Odakyū Tama line

Odakyū Tama line
Class 4000 multiple unit on the Tama Line
Route length:	10.6 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500 V  =
Top speed:	110 km / h
Dual track :	whole route
Society:	Odakyū Dentetsu
Legend ^ Odakyu Odawara lineage 1927– 0.0 Shin-Yurigaoka 1974– → Odakyū Odawara line Asao-gawa 1.5 Satsukidai ( 五月 台 ) 1974– 2.8 Kurihira ( 栗 平 ) 1974– 4.1 Kurokawa ( 黒 川 ) 1974– 4.9 Haruhino ( は る ひ 野 ) 2004– ← Keiō Sagamihara lineage 1974– 1. Wakadabai tunnel 2. Wakadabai tunnel ← Keiō-Nagayama ( 京 王永 山 ) 6.8 Odakyū-Nagayama ( 小田急 永 山 ) 1974– 9.1 Tama Center ( 多 摩 セ ン タ ー ) 1975– ← Tama monorail 2000– ← Keiō Sagamihara lineage 1988– Kotta-gawa 10.6 Karakida ( 唐 木田 ) 1990– Karakida parking area

The Odakyū Tama Line ( Japanese 小田急 多 摩 線 , Odakyū Tama-sen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Honshū , which is operated by the Odakyū Dentetsu railway company . It is a branch of the Odakyū Odawara Line and runs in the border area of ​​the prefectures Tokyo and Kanagawa . Its main purpose is the development of the Tama New Town , a planned city in the Tama hill country .

Route description

The 10.6 km long branch line is laid in Cape Gauge (1067 mm). It has two tracks over its entire length and is electrified with 1500 V DC . Eight stations are served, the maximum speed is 110 km / h. The line operated by the Odakyū Dentetsu branches off from the Odakyū Odawara line at Shin-Yurigaoka station . It leads first in a north-westerly direction and reaches the Tama hill country. At the 1st Wakadabai tunnel, a section about three and a half kilometers long begins, which runs in the Kotta Valley parallel to the tracks of the Keiō Sagamihara line of the Keiō Dentetsu railway company . There is no track connection due to different gauges. The parallel tour ends in the Tama-Center station , the center of the settlement, where you can change to the Tama monorail . The Tama line turns to the southwest and reaches the terminus at Karakida . A parking facility is connected to this.

Trains

Since the timetable change on March 17, 2018, there have been four types of train, almost all of which change to the Odawara line in Shin-Yurigaoka or are routed from this to the Tama line. The express trains include the Kaisoku-kyūkō (Rapid Express), the Tsūkin-kyūkō (Commuter Express) and the Kyūkō ( Express), which leave different stations on their way to and from Shinjuku . Local trains (Kakueki-teisha) serve all stations. Six to nine trains per hour are offered on weekdays during the day, ten to twelve trains per hour during rush hour.

photos

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  Shin-Yurigaoka Railway Station

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  Class 1800 multiple unit at Haruhino (1981)

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  Odakyu-Nagayama Station

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  Parallel guidance with the Sagamihara line (right)

history

In 1958, the government implemented an ambitious development plan for the Tama hill country , which envisaged the creation of extensive residential and industrial areas to relieve Tokyo. Five years later, the railway companies Keiō Teito Dentetsu (now Keiō Dentetsu ) and Odakyū Dentetsu submitted concession requests for new routes with which they wanted to open up the planned city of Tama New Town , which is currently under development . The Ministry of Transport carefully ensured that the planned routes from Keiō and Odakyū made as little competition as possible and awarded the concessions accordingly. Both companies agreed to run their routes in the center of Tama about three and a half kilometers in parallel in order to minimize land consumption.

