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line in

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and

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, Japan, operated by

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation The , also known as , is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo. Among its services, the Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems which make up the Tokyo subway system, the other ...

(Toei). The line runs between Motoyawata Station in

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in the east and

Shinjuku Station is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busies ...

in the west. At Shinjuku, most trains continue as through services to Sasazuka Station on the

Keiō New Line The is a 3.6 km link which connects Keio Corporation's Keiō Line from Sasazuka Station in Shibuya to Shinjuku Station with through service on to the Shinjuku Line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. The line opened on Octo ...

, with some services continuing to Hashimoto Station in

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via the

Keiō Line The is a 37.9-km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keiō Line is part of a network with interchanges and throug ...

and the Keiō Sagamihara Line. 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

*Double-tracking: Entire line *

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: D- ATC

Overview

Unlike all other Tokyo subway lines, which were built to or , the Shinjuku line was built with a track gauge of 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 . According to the

, as of June 2009 the Shinjuku Line was the third most crowded subway line in Tokyo, at its peak running at 181% capacity between Nishi-ōjima and Sumiyoshi stations.

Station list

* Express trains stop at stations marked with a circle (●), while local trains make all stops. * Express trains run between Motoyawata Station and Hashimoto Station on the Keiō Sagamihara Line via the Keio Main Line and Keio New Line. * On weekends and holidays, two trains run through to Takaosanguchi Station on the

Keiō Takao Line The is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Keio Corporation. The line connects Kitano Station on the Keio Line, to Takaosanguchi Station, and offers access to Mount Takao at the terminal. It is gauge, electrified ...

and one runs through to Tama-Dōbutsukōen Station on the Keiō Dōbutsuen Line.

Rolling stock

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

Current

* Toei 10-300 series * Keio 5000 series *

Keio 9000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation since 2001 on the Keio Line and its branches in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture. Variants * 9000 series: original 8-car sets (9 ...

File:Toei Subway 10-300 series 20161201.jpg, Toei 10-300 series EMU File:Keio 9000 series 9742F 20190701.jpg, Keio 9000 series EMU File:Keio 5731 Funabori 20190611.jpg, Keio 5000 series EMU

Former

* Toei 10-300R series (until 2017) * Toei 10-000 series (until 2018) * Keio 6000 series (until 2011)

History

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

Notes

a. Crowding levels defined by the

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: :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

External links

Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
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