New Keiō line

New Keiō line
Series 10-300 subway train at the tunnel portal of the New Keiō Line
Route length:	3.6 km
Gauge :	1372 mm ( Scottish gauge )
Power system :	1500 V  =
Dual track :	whole route
Society:	Keiō Dentetsu
Legend Moto-Yawata ( 本 八 幡 ) ↑ Toei Shinjuku Lineage 1980– ↔ Yamanote Line 1885– ↔ Odakyū Odawara Line 1927– Shinjuku (Keiō line) 0.0 Shinjuku ( 新宿 ) 1978– ↔ Ōedo line 2000– 1.7 Hatsudai ( 初 台 ) 1978– 2.7 Hatagaya ( 幡 ヶ 谷 ) 1978– 3.6 Sasazuka ( 笹 塚 ) 1913– ↓ Keiō line 1913–

The New Keiō Line ( Japanese 京 王 新 線 , Keiō-shinsen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Honshū , which is operated by the Keiō Dentetsu railway company . In the Tokyo districts Shinjuku and Shibuya it is parallel to the eastern part of the Keio line . It serves on the one hand as a relief route, on the other hand as a connection to the Toei Shinjuku line of the Tokyo subway .

Route description

The 3.6 km long, double-track line is electrified with 1500 V DC and has the unusual track width of 1372 mm (so-called "Scottish track width"). With the exception of a short section at Sasazuka station , the route is underground. Under the national road 20 it runs parallel to the tunnel of the Keiō line on a lower level. On the way, the trains stop at two tunnel stations : For reasons of space, Hatsudai station has two tunnel tubes, one on top of the other, each with a side platform , while Hatagaya station has two side platforms on one level. The line ends nominally in the fifth basement of Shinjuku station , but merges directly with the Toei Shinjuku line to Moto-Yawata operated by the Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office .

Trains

Almost all subway trains of the Toei Shinjuku Line coming from Moto-Yawata ago, are in Shinjuku to the New Keio line through tied and take over almost the entire local traffic to Sasazuka . This is made possible by the fact that both lines are compatible in terms of track width and train control systems. Numerous subway trains continue from Sasazuka with stops at all stations to Hashimoto , Keiō-Hachiōji or Takaosanguchi . On the way to and from Shinjuku, express and express trains usually use the older Keiō line, which ends in a terminus above, but there are exceptions.

history

The section of the Keiō line between the Shinjuku and Sasazuka stations was completed in 1915 and was initially an interurban tram , the route of which ran east of Hatagaya largely flush with the main road Kōshū Kaidō (corresponds to today's national road 20 ). In 1936 and 1953 it was moved to an independent railway track, but it remained a bottleneck. For this reason, in 1963/64 the easternmost part of the Keiō line was moved to a double-track tunnel. Over time, this too could no longer cope with the steadily increasing traffic. The New Keiō Line, which went into operation on October 31, 1978, was then created between Shinjuku and Sasazuka. From March 16, 1980, it made it possible to connect subway trains on the Toei Shinjuku line .

List of train stations

Hatagaya tunnel station

Hatsudai tunnel station

Surname		km	Connecting lines	location	place
↑ Link to the Toei Shinjuku line to Moto-Yawata
KO01	Shinjuku ( 新宿 )	0.0	Chūō Main Line ( Chūō Rapid Train Line ) ( Chūō-Sōbu Line ) Saikyō Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Yamanote Line Keiō Line Odakyū Odawara Line Tokyo Metro : Marunouchi Line Toei Shinjuku Line at Seibu- Station Shinjuku : Seibu Shinjuku Line in the subway station. Shinjuku-Nishiguchi: Ōedo line	Coord.	Shinjuku , Tokyo
KO02	Hatsudai ( 初 台 )	1.7		Coord.	Shibuya , Tokyo
KO03	Hatagaya ( 幡 ヶ 谷 )	2.7		Coord.
KO04	Sasazuka ( 笹 塚 )	3.6	Keiō line	Coord.
↓ By binding to Keio line by Hashimoto , Takaosanguchi and Keio Hachioji

Web links

Commons : Keiō line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Keiō Dentetsu route network (PDF, 798 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Keiō Dentetsu (Ed.): 京 王 ハ ン ド ブ ッ ク 2016 . (Keiō Handbook 2016). Tama 2016.
2. ↑ 京 王 の 電車 ・ バ ス 開業 100 周年 年表. (Part 7). Keiō Dentetsu, 2018, accessed February 19, 2020 (Japanese). 

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