Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

A lineup of Chiyoda Line rolling stock: 16000 series, 06 series, 6000 series
Overview
Type Heavy rail rapid transit
Locale Tokyo
Termini Yoyogi-Uehara
Ayase (main line)
Stations 20
Daily ridership 1,131,379 (2010)[1]
Operation
Opened December 20, 1969
Owner Tokyo Metro
Depot(s) Ayase, Yoyogi
Rolling stock Tokyo Metro 6000 series, Tokyo Metro 05 series, Tokyo Metro 16000 series
Technical
Line length 24.0 km (14.9 mi) (main and branch)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

The Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (東京地下鉄千代田線 Tōkyō Chikatetsu Chiyoda-sen) is a rapid transit line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan.

Overview

The 21.9 km main line serves the wards of Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato and Shibuya, and a short stretch of tunnel in Taitō with no station. A 2.1 km branch line between Ayase and Kita-Ayase is located in Adachi. Its official name, rarely used, is Line 9 Chiyoda Line (9号線千代田線 kyūgō sen Chiyoda-sen).

On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color green, and its stations are given numbers using the letter "C".

Trains have through running onto other railway lines on both ends. More than half of these are trains to the northeast beyond Ayase onto the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Joban Line to Toride. The rest run to the southwest beyond Yoyogi-Uehara onto the Odakyū Odawara Line to Hon-Atsugi and to Karakida on the Odakyu Tama Line.

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, as of June 2009 the Chiyoda Line was the second most crowded subway line in Tokyo, at its peak running at 181% capacity between Machiya and Nishi-Nippori stations.[2]

Basic data

Station list

Main line

Station
No.		 Station Japanese Distance (km) Limited
Express		 Transfers Location
Between
stations		 From C-01
C-01 Yoyogi-Uehara 代々木上原[* 1] - 0.0 ■[* 2] Odakyu Odawara Line (through services for Hon-Atsugi and via the Tama Line for Karakida; limited expresses via the Hakone Tozan Railway for Hakone-Yumoto) Shibuya
C-02 Yoyogi-Kōen 代々木公園 1.0 1.0 ｜
C-03 Meiji-Jingūmae (Harajuku) 明治神宮前 1.2 2.2 ｜ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-15)
Yamanote Line (Harajuku)
C-04 Omotesandō 表参道 0.9 3.1 ● Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-02), Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-02) Minato
C-05 Nogizaka 乃木坂 1.4 4.5 ｜  
C-06 Akasaka 赤坂 1.1 5.6 ｜  
C-07 Kokkai-Gijidō-mae 国会議事堂前 0.8 6.4 ｜ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-14), Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (Tameike-Sannō: N-06), Ginza Line (Tameike-Sannō: G-06) Chiyoda
C-08 Kasumigaseki 霞ケ関 0.8 7.2 ▲ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-15), Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-06)
C-09 Hibiya 日比谷 0.8 8.0 ｜ Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-07), Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Yūrakuchō: Y-18)
Toei Mita Line (I-08)
Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line (Yūrakuchō)
Underground passage to Ginza, Higashi-Ginza stations
C-10 Nijūbashimae 二重橋前 0.7 8.7 ｜  
C-11 Ōtemachi 大手町 0.7 9.4 ● Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line (T-09), Marunouchi Line (M-18), Hanzōmon Line (Z-08)
Toei Mita Line (I-09)
C-12 Shin-Ochanomizu 新御茶ノ水 1.3 10.7 ｜ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (Awajichō: M-19)
Toei Shinjuku Line (Ogawamachi: S-07)
Chūō-Sōbu Line, Chūō Line (Rapid) (Ochanomizu)
C-13 Yushima 湯島 1.2 11.9 ｜   Bunkyō
C-14 Nezu 根津 1.2 13.1 ｜  
C-15 Sendagi 千駄木 1.0 14.1 ｜  
C-16 Nishi-Nippori 西日暮里 0.9 15.0 ｜ Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Nippori-Toneri Liner (02)		 Arakawa
C-17 Machiya 町屋 1.7 16.7 ｜ Keisei Main Line
Toden Arakawa Line (Machiya-Ekimae)
C-18 Kita-Senju 北千住[* 3] 2.6 19.3 ● Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-21)
Joban Line
Tobu Skytree Line
Tsukuba Express (05)		 Adachi
C-19 Ayase 綾瀬[* 3] 2.6 21.9   Jōban Line (through service for Toride)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (for Kita-Ayase)
  1. ↑ Yoyogi-Uehara is shared by both Odakyu Electric Railway and Tokyo Metro; Odakyu Electric Railway manages the station.
  2. ↑ Limited express services stop at Yoyogi-Uehara to change drivers and conductors, but passengers may not board or disembark at this station.
  3. 1 2 Kita-Senju and Ayase are shared by both JR East and Tokyo Metro; Tokyo Metro manages the station.

Branch line

Both stations are located in Adachi, Tokyo.

Station
No.		 Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers
Between
stations		 From C-01
C-19 Ayase 綾瀬 - 21.9 Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (for Yoyogi-Uehara)
Jōban Line
C-20 Kita-Ayase 北綾瀬 2.1 24.0  

Rolling stock

Listed below are currently used, all are 10-car formations unless otherwise indicated. Numbers in parentheses are of formations currently in service.

Tokyo Metro

Odakyu

JR East

Former rolling stock

History

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

Line 9 was designed to pass through built-up areas 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. This branch primarily serves as a connection to Ayase Depot, but also serves Kita-Ayase station constructed in the area. A three-car shuttle service operates between Ayase and Kita-Ayase.

The Chiyoda Line was one of the lines targeted in the Aum sarin gas attack on 20 March 1995.

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

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

References

  • Shaw, Dennis and Morioka, Hisashi, "Tokyo Subways", published 1992 by Hoikusha Publishing
  1. ↑ Tokyo Metro station ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Tokyo Metro) Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ Metropolis, "Commute", June 12, 2009, p. 07. Capacity is defined as all passengers having a seat or a strap or door railing to hold on to.
  3. ↑ "東京地下鉄千代田線用05系" [Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line 05 series]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 54 no. 640 (Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd.). August 2014. pp. 67–70.
  4. ↑ Tokyo Metro news release: 環境配慮型の新型車両16000系 千代田線に導入決定！！ (Environmentally friendly new 16000 series trains to be introduced on Chiyoda Line), (21 December 2009). Retrieved 22 December 2009. (Japanese)
  5. ↑
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ 203系が営業運転から離脱 [203 series withdrawn from revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  8. ↑ 東京地下鉄06系、新木場へ [Tokyo Metro 06 series moved to Shinkiba]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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