Toei Shinjuku Line

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Shinjuku Line
Toei 10-000 series (left) and 10-300 series EMUs at Funabori Station
Overview
OwnerTokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
LocaleTokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini
Stations21
Service
TypeHeavy rail rapid transit
History
OpenedDecember 21, 1978
Technical
Line length23.5 km (14.6 mi)
Track gauge1372
Operating speed75 km/h (47 mph)
Route map

The Toei Shinjuku Line (都営地下鉄新宿線, Toei Chikatetsu Shinjuku-sen) is a subway line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line runs between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba in the east and Shinjuku Station in the west. At Shinjuku, most trains continue to through to Sasazuka Station on the Keiō New Line, with some services continuing to Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa via the Keiō Line and the Keiō Sagamihara Line.

On maps and signboards, the line is shown in "leaf" (O). Stations carry the letter S followed by a two-digit number.

Basic data

Overview

The line was built with a track gauge of 1372 to allow through operations onto the Keiō network. The line was planned as Line 10 according to reports of a committee of the former Ministry of Transportation; thus the rarely used official name of the line is the "Number 10 Shinjuku Line" (10号線新宿線, Jū-gō-sen Shinjuku-sen).[2]

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, as of June 2009 the Shinjuku Line was the third most crowded subway line in Tokyo, at its peak running at 181% capacity between Nishi-ōjima and Sumiyoshi stations.[3]

Station list

Station
No.
Station Japanese Distance (km) Express Transfers Location
Between
stations
Total
S-01 Shinjuku[* 1] 新宿 - 0.0 Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08)
Toei Ōedo Line (E-27, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi: E-01)
Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Odakyū Odawara Line
Keiō Line, Keiō New Line (through service)
Seibu Shinjuku Line
Shinjuku Tokyo
S-02 Shinjuku-sanchōme 新宿三丁目 0.8 0.8 Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-09), Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-13)
S-03 Akebonobashi 曙橋 1.5 2.3  
S-04 Ichigaya 市ケ谷 1.4 3.7 Chūō-Sōbu Line
Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Y-14), Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N-09)
Chiyoda
S-05 Kudanshita 九段下 1.3 5.0 Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-06), Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line (T-07)
S-06 Jimbōchō 神保町 0.6 5.6 Toei Mita Line (I-10)
Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-07)
S-07 Tokyo 小川町 0.9 6.5 Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (Shin-Ochanomizu: C-12), Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (Awajichō: M-19)
S-08 Iwamotochō 岩本町 0.8 7.3  
S-09 Bakuro-yokoyama 馬喰横山 0.8 8.1 Toei Asakusa Line (Higashi-Nihombashi: A-15)
Sōbu Line (Rapid) (Bakurochō)
Chūō
S-10 Hamachō 浜町 0.6 8.7  
S-11 Tokyo 森下 0.8 9.5 Toei Ōedo Line (E-13) Kōtō
S-12 Kikukawa 菊川 0.8 10.3   Sumida
S-13 Tokyo 住吉 0.9 11.2 Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-12) Kōtō
S-14 Nishi-ōjima 西大島 1.0 12.2  
S-15 Ōjima 大島 0.7 12.9  
S-16 Higashi-ōjima 東大島 1.2 14.1  
S-17 Funabori 船堀 1.7 15.8   Edogawa
S-18 Ichinoe 一之江 1.7 17.5  
S-19 Mizue 瑞江 1.7 19.2  
S-20 Shinozaki 篠崎 1.5 20.7  
S-21 Motoyawata 本八幡 2.8 23.5 Chūō-Sōbu Line
Keisei Main Line (Keisei-Yawata)
Ichikawa Chiba
  1. ^ Shinjuku Station is shared with and administrated by Keio Corporation.

Rolling stock

The Toei Shinjuku Line is served by the following types of 8-car EMUs.

Toei

Keio Corporation

History

  • December 21, 1978: Iwamotochō – Higashi-ōjima section opens
  • March 16, 1980: Shinjuku – Iwamotochō section opens; through service onto Keiō lines begins
  • December 23, 1983: Higashi-ōjima – Funabori section opens
  • September 14, 1986: Funabori – Shinozaki section opens
  • March 19, 1989: Shinozaki – Motoyawata section opens, entire line completed

References

  1. ^ http://www.train-media.net/report/1110/tokou.pdf TOEI station ridership in 2010] Train Media (sourced from TOEI) Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ^ Tetsudō Yōran (ja:鉄道要覧), annual report
  3. ^ 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.

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