Ikebukuro line

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Seibu Ikebukuro line
Class 6000 train on the Ikebukuro line
Route length:	57.8 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500  =
Legend 0.0 Ikebukuro 1.9 Shiinamachi 3.1 Higashi-Nagasaki 4.3 Ekoda 5.2 Sakuradai 6.0 Nerima 7.5 Nakamurabashi 8.3 Fujimidai 9.5 Nerima-Takanodai 10.6 Shakujii-kōen 12.5 Ōizumi-gakuen 14.1 Hōya 16.4 Hibarigaoka 17.8 Higashi Kurume 19.6 Kiyose 21.8 Akitsu 24.8 Tokorozawa 27.2 Nishi-Tokorozawa 29.4 Kotesashi 31.6 Sayamagaoka 32.9 Musashi-Fujisawa 35.9 Inariyama-kōen 36.8 Irumashi 39.7 Bushi 41.0 Motokaji 43.7 Hanno 44.5 Higashi-Hannō 45.0 Kita-Hannō 46.5 Musashigaoka 48.5 coma 51.3 Musashi yokote 53.8 Higashi agano 57.8 Agano Seibu-Chichibu Line

A special express at Tokorozawa Station

The Seibu Ikebukuro Line ( Japanese 池袋 線 , Seibu Ikebukuro-sen ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the private company Seibu Tetsudō . It connects Ikebukuro Station in northwest Tokyo with the suburb of Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture . The route is mainly used by commuters.

The Seibu Chichibu Line is an extension of the route through the station Agano addition to the station Seibu-Chichibu . However, operations run individually for both lines.

Branch lines

Toshima line

1.0 km in length, with regional trains from Ikebukuro

Seibu-Yūrakuchō Line

Alternative to the Tokyo Metro's Yūrakuchō Line , with express and semi-express trains from Hannō to Shin-Kiba Station and regional trains

Sayama line

Through traffic on vacation and during Saitama Seibu Lions baseball games .

history

The line was opened on April 15, 1915 as the Musashino Line ( 武 蔵 野 線 , Musashinosen ) (not to be confused with the Musashino Line of the JR East) with the first piece from Ikebukuro to Hannō. Electrification, which began in 1922, was completed in 1925 by the Ikebukuro station. In the late 1920s, a second track was added from Ikebukuro to Hōya station and in 1929 the line was extended to Agano station. On March 25, 1952, the line got its current name.

In 1969 through traffic with the Seibu Chichibu line and in 1998 with the Seibu-Yūrakuchō line and the Yūrakuchō line of Tokyo Metro was added. In 2001 a second track from Ikebukuro to Hannō was completed. At the same time the four-track section from Nerima-Takanodai to Nakamurabashi opened, which in 2003 was extended to Nerima.

Express trains

Various express trains are used on the Ikebukuro line to compensate for overcrowded trains, especially in the morning hours.

Regional train ( 各 停 , Kakutei )

from Ikebukuro to Hannō. Stops at all train stations, including Seibu Kyūjō-mae on the Sayama Line and Toshimaen on the Toshima Line.

Semi-Express ( 準 急 , Junkyū )

daily from Ikebukuro to Hanno. Through traffic on the Yūrakuchō Line

Commuter Semi-Express ( 通勤 準 急 , Tsūkin Junkyū )

on weekdays in the morning and in the evening, in the evening only in one direction. From Ikebukuro to Tokorozawa, Kotesashi and Hannō.

Express train ( 快速 , Kaisoku )

morning and evening from / to Ikebukuro. during the day via the Yūrakuchō Line. At most up to Hannō (varies depending on the season)

Commuter Express ( 通勤 急 行 , Tsūkin Kyūkō )

only in the morning, from Hannō to Ikebukuro, only in one direction

Express ( 急 行 , Kyūkō )

daily, from Ikebukuro to Hannō.

Schnell-Express ( 快速 急 行 , Kaisoku Kyūkō )

every weekday from Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu. In the morning and evening on vacation only in one direction

Special Express ( 特急 , Tokkyū )

from Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu

Web links

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