]

Electrification was commenced in 1929 between Kasukabe and Ōmiya, and the entire line was electrified by 1 March 1947.[1]

Operation

All trains are operated as Locals, stopping at all stations. Most trains, excluding a few from/to train depots, originate or terminate at Kashiwa Station which has a switchback. Daytime, 6 trains run in an hour. All trains stop at all stations.

Stations

Station Japanese Transfers Location
Ōmiya 大宮 Ōmiya-ku, Saitama Saitama
Kita-Ōmiya 北大宮  
Ōmiya-kōen 大宮公園  
Ōwada 大和田   Minuma-ku, Saitama
Nanasato 七里  
Iwatsuki 岩槻   Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama
Higashi-Iwatsuki 東岩槻  
Toyoharu 豊春   Kasukabe
Yagisaki 八木崎  
Kasukabe 春日部 Tōbu Isesaki Line
Fujino-ushijima 藤の牛島  
Minami-Sakurai 南桜井  
Kawama 川間   Noda Chiba
Nanakōdai 七光台  
Shimizu-kōen 清水公園  
Atago 愛宕  
Nodashi 野田市  
Umesato 梅郷  
Unga 運河   Nagareyama
Edogawadai 江戸川台  
Hatsuishi 初石  
Nagareyama-ōtakanomori 流山おおたかの森 Tsukuba Express
Toyoshiki 豊四季   Kashiwa
Kashiwa 柏 Jōban Line
Shin-Kashiwa 新柏  
Masuo 増尾  
Sakasai 逆井  
Takayanagi 高柳  
Mutsumi 六実   Matsudo
Shin-Kamagaya 新鎌ヶ谷 Kamagaya
Kamagaya 鎌ヶ谷  
Magomezawa 馬込沢   Funabashi
Tsukada 塚田  
Shin-Funabashi 新船橋  
Funabashi 船橋

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Japan's Private Railways). Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 

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