Den-en-toshi Line

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Den-en-Toshi Line
DT
Chūō-Rinkan
Stations	27
Color on map	Green (#20A288)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Depot(s)	Nagatsuta
Daily ridership	1,274,503 daily (2017)[1]
History
Opened	11 October 1963; 60 years ago (11 October 1963)
Technical
Line length	31.5 km (19.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map Legend km Tōbu Nikkō Line Minami-kurihashi Tobu Isesaki Line Kuki JU Tōbu Nikkō Line Tobu Isesaki Line Oshiage Tobu Skytree Line Tōkyū Tōyoko Line 0.0 Shibuya JAJSJYDTTY Shōnan-Shinjuku Line & Yamanote Line   Keiō Inokashira Line former Tamagawa Line tram 1.9 Ikejiri-ōhashi 3.3 Sangen-jaya SG Tōkyū Setagaya Line 4.8 Komazawa-daigaku 6.3 Sakura-shimmachi 7.6 Yōga Tōkyū Ōimachi Line 9.4 Futako-tamagawa OM Tama River Tokyo Kanagawa boundary 10.1 Futako-shinchi 10.7 Takatsu 11.4 Mizonokuchi OM Nambu Line 12.2 Kajigaya Oimachi Line Kajigaya depot 13.7 Miyazakidai 14.7 Miyamaedaira Saginuma depot Tokyo Metro Saginuma depot 15.7 Saginuma Tōmei Expressway 17.1 Tama-plaza 18.2 Azamino 19.3 Eda 20.6 Ichigao Tsurumi River Yokohama Aoba interchange 22.1 Fujigaoka 23.1 Aobadai 24.5 Tana Onda River Yokohama Line 25.6 Nagatsuta JHKD Kodomonokuni Line Nagatsuta depot Yokohama Line Kanagawa Prefecture Tokyo boundary 26.8 Tsukushino 28.0 Suzukakedai 29.2 Minami-machida Grandberry Park 30.3 Tsukimino 31.5 Chūō-rinkan OE This diagram: view talk edit

The Den-en-toshi Line (田園都市線, Den'entoshi-sen, "

The line's color on maps and station guides is green, and stations carry the prefix "DT" followed by a number.^[2]

History

Prewar predecessors

On March 6, 1907, the Tamagawa Electric Railway (玉川電気鉄道, Tamagawa Denki Tetsudō, "Tamaden") opened the first section of an

Tama Den-En-Toshi Plan

In 1953, Tokyu Group president

Tokyu has expanded the line to four tracks from Futako-Tamagawa to Mizonokuchi; most trains of the Ōimachi line run through this section to Mizonokuchi, with some local trains making the intermediate stops. This service began in June 2009, postponed from fiscal 2007. Ōimachi line trains, which are 5- or 7-car sets, will then run between Ōimachi and Mizonokuchi.^[5]

Operation

Nearly all trains on the Den-en-toshi Line are operated through to/from the

The following three types of service are operated on the line.[6]

  Local (各駅停車, Kakueki-teisha) (L)

Stops at all stations. Eight services per hour in each direction during the daytime. Two of eight are not through service to the Hanzōmon Line.

  Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SE)

In the morning rush hour, all limited-stop services are semi-express.

In the daytime, two services are operated per hour in each direction and connect to a local train at Shibuya (outbound only), Saginuma and Nagatsuta (inbound only).

  Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)

Not operated in morning rush hour. In the daytime, six services are operated per hour in each direction and two of six is through to the Ōimachi Line. Most express connect to a local train at Sangen-jaya (inbound only), Futako-tamagawa (outbound and through service to the Ōimachi Line), Saginuma and Nagatsuta.

Through trains to Ōimachi Line

On weekends, two seven-car express trains per days are operated to/from

• Tokyu 2020 series^[7]
• Tokyu 5000 series
• Tokyo Metro 8000 series
• Tokyo Metro 08 series
• Tokyo Metro 18000 series
• Tobu 50000 series
• Tobu 50050 series

• 
  Tokyu 2020 series
• 
  Tokyu 5000 series
• 
  Tokyo Metro 8000 series
• 
  Tokyo Metro 08 series
• 
  Tokyo Metro 18000 series
• 
  Tobu 50050 series

Former

• Tobu 30000 series
• Tokyu 2000 series
• Tokyu 8500 series (1975–2023)^[8]
• Tokyu 8590 series

• 
  Tobu 30000 series
• 
  Tokyu 2000 series
• 
  Tokyu 8500 series
• 
  Tokyu 8590 series

References

1. ^ "2018 boardings and deboardings | Tokyu Corporation". Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
2. ^ "各駅・沿線情報" [Routes: Tokyu Corporation]. Tokyu Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. ^ "写真・図版（6枚目）| いまとはまるで違う56年前の「二子玉川」 世田谷南西部を支えた路面電車「玉電」と「砧線」〈AERA〉" [Photos and illustrations: "Futako Tamagawa" 56 years ago, completely different from today Trams "Tamaden" and "Kinuta Line" that ran in the southwestern part of Setagaya]. AERA dot. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
4. ^ ^{a b} "年譜 ｜東急電鉄". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
5. ^ "3月28日 大井町線の急行運転を開始。田園都市線の混雑緩和をめざします。" [March 28 Express service on the Oimachi Line begins. We aim to alleviate congestion on the Den-en-toshi Line.]. tokyu.co.jp. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
6. ^ ^{a b} "Den-en-toshi Line Chuo-Rinkan Timetable | Tokyu Corporation". transfer.navitime.biz. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
7. ^ Ueshin, Daisuke (17 March 2017). 東急田園都市線2020系、新型車両は「これまでにない新しさ」2018年春導入へ [New Tokyu Denentoshi Line 2020 series trains to be introduced in spring 2018]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
8. ^ さようなら東急8500系！ 最後の8637編成が引退 「これまでのご愛顧に感謝」 [Goodbye, Tokyu 8500 series! The set, 8637, has been retired]. Traffic News (in Japanese). 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-01-25.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line.

• Tokyu Corporation website (in English)

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