Tobu Kameido Line

Tobu Kameido Line

A Kameido Line two-car 8000 series set in January 2007
Overview
Type Commuter rail
Locale Tokyo
Termini Kameido
Hikifune
Stations 5
Operation
Opened 5 April 1904
Owner Tobu Railway
Rolling stock Tobu 8000 series
Technical
Line length 3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius 160 m
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 65 km/h (40 mph)
Route map
Tobu Skytree Line
Keisei Oshiage Line
Hikifune
Keisei Hikifune
Tobu Skytree Line for Oshiage
Tobu Skytree Line for Asakusa
Keisei Oshiage Line
 Tōbu: Kameido Line
 1.4 Omurai
 2.0 Higashi-Azuma
 2.7 Kameido Suijin
3.4 Kameido
Chūō-Sōbu Line

The Tobu Kameido Line (東武亀戸線 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

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

Stations

No. Name Japanese Distance (km) Connections Location
TS-04 Hikifune 曳舟 0.0 Tobu Skytree Line Sumida, Tokyo
TS-41 Omurai 小村井 1.4  
TS-42 Higashi-Azuma 東あずま 2.0
TS-43 Kameido Suijin 亀戸水神 2.7 Kōtō, Tokyo
TS-44 Kameido 亀戸 3.4 ■ Chūō-Sōbu Line

History

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".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 63, 220. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ↑ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [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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