The is a railway line in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, Japan, operated by

Seibu Railway is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism, and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbrevi ...

. It acts as a

branch line A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Industrial spur An industri ...

of the

Seibu Shinjuku Line The is a Japanese railway line owned by the private railway operator Seibu Railway, connecting Seibu Shinjuku Station in Shinjuku, Tokyo with Hon-Kawagoe Station in Kawagoe, Saitama. The Shinjuku Line is one of two main lines of the Seibu Ra ...

, with direct trains to

Seibu-Shinjuku Station is a railway station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. It is the terminus of the 47.5 km (30 mile) Seibu Shinjuku Line, which extends to in Saitama Prefecture. The station is located appr ...

in Tokyo.

Stations

:O: stop : SE: : E: : HL: All trains on this line stop at every station.

Rolling stock

Seibu 2000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1977. Design The 2000 series trains were introduced on local train services on the ...

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 ...

Seibu 20000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan. First introduced in 2000, a total of eight 10-car sets and eight 8-car sets were built bet ...

* Seibu 30000 series A fleet of eight 10-car

Seibu 40000 series The is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway in Japan since March 2017. a total of 13 ten-car trainsets have been built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe from 2016, with th ...

EMUs is scheduled to be introduced from spring 2017, operating on the Seibu Ikebukuro, Seibu Shinjuku, and Seibu Haijima Lines.

History

* 2 November 1928: Opened as Tamako Railway from Hagiyama to Moto-Kodaira (near Kodaira). * 15 August 1932: Electrified at 600 V DC from Hagiyama to Moto-Kodaira. * 12 March 1940: Tamako Railway merged with Musashino Railway (present-day Seibu Railway). * 15 November 1949: Moto-Kodaira Station merged into Kodaira Station. * 15 May 1950: Jōsui Line opened from Ogawa to Tamagawa-Jōsui. Omebashi and Tamagawa-Jōsui stations opened. * 12 October 1954: Electrified at 1,500 V DC from Ogawa to Tamagawa-Jōsui. * 18 March 1955: Electrification raised to 1,500 V DC between Kodaira and Hagiyama. * 1 September 1962: Josui Line opened from Hagiyama to Ogawa. Renamed Jōsui Line from Kodaira to Hagiyama. * 7 November 1967: Double-tracked from Kodaira to Hagiyama. * 15 May 1968: Haijima Line opened from Tamagawa-Jōsui to Haijima, Seibu-Tachikawa station opened. Jōsui Line renamed Haijima Line. * 25 March 1979: Omebashi Station renamed Higashi-Yamatoshi Station. * 7 December 1979: Double-tracked from Hagiyama to Ogawa. * 12 December 1983: Musashi-Sunagawa Station opened. * 1 December 1983: Double-tracked from Musashi-Sunagawa to Seibu-Tachikawa. * 5 March 1987: Nishi-Ogawa passing loop opened. Double-tracked from Nishi-Ogawa to Higashi-Yamatoshi. * 2 November 1988: Double-tracked from Higashi-Yamatoshi to Tamagawa-Jōsui. * 29 March 1991: Double-tracked from Ogawa to Nishi-Ogawa, Nishi-Ogawa passing loop abolished. * 14 June 2008: Haijima Rapid service started. The service stopped at: Kodaira, Tamagawa-Jōsui, Musashi-Sunagawa, Seibu-Tachikawa and Haijima stations. * 30 June 2012: Haijima Rapid service abolished.

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