. The Isesaki Line can refer to the entire section between
, but from March 2012, the 41.0 km section south of Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen was branded as the
Tokyo Skytree
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:*Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen − Ōta. Connection with Express. Three per hour, with one between Kuki and Tatebayashi.
:*Ōta − Isesaki. One per hour per direction, conductorless.
;
(SSE)
:Between Asakusa and Tōbu-Dōbutsu Kōen, Kuki or Minami-Kurihashi on Nikkō Line.
;
(SmE)
:Early morning and late night. Down to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki or to Minami-Kurihashi on the Nikkō Line through from Chūō-Rinkan of Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via Hanzōmon Line. 10 cars.
;
(SE)
:Between Asakusa and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Tatebayashi or Ōta.
;
(Ex)
:From morning to night. Down to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki (nearly half to Minami-Kurihashi on the Nikkō Line), through from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via Hanzōmon Line. 10 cars.
;
(LE)
:Stops not shown. Charged for seat reservation and rapid service. Mainly through to the Nikkō Line for the Nikko area named and . Some through to Isesaki from Asakusa, sole direct service named .
Stations
*O: Stop
*
*1: To/from on the
Tobu Skytree Line
The is a section of the Tobu Isesaki line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo Metr ...
section of the Isesaki Line.
*
*2: To/from on
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Tokyu may refer to:
* Tokyu Group, a group of companies centered on Tokyu Corporation
** Tokyu Corporation, a Japanese railway company, the largest member and parent company of the group
** Tokyu Car Corporation, a former Japanese railway vehicle m ...
via
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
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 37.4 ...
*For the section between Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen and Asakusa, see
Tobu Skytree Line
The is a section of the Tobu Isesaki line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo Metr ...
.
Rolling stock
Current
*
Tobu 200 series
The are electric multiple unit (EMU) train types operated in Japan on limited express services by the private railway operator Tobu Railway since 1991. The trains are used on ''Ryōmō'' services from Asakusa in Tokyo to Akagi Station (Gunma), ...
*
Tobu 500 series
The , branded , is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway on limited express services in Japan since 21 April 2017. 11 three-car sets (33 vehicles in total) have been built by Kawasaki H ...
*
Tobu 10000 series
The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Tobu Railway since 1983.
First entering service in 1983 on the Tobu Tojo Line (1984 on the Tobu Isesaki Line), production continued ...
*
Tobu 50000 series
The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since March 2005, manufactured by Hitachi to its "Hitachi A-train, A-train" concept. The trains represent the first use ...
*
Tobu 50050 series
The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since March 2005, manufactured by Hitachi to its "A-train" concept. The trains represent the first use of aluminium body ...
*
Tobu 70090 series (''
TH Liner
The is a limited-stop "Home Liner"-style service to and from Kuki Station in Saitama on the Tobu Isesaki Line operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since June 2020.
Service outline
''TH Liner'' services operate in t ...
'')
*
Tokyu 2020 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type built by J-TREC and used by the Japanese private railway operator Tokyu Corporation in the Tokyo area since March 2018. The 2020 series is used primarily on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Li ...
*
Tokyu 5000 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 ...
*
Tokyu 8500 series
The is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyu Oimachi Line in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1975 and the Jabodetabek area of Indones ...
*
Tokyo Metro 18000 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated Tokyo Metro on the Hanzomon Line in Japan. Introduced into service on 7 August 2021, a total of 19 ten-car trainsets are being manufactured by Hitachi Rail from 2020 to replace the ag ...
*
Tokyo Metro 8000 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line in Tokyo, Japan, since 1981.
A total of 190 cars (19 ten-car sets) were built between 1980 and 1994 by Kawasaki H ...
*
Tokyo Metro 08 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line in Tokyo, Japan since 2003. Introduced into service on 7 January 2003, a total of six ten-car trainsets were manufactured by Nippon Sharyo between 2002 ...
File:Tobu-Series200 Ryomo.jpg, Tobu 200 series
File:Tobu-railway-10609F-20090820.jpg, Tobu 10000 series
File:Tobu-Series50000-51060F.jpg, Tobu 50050 series
File:Tokyu-Series2020-2126F.jpg, Tokyu 2020 series
File:Tokyu-Series5000-5116F.jpg, Tokyu 5000 series
File:Tokyu-Series8500-8619F.jpg, Tokyu 8500 series
File:東京メトロ半蔵門線8000系電車.jpg, Tokyo Metro 8000 series
Former
*
Tobu 30000 series
The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since 1997. Initially formed as six-car and four-car sets, sets are mostly formed as permanently coupled ten-car format ...
History
![Tobu Isesaki Line 194003](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Tobu_Isesaki_Line_194003.jpg)
The first section of the Isesaki Line was opened by the present company in 1899 between and utilising steam motive power. In 1902, Tobu extended the line south to have a maritime connection at present (then , later renamed Asakusa) in downtown Tokyo, and north to . The following year a further northern extension to (then on the south bank of
Tone River
The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano) and has a drainage area of (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (); ''Bandō'' is an obsolete alias of the Kantō ...
) was opened. Further northward extension progressed, and in 1910 the line arrived at . In 1931, a bridge over the
Sumida River
The is a river that flows through central Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi (in Kita-ku) and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers.
It passes through the Kita, Adachi, Arakaw ...
was built and present Asakusa Station (then ) opened as part of the department store building, the entire line being completed.
The Asakusa to Nishiarai section was double-tracked in 1912, and the rest of the line was double-tracked between 1920 and 1927, except for the Hanyu to Kawamata section, which was double-tracked when a second bridge was built over the Tonegawa in 1992.
Electrification was begun in 1924 on the section of Asakusa and , and in 1927 completed as far as Isesaki. The distance of over 100 km was then one of the longest electrified railway lines together with the present
Kintetsu ''Kintetsu'' is the abbreviation of , or Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese railway corporation.
It may also refer to:
Companies
* Kintetsu Group Holdings, the holding corporation of the Kintetsu Railway
** Kintetsu Bus, a bus company and a subsidiary ...
Osaka Line
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 ...
and
Yamada Lines.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the Tobu Lines had no connection to the
Yamanote Line
The Yamanote Line ( ja, 山手線, Yamanote-sen) is a loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban ...
or other major lines of the then
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR) to offer efficient transfers to central Tokyo. The sole connection was with the
Jōban Line
The Jōban Line ( ja, 常磐線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, ...
at Kitasenju, which offered poor access to central Tokyo. To solve the inefficiencies of transfers at Kitasenju and notoriously narrow Asakusa, in 1962, the
Hibiya Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line was named after the Hibiya area in Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color silve ...
of the then , known as TRTA, present
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 ...
) was built, connecting at Kitasenju.
Further growing traffic required Tobu to build a second through line to Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line in the 1990s. In 2003, the company built new tracks from Hikifune to connect at , officially an annex station of Tokyo Skytree.
From the 3 March 2006, timetable revision, less than half of trains originated or terminated at Asakusa, with more trains operating through to Tokyo Metro subway lines.
From 17 March 2012, the section south of Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen was rebranded as the
Tobu Skytree Line
The is a section of the Tobu Isesaki line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo Metr ...
.
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
External links
Tobu Railway Isesaki Line information page
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Isesaki Line
The is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama to Isesaki Station in Gunma Prefecture. The Isesaki Line can refer to the entire section between Asakus ...
Rail transport in Saitama Prefecture
Rail transport in Gunma Prefecture
Rail transport in Tochigi Prefecture
Railway lines opened in 1899
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
1899 establishments in Japan