Tobu Skytree Line

Tobu Skytree Line Line
Tobu Skytree Line Line
	250 series EMU on a Ryomo limited express service
Overview
Owner	Tobu Railway
Locale	Kantō
Termini	Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu; Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen;
Stations	55
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Tobu Railway
History
Opened	May 12, 2012
Technical
Line length	114.5 km (71.1 mi)
Track gauge	1067
Operating speed	110 km/h (70 mph)*

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The Tobu Skytree Line (東武とうぶ伊勢崎線いせさきせん, Tōbu Skytree-sen) is one of the two main lines of Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Isesaki Station in Gunma Prefecture. It is the longest non-JR "private" railway line in Japan at 114.5 km. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line.

Descriptions

Track: quadruple: Tokyo Skytree − Hikifune 1.3 km, Kita-Senju − Kita-Koshigaya 18.9 km; single: Kita-Senju − Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen 39.9 km; double: the rest
Length: 114.5 km

Note that Oshiage Station is officially an extension or part of Tokyo Skytree. The double tracks between Oshiage and Hikifune are thus the third and fourth tracks of the Tokyo Skytree − Hikifune section.

Operation

Through trains

The Skytree Line has trains through to two lines of Tokyo Metro. One is the Hibiya Line connected at Kitasenju, with Local trains alone. The other is the Hanzōmon Line at Oshiage, with rapid trains of Tōbu. Beyond Shibuya, the terminus of Hanzōmon Line, nearly all trains go through to the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line, down to the terminus Chūō-Rinkan.

To the north it has trains through the Yagan Railway to the Aizu Railway's Aizutajima Station.

Rapid service

Tobu operates several types of rapid service on this line.

Stops and operated sections are as of 2006.

Local (普通ふつう, Futsū) (announced as 各駅かくえき停車ていしゃ (Kakueki Teisha) or 各かく停とま (kakutei) for short) (L)

Operated in separate three sections.

Asakusa − Kita-Senju - Takenotsuka - Kita-Koshigaya - Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen - Minami-Kurihashi to complement Local, Section Semi-Express and Section Express
Naka-Meguro of Hibiya Line − Kita-Senju − Takenotsuka - Tōbu-Dōbutsu Kōen - Minami-Kurihashi - Kita-Koshigaya - Kita-Kasukabe (for nighttime only).
Kuki − Ōta. Connection with Express. Three per hour, with one between Kuki and Tatebayashi.
Ōta − Isesaki. One per hour per direction, conductorless.

Section Semi-Express (区間くかん準急じゅんきゅう, Kukan Junkyū) (SSE): Between Asakusa and Tōbu-Dōbutsu Kōen, Kuki or Minami-Kurihashi on Nikkō Line.
Semi-Express (準急じゅんきゅう, Junkyū) (SmE): Early morning and late night. Down to Kuki or to Minami-Kurihashi on the Nikkō Line through from Chūō-Rinkan of Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via Hanzōmon Line. 10 cars.
Section Express (区間くかん急行きゅうこう, Kukan Kyūkō) (SE): Between Asakusa and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Tatebayashi, Ōta or Shin-Tochigi on the Nikkō Line.
Express (急行きゅうこう, Kyūkō) (Ex): From morning to night. Down to Kuki (nearly half to Minami-Kurihashi on the Nikkō Line), through from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via Hanzōmon Line. 10 cars.
Rapid (快速かいそく, Kaisoku), Section Rapid (区間くかん快速かいそく, Kukan Kaisoku) (R): Non-charged rapid train through to Nikkō Line, Kinugawa Line of Tobu and Yagan Railway, terminates at Aizu Tajima on the Aizu Railway.
Limited Express (特急とっきゅう, Tokkyū) (LE): Stops not shown. Charged for seat reservation and rapid service. Mainly through to the Nikkō Line for the Nikko area named Kegon (けごん) and Kinu (きぬ). Some through to Isesaki from Asakusa, sole direct service named Ryōmō (りょうもう).

Stations

Video from a Tobu 10000 series train near Sengendai Station, October 2012

S: Stop
S^h: stop on holidays
*1: To Naka-Meguro on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.
*2: To Chūō-Rinkan on Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
*3: Stop only terminating train, one service a day
*4: Through to Nikkō Line

History

Tobu Skytree Line is train station since May 2012.

External links

Tobu Railway Isesaki Line information page Template:Ja icon

Station	L			SSE	SmE	SE	E	R, SR	Location
Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu	S	S	*1	S	*2	S	*2	S	Taitō	Tokyo
Tokyo Skytree	S	S		S	*2	S	*2		Sumida
(Oshiage)					S		S
Hikifune	S	S		S	S	S	S
Higashi-Mukōjima	S	S		S		S
Kanegafuchi	S	S		S		S
Horikiri	S	S		S		S			Adachi
Tokyo	S	S		S		S
Kita-Senju	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Kosuge	S		S
Gotanno	S		S
Umejima	S		S
Nishiarai	S		S	S	S	S	S
Takenotsuka	S		S
Yatsuka	S		S						Sōka	Saitama
Sōka	S		S	S	S	S	S
Matsubaradanchi	S		S
Saitama	S		S
Gamō	S		S						Koshigaya
Shin-Koshigaya	S		S	S	S	S	S
Koshigaya	S		S	S	S	S	S
Kita-Koshigaya	S		S	S	S
Ōbukuro	S		S	S	S
Sengendai	S		S	S	S	S	S
Takesato	S		S	S	S				Kasukabe
Ichinowari	S		S	S	S
Kasukabe	S		S	S	S	S	S	S
Kita-Kasukabe	S		S	S	S	*3
Himemiya	S		S	S	S				Miyashiro
Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen	S		S *4	S *4	S *4	S *4	S *4	S *4

^ Tobu ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Tobu) Retrieved May 28, 2012.

[ridership-1] Tobu ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Tobu) Retrieved May 28, 2012.

v t e Tobu Railway lines
Main lines	TS Skytree Kameido Daishi TI Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū TN Nikkō Utsunomiya Kinugawa TD Urban Park
Tojo lines	TJ Tojo Ogose
Closed lines	Ikaho Tramway Keishi Line Kumagaya Line Nikkō Tramway Ōya Line Yaita Line
Related lines	Akechidaira Ropeway Yagan Railway
Major stations	Asakusa Funabashi Ikebukuro Kasukabe Kawagoe Kita-Senju Ōmiya Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tōbu Nikkō

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