The Odakyū Odawara line led in the area of ​​the planned junction through tight S-curves. To prevent future potential bottleneck at the outset, decided the planners, the route to stretch and the new separation station Shin-Yurigaoka to build. Just like Keiō, Odakyū also temporarily stopped the construction work due to liquidity problems, as the profits from property developments in other locations were not enough to fully cover the construction costs. Both companies then turned to the government for assistance. In 1972 the government instructed the state-owned Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation (JRCPC) to also pre-finance the construction of new lines that did not belong to the Japanese State Railways . The private railways as operators then had 25 years to repay the infrastructure costs.

On June 1, 1974, the section between Shin-Yurigaoka and Odakyū-Nagayama was opened, and on April 23, 1975, the trains continued to Tama Center . The Tama Line was double-tracked from the start, but due to bottlenecks on the Odawara Line, it was not possible to offer continuous trains to and from Shinjuku . For this reason, the passengers each had to change in Shin-Yurigaoka, which meant a considerable competitive disadvantage compared to the Keiō Sagamihara line . Given the sharp drop in demand for new apartments as a result of the 1973 oil crisis , the western districts of Tama New Town were built less densely. Therefore, Odakyū decided in 1987 to only partially carry out the planned extension to Hashimoto and to leave it largely to the competition. The 1.5 km long route from Tama Center to Karakida, including the new parking facility , went into operation on March 27, 1990. With the four-track expansion of the Odawara line delayed by more than two decades, Odakyū created the conditions for connections between Shinjuku and the Tama line without changing trains. These were offered from December 2, 2000 and gradually expanded over the years.

List of train stations

Ky = Kyūkō (express); Kk = Kaisoku-kyūkō (Rapid Express); Tk = Tsūkin-kyūkō (Commuter Express)

Surname		km	Ky	Kk	Tk	Connecting lines	location	place	prefecture
OH23	Shin-Yurigaoka ( 新 百合 ヶ 丘 )	00.0	●	●	●	Odakyū Odawara line	Coord.	Asao-ku , Kawasaki	Kanagawa
OT01	Satsukidai ( 五月 台 )	01.5	ǀ	ǀ	ǀ		Coord.
OT02	Kurihira ( 栗 平 )	02.8	●	●	●		Coord.
OT03	Kurokawa ( 黒 川 )	04.1	ǀ	ǀ	ǀ		Coord.
OT04	Haruhino ( は る ひ 野 )	04.9	ǀ	ǀ	ǀ		Coord.
OT05	Odakyū-Nagayama ( 小田急 永 山 )	06.8	●	●	●		Coord.	Tama	Tokyo
OT06	Tama Center ( 多 摩 セ ン タ ー )	09.1	●	●	●	Keiō Sagamihara Line Tama Monorail	Coord.
OT07	Karakida ( 唐 木田 )	10.6	●	●	●		Coord.

Web links

Commons : Odakyū Tama Line  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Route network of the Odakyū Dentetsu (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 新 ダ イ ヤ で の 運行 開始 日 を 決定! (PDF, 520 kB) Odakyū Dentetsu , accessed on May 11, 2020 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 新 ダ イ ヤ で の 運行 開始 日 を 決定! (PDF, 520 kB) Odakyū Dentetsu , December 15, 2017, accessed on May 11, 2020 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ Weekday timetable from Karakida. Odakyū Dentetsu, 2020, accessed May 11, 2020 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ Sōichirō Sakai: 新編 ・ 多 摩 市 の 郷 土 史誌 (古代 〜 平 成 8 年) . Tama shiritsu toshokan shozō shiryō, Tama 2003.
5. ↑ 小田急 五 十年 史 . Odakyū Dentetsu , Tokyo 1980, p. 489 .
6. ↑ Yoshihara Takamatsu: 東京 の 鉄 道 ネ ッ ト ワ ー ク は こ う つ く ら れ た . Kōtsū shimbun, Chiyoda 2015, ISBN 978-4-330-57115-7 .
7. ↑ Yomiuri Shinbun , May 21, 1971.
8. ↑ Yoshio Nakagome, Yō Yokoyama: 小田急 多 摩 線 物語 . Tama New Town gakkai, Tama 2013, p. 70-79 .

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