Toei Shinjuku Line

Not to be confused with Seibu Shinjuku Line.
Shinjuku Line

Toei 10-000 series (left) and 10-300 series EMUs at Funabori Station
Overview
Type Rapid transit
Locale Tokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini Shinjuku
Motoyawata
Stations 21
Daily ridership 701,902 (2014)[1]
Operation
Opened December 21, 1978
Owner Toei Subway
Depot(s) Oshima
Rolling stock Toei 10-300 series, Toei 10-300R series, Toei 10-000 series, Keio 9030 series
Technical
Line length 23.5 km (14.6 mi)
Track gauge 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 75 km/h (47 mph)
Route map

The Toei Shinjuku Line (都営地下鉄新宿線 Toei Chikatetsu Shinjuku-sen) is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line runs between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba in the east and Shinjuku Station in the west. At Shinjuku, most trains continue to through to Sasazuka Station on the Keiō New Line, with some services continuing to Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa via the Keiō Line and the Keiō Sagamihara Line.

On maps and signboards, the line is shown in "leaf" (O). Stations carry the letter "S" followed by a two-digit number.

Basic data

Overview

The line was built with a track gauge of 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) 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 "Number 10 Shinjuku Line" (10号線新宿線 Jū-gō-sen Shinjuku-sen).[2]

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, 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.[3]

Station list

Station
No.		 Station Japanese Distance (km) Express Transfers Location
Between
stations		 From S-01
Through-running to/from Hashimoto and Takaosanguchi via the Keiō Line, Keiō New Line, Keio Sagamihara Line, and Keiō Takao Line
S-01 Shinjuku[* 1] 新宿 - 0.0 ● Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08)
Toei Ōedo Line (E-27, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi: E-01)
Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Odakyū Odawara Line
Keiō Line, Keiō New Line
Seibu Shinjuku Line		 Shinjuku Tokyo
S-02 Shinjuku-sanchōme 新宿三丁目 0.8 0.8 ｜ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-09), Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-13)
S-03 Akebonobashi 曙橋 1.5 2.3 ｜  
S-04 Ichigaya 市ケ谷 1.4 3.7 ● Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Y-14), Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N-09)
Chūō-Sōbu Line		 Chiyoda
S-05 Kudanshita 九段下 1.3 5.0 ｜ Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-06), Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line (T-07)
S-06 Jimbōchō 神保町 0.6 5.6 ● Toei Mita Line (I-10)
Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-07)
S-07 Ogawamachi 小川町 0.9 6.5 ｜ Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (Shin-Ochanomizu: C-12), Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (Awajichō: M-19)
S-08 Iwamotochō 岩本町 0.8 7.3 ｜ Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (Akihabara: H-15)
Chūō-Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line (Akihabara)
Tsukuba Express (Akihabara: 01)
S-09 Bakuro-yokoyama 馬喰横山 0.8 8.1 ● Toei Asakusa Line (Higashi-Nihombashi: A-15)
Sōbu Line (Rapid) (Bakurochō)		 Chūō
S-10 Hamachō 浜町 0.6 8.7 ｜  
S-11 Morishita 森下 0.8 9.5 ● Toei Ōedo Line (E-13) Kōtō
S-12 Kikukawa 菊川 0.8 10.3 ｜   Sumida
S-13 Sumiyoshi 住吉 0.9 11.2 ｜ Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-12) Kōtō
S-14 Nishi-ōjima 西大島 1.0 12.2 ｜  
S-15 Ōjima 大島 0.7 12.9 ●  
S-16 Higashi-ōjima 東大島 1.2 14.1 ｜  
S-17 Funabori 船堀 1.7 15.8 ●   Edogawa
S-18 Ichinoe 一之江 1.7 17.5 ｜  
S-19 Mizue 瑞江 1.7 19.2 ｜  
S-20 Shinozaki 篠崎 1.5 20.7 ｜  
S-21 Motoyawata 本八幡 2.8 23.5 ● Chūō-Sōbu Line
Keisei Main Line (Keisei-Yawata)		 Ichikawa Chiba
  1. ↑ Shinjuku Station is shared with and administrated by Keio Corporation.

Rolling stock

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

Toei

Keio Corporation

History

References

  1. ↑ 東京都交通局ホーム - 経営情報 - 交通局の概要 - 都営地下鉄 [Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Home - Management Information - Overview of the Department of Transportation - Toei Subway] (in Japanese). 東京都交通局 [Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation]. April 1, 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  2. ↑ Tetsudō Yōran (ja:鉄道要覧), annual report
  3. ↑ Metropolis, "Commute", June 12, 2009, p. 07. Capacity is defined as all passengers having a seat or a strap or door railing to hold on to.
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