Tōzai Line (Tōkyō Metro)

Tōzai line
Route length:	30.8 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500  =
Top speed:	100 km / h

The Tōzai Line ( Japanese 東西 線 , dt. "East-West Line") is an underground line of the Tōkyō Metro in the Japanese capital Tokyo . It is 30.8 kilometers long and has 23 stations. The route leads from the Nakano station to Nishi-Funabashi, which is located in the suburb of Funabashi . Their identification in the route plan is T .

The gauge is 1067 mm like most metro lines in Tokyo. The Tōzai Line provides access to the JR Chūō Main Line , which goes to Nagoya . In addition, the Tōzai line is one of the busiest lines on the Tokyo subway . During rush hour, between 7:50 a.m. and 8:50 a.m., twice as many people use the line as originally intended.

Stations

railway station	Japanese spelling	Transfer options	Distance in km	place
T-01 Nakano	中 野 駅	Chūō main line	0.0	Nakano in Tokyo
T-02 Ochiai	落 合 駅		2.0	Shinjuku in Tokyo
T-03 Takadanobaba	高田 馬 場 駅	Yamanote Line and Shinjuku Line	3.9	Shinjuku in Tokyo
T-04 Waseda	早 稲 田 駅	Toden Arakawa Line (approx. 1 km away)	5.6	Shinjuku in Tokyo
T-05 Kagurazaka	神 楽 坂 駅		6.8	Shinjuku in Tokyo
T-06 Iidabashi	飯 田 橋 駅	Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō line Namboku line Toei: Ōedo line JR: Chūō-Sōbu Line	8.0	Shinjuku in Tokyo
T-07 Kudanshita	九段 下 駅	Tokyo Metro: Hanzōmon Line Toei: Shinjuku line	8.7	Chiyoda in Tokyo
T-08 Takebashi	竹 橋 駅		9.7	Chiyoda in Tokyo
T-09 Ōtemachi	大 手 町 駅	Tokyo Metro: Marunouchi line Chiyoda line Hanzōmon line Toei: Mita line In Tokyo Station : JR Central : Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR East Tōhoku , Jōetsu , Nagano Shinkansen Yamanote line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Main Tōkaidō line Yokosuka line Keiyō line	10.7	Chiyoda in Tokyo
T-10 Nihombashi	日本 橋 駅	Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line Toei: Asakusa Line	11.5	Chūō in Tokyo
T-11 Kayabachō	茅 場 町 駅	Tokyo Metro: Hibiya Line	12.0	Kōtō in Tokyo
T-12 Monzen-Nakachō	門前 仲 町 駅	Toei: Ōedo line	13.8	Kōtō in Tokyo
T-13 Kiba	木 場 駅		14.9	Kōtō in Tokyo
T-14 Tōyōchō	東陽 町 駅		15.8	Kōtō in Tokyo
T-15 Minami-Sunamachi	南 砂 町 駅		17.0	Kōtō in Tokyo
T-16 Nishi-Kasai	西葛西 駅		19.7	Edogawa in Tokyo
T-17 Kasai	葛西 駅		20.9	Edogawa in Tokyo
T-18 Urayasu	浦 安 駅		22.8	Urayasu in Chiba
T-19 Minami-Gyōtoku	南 行 徳 駅		24.0	Ichikawa in Chiba
T-20 Gyōtoku	行 徳 駅		25.5	Ichikawa in Chiba
T-21 myodes	妙 典 駅		26.8	Ichikawa in Chiba
T-22 Baraki-Nakayama	原木 中山 駅		28.9	Funabashi in Chiba
T-23 Nishi-Funabashi	西 船 橋 駅	JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line Musashino line Keiyō line Tōyō Kōsoku Line At Keisei-Nishifuna Station: Keisei main line	30.8	Funabashi in Chiba

Others

Each station has its own theme song . Taken together it results in a song. Responsible for this is the musician Minoru Mukaiya , who also composed and produced jingles for other stations of the Tokyo Metro and Japan Railways .

Web links

Commons : Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Info "Tokyo Metro" Tozai Line ( Memento from July 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (eng.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tozai Line / T | Route / Station Information | Tokyo Metro Line. Retrieved June 18, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 北 1010 番 街: 東京 メ ト ロ 東西 線 発 車 メ ロ デ ィ 全集. December 24, 2017, accessed July 3, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Great Big Story: In Tokyo, These Trains Jingle All the Way. August 3, 2018, accessed July 3, 2019 .