Tobu Ogose Line

Tobu Ogose Line
Ogose Line 8000 series EMU at Sakado station, September 2006
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Saitama Prefecture
Termini	Sakado Ogose
Stations	8
Operation
Opening	1932
Owner	Tobu Railway
Depot(s)	None
Rolling stock	Tobu 8000 series
Technical
Line length	10.9 km (6.8 mi)
No. of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	205 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	90 km/h (55 mph)[1]
Route map Legend 0.0 Sakado←Tobu Tojo Line→ Kan-Etsu Expressway 2.8 Ippommatsu Ōtsuka Nishi-Ōtsuka Junction Nippon Cement line 4.4 Nishi-Ōya Morito Komagawa River 5.6 Kawakado 7.6 Bushū-Nagase 8.6 Higashi-Moro 9.4 Bushū-Karasawa 10.9 Ogose ←Hachiko Line→

The Tobu Ogose Line (東武越生線, Tōbu Ogose-sen) is a 10.9 km mostly single-track branchline in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It runs from Sakado Station on the Tobu Tojo Line to Ogose Station, connecting with the JR East Hachikō Line.^[1]

Service outline

Service consists of four trains per hour in each direction during the daytime, increased to six trains per hour in the morning and evening peak periods.^[2] Trains are formed of 4-car 8000 series electric multiple units (EMUs).

Stations

Closed stations

• Ōya Station (大家駅), between Ippommatsu and Nishi-Ōya stations. Closed in 1945.^[3]

Rolling stock

Since June 2008, all Ogose Line services are formed of 4-car 8000 series EMU trains. 7300 series EMUs were used up until 1984,^[4] 7800 series EMUs were used up until 1985, 5000 series EMUs were used until 1990, and 10030 series and 10050 series　EMUs were also used alongside the 8000 series trains until the start of driver-only operation in June 2008.

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  7300 series EMU

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  7800 series EMU, April 1977

• 

  5000 series EMU

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  A 10030 series 4-car EMU in August 2000

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  A 10050 series 4-car EMU in July 2004

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  Refurbished 4-car 8000 series set, May 2008

History

The line first opened as a freight line between Sakado and the Komagawa River (later Morito Station (森戸駅)) on 17 February 1932. The line was extended from Morito to Ogose on 16 December 1934, from which date passenger services also commenced. The line was electrified in July 1950 at 1,500 V DC.^[1]

Through trains to and from Ikebukuro and Kawagoeshi on the Tojo Line operated until the 1970s. Between 1996 and 2003, a special direct Ogose Kanbai (越生観梅号) train was operated between Ikebukuro and Ogose on certain weekends in February during the ume blossom viewing season. This train initially ran non-stop from Ikebukuro to Ogose (with a driver change at Sakado), but, in subsequent years, included stops at Asakadai and Kawagoe. From 2004 until 2007, regular scheduled trains on the Ogose Line were decorated with an Ogose Kanbai headboard for one day during March.

Freight trains serving the Nippon Cement works in Hidaka operated from 1963 until 1984, using a spur track which branched off from the line to the east of Nishi-Ōya Station.^[3][5]

The Ogose Line switched to driver-only operation from the start of the revised timetable on 14 June 2008.^[6] The start of driver-only operation also involved the installation of platform edge sensors at all stations on the Ogose Line.^[7]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Tojo Line and Ogose Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TJ".^[8]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tōbu Ogose Line.

• Official website (Japanese)

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