Toden Arakawa Line

Toden Arakawa Line
Ōji station around 1985
Route length:	12.2 km
Gauge :	1372 mm ( Scottish gauge )
Power system :	600 V  =
Top speed:	40 km / h
Legend JR: Jōban Line Tōkyō Metro : Hibiya Line Subway station Minowa 三 ノ 輪 駅 0.0 Minowabashi 三 ノ 輪 橋 0.3 Arakawa-itchū-mae (Arakawa 1st Middle School) 荒 川 一 中 前 0.6 Arakawa-kuyakusho-mae (Arakawa District Office) 荒 川 区 役 所 前 1.0 Arakawa 2-chōme 荒 川 二 丁目 1.4 Arakawa 7-chōme 荒 川 七 丁目 Keisei Dentetsu : Main Line (Keisei-Ueno-Narita Airport) Machiya Station 町 屋 1.8 Machiya-ekimae 町 屋 駅 Tōkyō Metro : Chiyoda Line 2.2 Machiya 2-chōme 町 屋 二 丁目 2.5 Higashi-ogu 3-chōme 東 尾 久 三 丁目 Nippori-Toneri Liner 東京 都 交通局 日暮 里 ・ 舎 人 ラ イ ナ ー Kumano-mae 熊 野 前 駅 3.1 Kumano-mae 熊 野 前 3.5 Miyano-mae 宮 ノ 前 3.8 Odai 小 台 4.1 Arakawa-Yūenchi ( Arakawa Amusement Park ) 荒 川 遊 園地 前 4.6 Arakawa Shako-mae (tram depot) 荒 川 車庫 前 Arakawa Tram Depot 5.0 Kajiwara 梶 原 5.5 Sakae-chō 栄 町 JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku Line Ōji 王子train station 6.0 Ōji-ekimae 王子 駅 前 Tōkyō Metro: Namboku Line 6.5 Asukayama 飛鳥 山 6.9 Takinogawa 1-chōme 滝 野 川 一 丁目 停留 場 7.3 Nishigahara 4-chōme 西 ヶ 原 四 丁目 停留 場 Mita line Nishi-Sugamo Station 西 巣 鴨 駅 7.7 Shin-Kōshinzuka 新 庚申 塚 7.9 Kōshinzuka 庚申 塚 8.4 Sugamo-shinden 巣 鴨 新 田 : Yamanote Line Ōtsuka Railway Station 大 塚 8.9 Ōtsuka-ekimae 大 塚 駅 前 9.4 Mukōhara 向原 停留 場 Tōkyō Metro : Yūrakuchō Line Higashi-Ikebukuro 東 池袋 駅 10.0 Higashi-Ikebukuro 4-chōme 東 池袋 四 丁目 10.2 Sōshigaya 雑 司 ヶ 谷 Tōkyō Metro : Fukutoshin Line 10.7 Kishibojin-mae 鬼子母 神 前 Sōshigaya 雑 司 が 谷 駅 11.2 Gakushūin-shita ( Gakushūin University ) 学習 院 下 River Kanda 神 田 川 11.7 Omokage-bashi 面 影 橋 12.2 Waseda 早 稲 田 Tōkyō Metro : Tōzai Line Subway station Waseda 早 稲 田 駅

Minowabashi terminus

Network development (continuous = existing, interrupted = shut down)

The Toden Arakawa Line ( Japanese 電荒 川 線 , Toden Arakawa-sen ) is a tram line in northern Tokyo , Japan . It is the last remaining line of the former urban tram network of Tokyo ( Toden as an abbreviation of Tōkyō-to "Tokyo Prefecture" and densha "electric train") and is operated by the Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office .

The Toden Arakawa line runs between Minowabashi and Waseda stations. On the 12.2-kilometer route, only traction vehicles with drivers run on tracks with a gauge of 1372 millimeters. The line is double-tracked throughout and has an overhead contact line with a voltage of 600 volts. Most of the route is on a special track, independent of motorized traffic. In some sections, the route is completely independent of a street and is similar to a tram route.

history

The route was originally built by the Ōji Denki Kidō ( 王子 電 気 軌道 , literally: "electric tram Ōji"). During the war in 1942, the railway line had to be forcibly sold to Tokyo Prefecture and the company was dissolved. The line was divided into two lines 27 ( Minowabashi - Akabane ) and 32 ( Arakawa - Waseda depot ).

On the occasion of the 1964 Olympic Games , the government ordered a new transport policy, as a result of which trams were shut down and dismantled in several cities in Japan. The Tokyo Prefecture Parliament decided in 1967 to gradually shut down the entire tram network and switch to bus service on November 12, 1972. However, this only affected line 27 between Akabane and Ōji and line 32 not at all. This was mainly due to the fact that a large part of the route was run independently and therefore conflict-free from road traffic. In 1974 there was a further change in the transport policy strategy, whereby the existence of the line was secured and both lines were merged by the traffic office to form the Arakawa line.

Opening dates

• August 20, 1911: Asukayama – Ōtsuka
• April 1, 1913: Minowa – Kajiwara
• October 31, 1913: Asukayama – Sakaemachi
• April 17, 1915: Ōji – Asukayama
• November 12, 1925: Ōtsuka – Kishibojinmae, Sakaemachi – Ōji
• March 28, 1926: Ōji-Yanagida-Kamiyabaschi
• December 15, 1927: Kamiyabashi – Akabane
• December 25, 1928: Kishibojinmae – Waseda
• March 30, 1930: Omokagebashi – Waseda
• December 1, 1932: Ōji-Yanagida – Ōji
• February 1, 1942: Dissolution of the Ōji Denki Kidō company and the forced transfer of the lines to the Tokyo Traffic Office
• November 12, 1972: Ōji – Akabane closed
• October 10, 1974: merged to form the Arakawa line

Tram vehicles

A total of 35 high-floor vehicles of various series are in operation, almost all of which were supplied or modernized by Alna-Sharyō. Four retired cars from the 7000 series are currently being converted to the 7700 type in a modernization program, followed by four more to replace the old series. It can be boarded barrier-free at all stations via elevated platforms.

Design type.	7000/7700	8900
image
Years of construction	1954-1956	2015-2016
length	12,520 mm	13,000 mm
width	2,203 mm	2,200 mm
Service mass	16.5 t	?
number	10	8th
Hgk. (km / h)	40	40
drive	Pawbearing drive	?
Seats	24	20th
Standing room	96	62

design type	8500	8800	9000
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Years of construction	1990	2009	2007
length	13,000 mm	13,000 mm	13,000 mm
width	2,200 mm	2,200 mm	2,200 mm
Service mass	18.5 t	18.5 t	18.5 t
number	5	13	2
Hgk. (km / h)	40	40	40
drive	Westinghouse-Natal	Westinghouse-Natal	Westinghouse-Natal
Seats	26th	20th	22nd
Standing room	38	41	42

Web links

Commons : Toden Arakawa Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Japanese website (Japanese, English)