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Toei Shinjuku Line

Toei Shinjuku Line

Subway line in Tokyo, Japan

Not to be confused with the Seibu Shinjuku Line.

The Toei Shinjuku Line (都営地下鉄新宿線, Toei Chikatetsu Shinjuku-sen) is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line runs between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba in the east and Shinjuku Station in the west. At Shinjuku, most trains continue as through services to Sasazuka Station on the Keiō New Line, with some services continuing to Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa via the Keiō Line and the Keiō Sagamihara Line.

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On maps and signboards, the line is shown in the color leaf green. Stations carry the letter "S" followed by a two-digit number inside a yellow-green chartreuse circle.

Basic data

Overview

Unlike all other Tokyo subway lines, which were built to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) or 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauges, the Shinjuku line was built with a track gauge of 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) to allow through operations onto the Keiō network. The line was planned as Line 10 according to reports of a committee of the former Ministry of Transportation; thus the rarely used official name of the line is the "Number 10 Shinjuku Line" (10号線新宿線, Jū-gō-sen Shinjuku-sen).[2]

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, as of June 2009 the Shinjuku Line was the third most crowded subway line in Tokyo, at its peak running at 181%[a] capacity between Nishi-ōjima and Sumiyoshi stations.[3]

It is the only Toei line to run outside Tokyo, and one of only two Tokyo subway lines to run into Chiba Prefecture, the other being the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. The Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line are the only other subway lines to run beyond Tokyo, with their shared northern terminus at Wakōshi Station in Saitama Prefecture. All lines that have through services contain at least one route beyond Tokyo, however.

Station list

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    Shinjuku Station is shared with and administered by Keio Corporation.

Rolling stock

The Toei Shinjuku Line is served by the following types of 8-car and 10-car EMUs.

Current

  • Toei 10-300 series EMU
  • Keio 9000 series EMU
  • Keio 5000 series EMU

Former

History

  • 21 December 1978: Iwamotochō – Higashi-ōjima section opens.
  • 16 March 1980: Shinjuku – Iwamotochō section opens; through service onto Keiō lines begins.
  • 23 December 1983: Higashi-ōjima – Funabori section opens.
  • 14 September 1986: Funabori – Shinozaki section opens.
  • 19 March 1989: Shinozaki – Motoyawata section opens, entire line completed.

Notes

a. ^ Crowding levels defined by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism:[5][6]

100% — Commuters have enough personal space and are able to take a seat or stand while holding onto the straps or hand rails.
150% — Commuters have enough personal space to read a newspaper.
180% — Commuters must fold newspapers to read.
200% — Commuters are pressed against each other in each compartment but can still read small magazines.
250% — Commuters are pressed against each other, unable to move.

References

  1. [1]
    東京都交通局ホーム - 経営情報 - 交通局の概要 - 都営地下鉄 [Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Home - Management Information - Overview of the Department of Transportation - Toei Subway] (in Japanese). 東京都交通局 [Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation]. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  2. [2]
    Tetsudō Yōran (ja:鉄道要覧), annual report
  3. [3]
    Metropolis, "Commute", June 12, 2009, p. 07. Capacity is defined as all passengers having a seat or a strap or door railing to hold on to.
  4. [4]
    ""京王ライナー"の運転開始｜鉄道ニュース｜2018年2月23日掲載｜鉄道ファン・railf.jp". 鉄道ファン・railf.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  5. [5]
    "混雑率の推移".
  6. [6]
    Kikuchi, Daisuke (6 July 2017). "Tokyo plans new effort to ease commuter hell on rush-hour trains". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017.
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