Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
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The Tōyoko Line (東横線 Tō-Yoko Sen?) is a major commuter train service connecting Tokyo (Shibuya) to Yokohama of the private Tokyu Corporation. The name of the line, Tōyoko (東横), is a combination of the first character of Tōkyō (東京) and Yokohama (横浜).
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[edit] History
The first section of the line from Tamagawa to Kanagawa opened on February 14, 1926. Sections were opened incrementally until the entire length from Shibuya to Sakuragicho in Yokohama was opened on March 31, 1932. On August 29, 1964, through service to the Tokyo Metro Hibiya subway line started.
On January 30, 2004, service from Yokohama station to Sakuragicho was stopped. Two days later, on February 1, 2004, through service from Yokohama station through the Minato Mirai 21 development to central Yokohama on the new Minatomirai Line started.
[edit] Future plans
In 2012, the Tōyoko Line's Daikan-yama and Shibuya stations will be moved to new underground stations and the line will start through service to the new Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, connecting to Shinjuku and beyond.
[edit] Services
- Local (普通 Futsū?) (L)
- Between Shibuya and Musashi-Kosugi, Motosumiyoshi, Hiyoshi, Kikuna, Yokohama, Motomachi-Chūkagai (Minatomirai Line) stations. Through trains from Kikuna for Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.
- Express (急行 Kyūkō?) (Ex)
- Between Shibuya and Musashi-Kosugi, Hiyoshi and Motomachi-Chūkagai (Minatomirai Line), 4 service per hour in daytime. An express takes over local ones at Tokyo, Hiyoshi (mostly through service trains for Hibiya Line) and Kikuna.
- Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急 Tsūkin Tokkyū?) (CLE)
- Only available on the rush hours on weekday replacing Limited Express service. Trains of this type take over local ones at Jiyūgaoka, Hiyoshi and Kikuna. Between Shibuya and Motomachi-Chūkagai.
- Limited Express (特急 Tokkyū?) (LE)
- 4 services per hour in daytime. This service is said to be made to compete Shōnan-Shinjuku Line service of East Japan Railway Company (JR East), taking 25 minutes to get to Shibuya from Yokohama, slightly longer. These trains are sometimes called Tōyoko-Tokkyū (東横特急?).
[edit] Stations
| Name | L | Ex | CLE | LE | Location | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | City | Prefecture | ||||||||
| Shibuya | X | X | X | X | Shibuya | Special wards of Tokyo | Tokyo Metropolis | |||
| Daikan-yama | X | |||||||||
| Naka-Meguro | X | X | X | X | Meguro | |||||
| Yūtenji | X | |||||||||
| Gakugeidaigaku | X | X | ||||||||
| Toritsudaigaku | X | |||||||||
| Jiyūgaoka | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Den-en-chōfu | X | X | Ōta | |||||||
| Tamagawa | X | X | ||||||||
| Shin-Maruko | X | Nakahara-ku | Kawasaki | Kanagawa Prefecture | ||||||
| Musashi-Kosugi | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Motosumiyoshi | X | |||||||||
| Hiyoshi | X | X | X | Kōhoku-ku | Yokohama | |||||
| Tsunashima | X | X | ||||||||
| Ōkurayama | X | |||||||||
| Kikuna | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Myōrenji | X | |||||||||
| Hakuraku | X | Kanagawa-ku | ||||||||
| Higashi-Hakuraku | X | |||||||||
| Tanmachi | X | |||||||||
| Yokohama | X | X | X | X | Nishi-ku | |||||
| continues as Minatomirai Line: | ||||||||||
| Shin-Takashima | X | Nishi-ku | Yokohama | Kanagawa | ||||||
| Minatomirai | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Bashamichi | X | X | X | Naka-ku | ||||||
| Nihon-ōdōri | X | X | X | |||||||
| Motomachi-Chūkagai | X | X | X | X | ||||||
Stations of the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line |
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Shibuya - Daikan-yama - (Towards Kita-Senju>>) Naka-Meguro - Yūtenji - Gakugeidaigaku - Toritsudaigaku - Jiyūgaoka - Den-en-Chōfu - Tamagawa - Shin-Maruko - Musashi-Kosugi - Motosumiyoshi - Hiyoshi - Tsunashima - Ōkurayama - Kikuna - Myōrenji - Hakuraku - Higashi-Hakuraku - Tammachi - Yokohama (>>Towards Motomachi-Chukagai) |
ko:도쿄 급행 전철 도요코 선 ja:東急東横線 zh:東急東橫線
