Tōbu Urban Park Line
| Tōbu Noda Line | |
|---|---|
 8000 series near Higashi-Iwatsuki, August 2007 | |
| Overview | |
| Owner | Tobu Railway |
| Locale | Kantō Region |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 34 |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| Rolling stock | Tobu 8000 series |
| History | |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 62.7 km (39.0 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1067 |
| Operating speed | 100 km/h (60 mph)* |
|}
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.[2]
Description
- Track
- Double: Ōmiya - Kasukabe, Unga - Sakasai, Mutsumi - Funabashi
- Single: the rest
Operation
All trains are operated as "Local" services, stopping at all stations. Most trains, excluding a few from/to train depots, originate or terminate at Kashiwa Station which has a switchback. During the daytime, six trains run per hour. All trains stop at all stations.
Stations
| Station | Japanese | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saitama | 大宮 | Ōmiya-ku, Saitama | Saitama | |
| Kita-Ōmiya | 北大宮 | |||
| Ōmiya-kōen | 大宮公園 | |||
| Saitama | 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 | |||
| Saitama | 南桜井 | |||
| Kawama | 川間 | Noda | Chiba | |
| Nanakōdai | 七光台 | |||
| Shimizu-kōen | 清水公園 | |||
| Chiba | 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 | |||
| Chiba | 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 | |||
Rolling stock
Trains are formed of 6-car 8000 series EMUs, introduced from 1997. New 6-car 60000 series EMUs are scheduled to be introduced on the line from fiscal 2013, replacing the older 8000 series sets.[3]
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.[2] 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).
The company gradually extended the line to Ōmiya, and changed its name in 1929 to Sōbu Railway (総武鉄道, Sōbu Tetsudō) (not to be confused with the present Sōbu Main Line). The line was completed 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.[2]
Electrification was commenced in 1929 between Kasukabe and Ōmiya, and the entire line was electrified by 1 March 1947.[2]
Six-car 8000 series EMUs were phased in from 1997, displaced by new 30000 series EMUs introduced on the Tobu Isesaki Line.[4] The last remaining 5070 series EMUs were withdrawn from the start of the revised timetable on 19 October 2004, and the line's maximum speed was raised from 90 km/h to 100 km/h at the same time.[4]
References
- ^ Tobu ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Tobu) Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ "野田線（大宮～船橋間）に新型車両「６００００系」を導入します！" (PDF). Tobu News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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