Seibu Tamagawa Line

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Seibu Tamagawa Line
A Seibu Tamagawa Line train
Overview
Native name	西武多摩川線
Owner	Seibu Railway
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Musashi-Sakai Koremasa
Stations	6
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	22 October 1917
Technical
Line length	8.0 km (5.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	300 m
Operating speed	95 km/h (60 mph)^*

The Seibu Tamagawa Line (西武多摩川線, Seibu Tamagawa-sen) is an 8.0 km railway line in the western suburbs of Tokyo operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The line connects Musashi-Sakai Station on the Chūō Main Line with Koremasa Station along the Tama River. The line has only six stations and is not connected to any other part of the Seibu Railway system. The line is single-track: trains travelling in opposite directions pass each other as necessary at the stations, which are double-tracked.

Although the line is short, it provides access to the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, the Tokyo Racecourse, Ajinomoto Stadium, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department police school, many cemeteries (including Tokyo's largest, Tama Cemetery), the American School in Japan, and the Tama River.

Stations

Musashi-Sakai Station - Transfer to Chūō Main Line (JR East)
Shin-Koganei Station
Tama Station - prior to March 2001, this station was known as Tamabochimae
Shiraitodai Station - prior to March 2001, this station was known as Kita-Tama. Transfer to the Keiō Line at Musashinodai Station (5 minute walk)
Kyōteijō-mae Station
Koremasa Station

History

The first section of the line, between Musashi-Sakai and Kita-Tama Station (present-day Shiraitodai Station), opened on 22 October 1917.^[1] The line was extended to Koremasa on 20 June 1922.^[1] In 1927, the company was absorbed by the Seibu Railway.^{[citation needed]} The entire line was electrified in 1950. Freight operations ceased in 1967.^{[citation needed]}

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Seibu-Tamagawa Line Guide: information on stations and their neighbours, tickets, and transfers in both English and Japanese

v t e Seibu railway lines
Ikebukuro Line group	■ Ikebukuro ■ Sayama ■ Seibu Chichibu ■ Seibu Yūrakucho ■ Toshima
Shinjuku Line group	■ Haijima ■ Kokubunji ■ Seibuen ■ Shinjuku ■ Tamagawa ■ Tamako
People mover	■ Yamaguchi
Related lines	Daiyūzan Line Hakone Komagatake Ropeway Jukkokutōge Cable Car Sunzu Line
Major stations	Hannō Hon-Kawagoe Ikebukuro Kokubunji Nerima Seibu-Shinjuku Takadanobaba Tokorozawa

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Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibuen Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino JR Link Line Shin-Yokohama
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