Tobu Kameido Line

Tobu Kameido Line
Tobu Kameido Line
	TS
	A Kameido Line two-car 8000 series set in December 2011
Overview
Native name	東武とうぶ亀戸線かめいどせん
Owner	Tobu Railway
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Kameido; Hikifune;
Stations	5
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Rolling stock	Tobu 8000 series
History
Opened	5 April 1904; 120 years ago
Technical
Line length	3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	160 m (520 ft)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	Tobu ATS
Route map
	Legend

The Tobu Kameido Line (東武とうぶ亀戸線かめいどせん, Tōbu Kameido-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway in Tokyo.^[1] The line is in central Tokyo, a short 3.4 km branch off the Tobu Skytree Line at Hikifune, southbound to Kameido with connections to the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Operations[edit]

All trains are two-car 8000 series formations operating as all-stations "Local" services, with no through trains to the Tobu Skytree Line.

Stations[edit]

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
TS04	Hikifune	曳舟	0.0	TS Tobu Skytree Line	Sumida, Tokyo
TS41	Omurai	小しょう村井むらい	1.4
TS42	Higashi-Azuma	東ひがしあずま	2.0
TS43	Kameido Suijin	亀戸水神かめいどすいじん	2.7		Kōtō, Tokyo
TS44	Kameido	亀戸かめいど	3.4	JB Chuo-Sobu Line	Kōtō, Tokyo

Rolling stock[edit]

A two-car 8000 series set at Hikifune Station in April 2011

Services on the line are operated using a fleet of two-car 8000 series EMU trains.^[2]

Revival liveries[edit]

From 23 March 2016, two-car set 8577, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the "international orange" and "medium yellow" livery carried by 7300 and 7800 series trains between 1958 and 1964.^[3]

From 16 February 2017, two-car set 8568, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the green and "jasmine white" livery carried experimentally by one 7860 series train in the 1950s.^[4]

Orange-liveried 8000 series set 8577 in April 2016
Green-liveried 8000 series set 8568 in February 2017

History[edit]

The line opened on 5 April 1904.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Kameido Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TS".^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本にっぽんの私鉄してつ [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 63, 220. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ 私鉄してつ車両しゃりょう編成へんせい表ひょう 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 42. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
^ ３月さんがつ２３日にち（水みず）より亀戸線かめいどせんで昭和しょうわ３０年代ねんだいの「標準ひょうじゅん色しょく」リバイバルカラー車両しゃりょうを運行うんこうします！ [Train to run in 1950s standard livery on Kameido Line from 23 March] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ 東武とうぶ8000系けい8568編成へんせいが試験しけん塗装とそうリバイバルカラーに [Tobu 8000 series set 8568 repainted in revival experimental livery]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ 「東武とうぶスカイツリーライン」誕生たんじょう！あわせて駅えきナンバリングを導入どうにゅうし、よりわかりやすくご案内あんないします [Tojo Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

External links[edit]

Tobu Railway Kameido Line information page (in Japanese)

[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本にっぽんの私鉄してつ [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 63, 220. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[jrrprivate2016-2] 私鉄してつ車両しゃりょう編成へんせい表ひょう 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 42. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.

[tobu20160309-3] ３月さんがつ２３日にち（水みず）より亀戸線かめいどせんで昭和しょうわ３０年代ねんだいの「標準ひょうじゅん色しょく」リバイバルカラー車両しゃりょうを運行うんこうします！ [Train to run in 1950s standard livery on Kameido Line from 23 March] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[railfan20170217-4] 東武とうぶ8000系けい8568編成へんせいが試験しけん塗装とそうリバイバルカラーに [Tobu 8000 series set 8568 repainted in revival experimental livery]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[tobu20120209-5] 「東武とうぶスカイツリーライン」誕生たんじょう！あわせて駅えきナンバリングを導入どうにゅうし、よりわかりやすくご案内あんないします [Tojo Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

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