Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

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A 6000 series train inter-running on the Odakyū Odawara Line, at Higashi-Kitazawa
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Route map

The Chiyoda Line (千代田線 Chiyoda-sen?) is a rapid transit line of the Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan, with proper name Line 9 Chiyoda Line (9号線千代田線 9-gō sen Chiyoda-sen?) which is scarecely used.

Trains interoperate on both ends: more than half trains to the north-east with the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Jōban Line beyond Ayase down to Toride; some to the south-west with the Odakyū Electric Railway Odawara Line beyond Yoyogi-Uehara down to Hon-Atsugi, and more trains than to Hon-Atsugi, to Karakida on Tama Line.

The 21.9 km main line serves the wards of Tokyo: Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato and Shibuya; a short stretch of tunnel in Taitō with no station. A 2.1km branch line goes from Ayase to Kita-Ayase both in Adachi.

The colour of the line shown on maps and signboards is dark green, and EMUs of Tokyo Metro proper are lined with the colour (see photograph). Station numbers carry the preceding letter C. Automatic Train Operation is used on the line between Ayase and Kita Ayase.

[edit] Development

The Chiyoda Line was originally proposed in 1962 as a line from Setagaya to Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture: the initial name was Line 8. In 1964, the plan was changed slightly so that through service would be offered on the Jōban Line north of Tokyo, and the number was changed to Line 9.

Line 9 was designed to pass through build-up area in Chiyoda, and also intended to relieve the busy Ginza Line and Hibiya Line, which follow a roughly similar route through central Tokyo.

The first stretch was opened on December 20, 1969 between Kita-Senju and Ōtemachi. The line was almost completed by October 10, 1972 when it reached Yoyogi-Kōen, although the 1 km section to Yoyogi-Uehara was not completed until March 31, 1978. The branch line to Kita-Ayase was opened on December 20, 1979.

In May 15, 2006, women-only cars were introduced on early-morning trains from Toride on the Jōban Line to Yoyogi-Uehara.

Odakyū currently plans to begin Limited Express trains through service to the Chiyoda Line in 2008, which would mark the first time that a Japanese subway system has accommodated reserved-seating trains.

[edit] Stations

Lines with transfer are of Tokyo Metro unless noted.

Station Transfers Location
C-1 Yoyogi-uehara Odakyu Electric Railway: Odawara Line through trains Shibuya
C-2 Yoyogi-Kōen  
C-3 Meiji-jingūmae At Harajuku:
C-4 Omotesandō Minato
C-5 Nogizaka  
C-6 Akasaka  
C-7 Kokkai-gijidō-mae

At Tameike-Sannō:

Chiyoda
C-8 Kasumigaseki
C-9 Hibiya

At Yūrakuchō:

C-10 Nijūbashimae  
C-11 Ōtemachi
  • Hanzōmon Line
  • Marunouchi Line
  • Tōzai Line
  • Toei: Mita Line
C-12 Shin-Ochanomizu At Ogawamachi:

At Awajichō:

  • Marunouchi Line

At Ochanomizu:

C-13 Yushima   Bunkyō
C-14 Nezu  
C-15 Sendagi  
C-16 Nishi-Nippori
  • JR East
    • Yamanote Line
    • Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Arakawa
C-17 Machiya

Keisei Electric Railway (Keisei): Main Line

At Machiya-eki-mae: Tokyo Toden: Arakawa Line

C-18 Kita-Senju Adachi
C-19 Ayase
  • Chiyoda Line "Kita-Ayase branch line"
  • JR East: Jōban Line (through trains)
Kita-ayase Branch Line
C-19 Ayase
  • Chiyoda Line ("main line") for Yoyogi-Uehara
  • JR East: Jōban Line
Adachi
C-20 Kita-Ayase  

[edit] Rolling stock

Listed below are currently used, all series 10-car formation unless noted. Numbers in parentheses are of formations currently in service.

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Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
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Mass transit in the Tokyo area (# of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines■Yamanote • ■Chūō • ■Chūō-Sōbu • ■Jōban • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Saikyō •■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu Rapid • ■Tōkaidō • ■Utsunomiya • ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines○Chiyoda (C) • ○Fukutoshin (F) • ○Ginza (G) • ○Hibiya (H) • ○Marunouchi (M) • ○Namboku (N) • ○Tōzai (T) • ○Yūrakuchō (Y) • ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei linesSubway: ○Asakusa (A) • ○Ōedo (E) • ○Mita (I) • ○Shinjuku (S) • Guideway: Nippori-Toneri • Streetcar: Arakawa
Major / semi-major linesKeikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Shin-Keisei • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8)
Other linesTama Monorail • Tokyo Monorail • TWR • TX • Yurikamome
Suburban, JR■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama
Suburban, Non-JRChiba Monorail • Nagareyama • New Shuttle • Saitama • Seaside Line • Shōnan Monorail • Yokohama MM • Yokohama Subway (2, 3 in 2008)
TerminalsAkihabara • Chiba • Ikebukuro • Kawasaki • Kita-Senju • Ōmiya • Ōtemachi • Shibuya • Shinagawa • Shinjuku • Tokyo • Ueno • Yokohama
MiscellaneousShinkansen (commuter) • PASMO • Passnet • Suica • Transportation in Greater Tokyo
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