The is a
rubber-tyred metro 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 ci ...
,
Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
, Japan. It is part of the
Sapporo Municipal Subway system. Its name literally means "East-West Line", and it runs from
Miyanosawa Station in
Nishi-ku to
Shin-Sapporo Station 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
* 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 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 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 ticke ...
introduced.
* March 3, 2009: Platform edge doors installed at all Tōzai Line stations.
* April 1, 2009: Tōzai Line switches to ''wanman''
driver-only operation.
* 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