Tōkyū Den'entoshi line
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Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 1500 = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Den'entoshi Line ( Japanese 田園 都市 線 , Den'entoshi-sen ) is a railway line operated by the Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu , which connects the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and the neighboring prefecture of Kanagawa with Shibuya . It is one of the most important commuter routes in Tokyo.
history
predecessor
On March 6, 1907, Tamagawa Denki Tetsudō opened the first section of the Tamagawa line (tram, not to be confused with today's Tamagawa line ) between Shibuya and today's Futako-Tamagawa . In addition, two branch lines opened: on March 1, 1924, the Kinuta Line from Futako-Tamagawa to Kinuta and on January 18, 1925, the Setagaya Line from Sangenjaya.
Tamagawa was taken over on April 1, 1938 by Tōkyō Yokohama Dentetsu (now Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu ). On July 1, 1943, the line was then incorporated into the Ōimachi line , which ran from Ōimachi station in northwest Tokyo to Futako-Tamagawa.
Tama Den′entoshi Plan
Before 1945, the hills southwest of Mizonokuchi were mainly forested. Only along the Ōyama route (today National Road 246) were there a few settlements and training bases for the Imperial Japanese Army . After the Second World War, many farmers moved to the area.
In 1953, when about 20,000 people lived in the region, the President of the Tokyu Group, Keita Gotō, presented the South-Western Area Development Plan for a planned city. This provided for new rail lines, expressways and large houses for commuters working in Tokyo. The first residents moved into the Tama Den'entoshi ("Garden City") in 1959 .
In accordance with the plan, the Ōimachi line was renamed the Den′entoshi line on October 11, 1963 , and the extension to Nagatsuta station officially opened on April 1, 1968 .
Since the 1970s, the region's population has grown rapidly. Regarded as culturally and highly developed, the city attracted many new residents. Today around 550,000 residents live along the route, making it the largest private planned city in Japan.
Development of the route
On May 11, 1969, the Tamagawa Line and the Kinuta Line were closed in order to build the new underground Shin-Tamagawa Line at the same time as Route 3 of the Shuto Expressway . In the meantime, replacement bus routes have been made available in Tokyo. The new line began operating on April 7, 1977 between Shibuya and Futako-Tamagawa, and through traffic with the Den′entoshi line began on November 16, 1977.
On August 12, 1979, the section from Ōimachi to Futako-Tamagawa was separated and got the original name Ōimachi line again . At the same time the through traffic was opened by the Den'entoshi line on the Hanzōmon line of the Teito Kōsokudo Kōtsū Eidan (now Tōkyō Metro ) and the Shin Tamagawa line.
The route in its current form was completed on April 9, 1984 when the section between Tsukimino and Chūō-Rinkan was opened. The Shin Tamagawa Line became an official part of the Den′entoshi Line on August 6, 2000.
The through traffic was expanded on May 19, 2003 over Suitengūmae to Oshiage, whereby it was connected to the Tōbu Isesaki line and the Tōbu Nikkō line of the Tōbu Tetsudō .
In July 2009, the extension of the Ōimachi line from Futakotamagawa to Mizonoguchi was completed and put into operation. Since then, this section of the route has four tracks.
business
Almost all trains on the Den′entoshi line go beyond the Shibuya terminus as trains on the Hanzōmon line . Almost half of them also go beyond the end of the Hanzōmon line ( Oshiage station ) on the Tōbu Isesaki line and the Tōbu Nikkō line to Saitama prefecture .
Express trains
Regional ( 普通 , Futsū ) (L)
- Stops at all train stations, eight trains per hour during the day
Semi-Express ( 準 急 , Junkyū) (SE)
- only in the morning towards Shibuya to avoid crowded trains
Express ( 急 行 , Kyūkō) (Ex)
- during the day, four trains per hour
Vehicle fleet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Hot Tokyu No. 349, accessed March 16, 2011
- ↑ http://www.n-sharyo.co.jp/business/tetsudo/pages/trta08.htm Technical data of the manufacturer, accessed on October 16, 2016