Tōbu Noda Line

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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	Tōbu Railway
Rolling stock	Tōbu 8000 series
Technical
Line length	62.7 km
Track gauge	1,067 mm
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	90 km/h[1]

Route diagram

Legend Saitama New Urban Transit: Ina Line JR-E: Jōetsu, Tōhoku Shinkansens JR-E: Saikyō Line / Kawagoe Line JR-E: Tōhoku Main Line / Takasaki Line JR-E: Keihin-Tōhoku Line 0.0 Ōmiya 1.2 Kita-Ōmiya JR-E: 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 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 JR-E: Jōban Line JR-E: Jōban Line 45.8 Shin-Kashiwa 47.1 Masuo 48.0 Sakasai 50.2 Takayanagi 51.9 Mutsumi 53.3 Shin-Kamagaya Hokusō: Hokusō Line Shin-Keisei: 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: Tōyō Rapid Line 62.7 Funabashi JR-E: Sōbu Main Line JR-E: 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 Tōbu Railway, in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures. It is 62.7 km long, and connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, Matsudo, Kamagaya, Kashiwa, and Funabashi.^[1]

[edit] Description

• Track
  • Double: Ōmiya - Kasukabe, Unga - Sakasai, Mutsumi - Funabashi
  • Single: the rest

[edit] 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.

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 Tōbu 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]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Stations

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