is the name for the fastest through service train among five railway companies: the

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Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei ...

Tokyu Corporation The is a Japanese multinational ''keiretsu'' ( conglomerate) holding company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its main operation is , a wholly owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area. History The oldest predecessor ...

and

Yokohama Minatomirai Railway The is a third-sector railway company funded by the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Tokyu Corporation The is a Japanese multinational ''keiretsu'' ( conglomerate) holding company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its main opera ...

. This name is trademarked by the aforementioned five companies (No. 5885630).

Service pattern

The name "F Liner" is given to trains under the two route systems explained below. The service type of trains may change once across boundary stations for two different lines. Therefore, systematically, the name "F Liner" will be added before the service type; this means all ''F Liner'' trains are referred to as "F Liner, (Service type on current line)". For instance: Within the Fukutoshin Line → "F Liner, Express", bound for Motomachi-Chūkagai; Within the Toyoko Line → "F Liner, Limited Express", bound for Shinrin-Kōen. # Seibu Line system:

Hannō is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 79,123 in 35,440 households and a population density of 410 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Hannō is located on the southern ...

/ Kotesashi - Motomachi-Chūkagai #*

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and Ikebukuro Line: Rapid Express (快速急行) #*

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: Express (急行) #*

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and

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: Limited Express (特急) # Tōbu Line system: Ogawamachi / Shinrin-Kōen - Motomachi-Chūkagai #*

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: Express (急行) #* Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Express (急行) #* Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Line: Limited Express (特急) Within the Fukutoshin Line, the Tōyoko Line and the Minatomirai Line, four ''F Liner'' trains operate every hour at 15-minute intervals during daytime: two operate on the Tōbu Line system from/to Shinrin-Kōen, and the other two operate on the Seibu Line system, with one operating from/to Hannō, and the other from/to Kotesashi, each operating at 1-hour intervals. For northbound trains on weekend mornings, only one ''F Liner'' train operates every hour which terminates at Hannō. The longest distance travelled for an ''F Liner'' journey is , from Ogawamachi to Motomachi-Chūkagai. From 16 March 2019, the Tobu Tojo line began a new timetable, where there are 3 ''F Liner'' services that run from Ogawamachi instead of Shinrin-Kōen towards Motomachi-Chūkagai on weekends, departing at 7:54, 8:54 and 9:54. All other ''F Liner'' services that run on the Tobu Tojo line continue to start/end at Shinrin-Kōen station.

Stations served

; Legend :* ● : Stops :* ∥ : Does not run through here

Rolling stock

Regularly, all ''F Liner'' trains are operated in 10-car sets. *

Tobu 9000 series The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since 1981. Operations First entering service in 1981 on the Tobu Tojo Line, this was the first stainless steel EMU ty ...

, Tobu 9050 series EMUs, and Tobu 50070 series EMUs *

Seibu 6000 series The is a Japanese electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. Twenty-five 10-car sets were manufactured by Tokyu Car Corporation and Hitachi between 1992 and 1998. Featuring several advances ...

EMUs, and Seibu 40050 series EMUs *

Tokyo Metro 17000 series The is a Japanese DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by Tokyo Metro on the Yūrakuchō Line and Fukutoshin Line to replace the ageing Tokyo Metro 7000 series. It entered service on 21 February 2021. Operations 1700 ...

EMUs, and

Tokyo Metro 10000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Yurakucho and Fukutoshin subway lines of Tokyo Metro in Japan since 2006. Design The trains are manufactured by Hitachi with aluminium bodies to its "A-train" concept. The 10 ...

EMUs *

Tokyu 5050-4000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation since 2002 on many of its commuter lines in the Tokyo area of Japan. Design First introduced in 2002, the design is based on the JR Ea ...

EMUs * Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series EMUs (Temporary 8-car service)

Namesake

The F in ''F Liner'' stands for 3 English words starting with the letter F, which are: :* Fast, which this train is envisioned to become :* Five, referring to through services between 5 railway companies :* Fukutoshin (副都心), Japanese for secondary city center

Notes & references

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References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia. {{RefList Seibu Railway Tokyo Metro Tokyu Corporation Minatomirai Line Rail transport in Tokyo Named passenger trains of Japan