The is a

rubber-tyred metro A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tires that run on rolling pads inside guide bars for traction, as well as traditional ...

line located in

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

, Japan. It is part of the

Sapporo Municipal Subway The is a mostly-underground rubber-tyred rapid transit system in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Operated by the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, it is the only subway system on the island of Hokkaido. Lines The system consists of three lines: ...

system. Its name literally means "East-West Line", and it runs from

Miyanosawa Station Miyanosawa Station (宮の沢駅) is a metro station in Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station number is T01. The Station is the northern terminus of the Tōzai Line. Platforms Surrounding area *Ishiya Chocolate Factory, Shiroi Koi ...

in Nishi-ku to

Shin-Sapporo Station is a railway station in Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) and the Sapporo Municipal Subway. The JR Hokkaido station number is "H05", while the Sapporo Municipal Subway station number ...

in Atsubetsu-ku. The Tōzai Line color on maps is orange, and its stations carry the letter "T" followed by a number.

Station list

* All stations are located in Sapporo. * The entire line is underground.

History

* June 10, 1976: Kotoni – Shiroishi section opens; 6000 series trains debut. * March 21, 1982: Shiroishi – Shin-Sapporo section opens. * March 22, 1987: Nishi-Jūitchōme – Ōdōri section closed due to construction of connecting track to

Tōhō Line The is a rubber-tyred metro line in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau. It is part of the Sapporo Municipal Subway system. It runs from Sakaemachi Station in Higashi-ku to Fukuzumi Station in Toyohira- ...

* August 18, 1998: 8000 series trains debut. * February 25, 1999: Kotoni – Miyanosawa section opens. * 2002: 6000 series trains begin to be replaced by 8000 series trains. * July 7, 2006: 8000 series trains optimized for driver-only operation debut. * February 13, 2008:

Platform edge doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail sys ...

installed at Nangō-Nana-Chōme Station for testing prior to line-wide deployment * August 30, 2008: Last 6000 series trains are taken out of service. * January 30, 2009:

SAPICA is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (SCTB) introduced the system from January 30, 2009. The name of the card means "Sapporo's IC card". is also the ...

contactless smart card A contactless smart card is a contactless credential whose dimensions are credit-card size. Its embedded integrated circuits can store (and sometimes process) data and communicate with a terminal via NFC. Commonplace uses include transit tickets ...

introduced. * March 3, 2009: Platform edge doors installed at all Tōzai Line stations. * April 1, 2009: Tōzai Line switches to ''wanman''

driver-only operation One-person operation (OPO), also known as driver-only operation (DOO), one-man operation (OMO), single person train operation (SPTO), or one-person train operation (OPTO), similarly to Driver Controlled Operation, is operation of a train, bus ...

. * July 13, 2009: "Women and Children Comfort Cars" introduced.

References

External links

Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tozai Line (Sapporo) Sapporo Municipal Subway Rail transport in Hokkaido Railway lines opened in 1976 1976 establishments in Japan