Fukutoshin line

Fukutoshin line
10000 series train on the Fukutoshin Line
Tokyo Metro network, Fukutoshin line in brown
Route length:	20.2 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500  =
Top speed:	80 km / h
Legend 0.0 F01 Wakoshi 2.2 F02 Chikatetsu-Narimasu 3.6 F03 Chikatetsu Akatsuka 5.4 F04 Heiwadai 6.8 F05 Hikawadai 8.3 F06 Kotake-Mukaihara 9.4 F07 Senkawa 10.4 F08 Kanamecho 11.3 F09 Ikebukuro Yūrakuchō line 13.1 F10 Zōshigaya 14.6 F11 Nishi Waseda 15.5 F12 Higashi Shinjuku 16.6 F13 Shinjuku-sanchome 18.0 F14 Kitasandō 19.2 F15 Meiji Jingūmae 20.2 F16 Shibuya

The Fukutoshin Line ( Japanese 副 都 心 線 , Fukutoshin-sen ) is a train line of the Tokyo Metro in central western Tokyo . The route, which opened in sections between 1994 and 2008, is the newest in Tokyo's rail network and is expected to be the last in the near future. Their identification in the route map is the color brown and the letter F for the stations.

history

Construction site at Kitasando train station in 2006

Fukutoshin means “second city center” in Japanese , and the Fukutoshin Line connects three of Tokyo's secondary city centers: Ikebukuro , Shinjuku and Shibuya . Before it opened, only the JR Higashi-Nihon ( East Japan Railway Company ) had a rail connection between these three (on the Yamanote Line , the Saikyō Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line ). The new connection was designed to counter the overcrowding on this section and to provide a convenient through connection between the north-west, south-west and central parts of Tokyo.

The route was originally planned in 1972 as a passage from Shiki to Shinjuku, with the possibility of later expansion to Shinagawa Station and Tokyo Haneda Airport . In 1985, another committee from the Ministry of Transport suggested that the route end in Shibuya. A part at the northern end of the originally planned route became superfluous, whereupon the plan was improved by an extension to the Tōbu - Tōjō main line and the through traffic of the Yūrakuchō line of the Tōkyō Metro .

A 3.2 km long segment from Kotake-Mukaihara to Ikebukuro , which runs parallel to the Yūrakuchō Line, was put into operation in 1994. This segment was originally known as the New Yūrakuchō Line ( 有 楽 町 新 線 , Yūrakuchō Shin-sen ), and operated without stopping.

The newest segment, which connects Shinjuku and Shibuya via Zōshigaya and Sendagaya with the Meiji Shrine , was opened on June 14, 2008, with which the Fukutoshin line was officially completed. Operations to the Senkawa and Kanamechō stations, which were bypassed by the New Yūrakuchō Line, began that day. In addition, there is a connection to Kawagoe-shi station on the Tōjō main line and Hannō station on the Seibu-Ikebukuro line .

Due to technical problems, the trains were delayed by up to 30 minutes in the first few days.

Since March 16, 2013, the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line uses the terminus of the Fukutoshin Line in Shibuya. Thus, trains of the Minatomirai line in Yokohama and the Toyoko line can be routed directly over the Fukutoshin line to the Seibu - Ikebukuro line to Seibu-Chichibu or to the Tōbu - Tōjō main line to Shinrin-kōen, which makes for a seamless continuity Allows traffic without changing to the individual sections.

The S-Train trains will run between Motomachi-Chukagai and Seibu-Chichibu until 2017.

No.	station	Distance (km)		Express stops			Changeover possibility	Location
		Current	Tariff zone	S-Train	express	Commuter express
F1	Wakoshi	0.0	0.0		X	X	Yūrakuchō line (same tracks), Tōbu - Tōjō main line	Wako	Saitama Prefecture
F2	Chikatetsu-Narimasu	2.2	2.2			X	Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)	Itabashi	Tokyo
F3	Chikatetsu Akatsuka	3.6	3.6			X	Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)	Nerima
F4	Heiwadai	5.4	5.4			X	Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)
F5	Hikawadai	6.8	6.8			X	Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)
F6	Kotake-Mukaihara	8.3	8.3		X	X	Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks), Seibu-Yūrakuchō Line (same tracks)
F7	Senkawa	9.4	9.3				Yūrakuchō line	Toshima
F8	Kanamecho	10.4	10.3				Yūrakuchō line
F9	Ikebukuro	11.3	11.5	X	X	X	Marunouchi Line , Yūrakuchō Line , Saikyō Line , Shōnan-Shinjuku Line , Yamanote Line , Tōbu-Tōjō Main Line, Seibu- Ikebukuro Line
F10	Zōshigaya	13.1	13.3				Toden Arakawa Line (Kishibojinmae Station)
F11	Nishi-Waseda	14.6	14.8					Shinjuku
F12	Higashi Shinjuku	15.5	15.7				Ōedo line
F13	Shinjuku-sanchome	16.6	16.8	X	X	X	Marunouchi Line , Toei Shinjuku Line
F14	Kitasandō	18.0	18.2					Shibuya
F15	Meiji Jingūmae	19.2	19.4		X		Chiyoda Line , Yamanote Line (Harajuku Station)
F16	Shibuya	20.2	20.4	X	X	X	Tōyoko Line , Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line , Shōnan Shinjuku Line , Ginza Line , Hanzōmon Line , Tōkyū Den'entoshi Line , Keiō Inokashira Line

Rail vehicles

• Tōkyō Metro Series 7000 and 10000 with 8 or 10 cars
• Seibu series 6000 and 40000 with 10 wagons
• Tōbu series 9000, 9050 and 50070 with 10 wagons
• Tōkyū series 5050 (8 cars) and 5050-4000 (10 cars)
• Yokohama kōsoku Tetsudō series Y500 with 8 or 10 cars

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  Tōkyō Metro Series 10000

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  Tokyo Metro 7000 series

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  Tōbu series 50070

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  Tōbu series 9000

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  Seibu Series 6000

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  Seibu series 40000

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  Tōkyū series 5050

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  Yokohama kōsoku tetsudō series Y500

Individual evidence

• Japan Railfan Magazine July 2008 issue

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/archive/news/2008/06/17/20080617p2a00m0na006000c.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Tokyo Metro press release (May 14, 2008)

Web links

Commons : Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Info "Tokyo Metro" Fukutoshin Line ( Memento from October 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (eng.)
• Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Information Page (Japanese)