Tobu Kameido Line

Tobu Kameido Line
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A Kameido Line two-car 8000 series set in December 2011
Overview
Native name東武亀戸線
OwnerTōbu Tetsudō Logo.svg Tobu Railway
LocaleTokyo
Termini
Stations5
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Rolling stockTobu 8000 series
History
Opened5 April 1904; 118 years ago (5 April 1904)
Technical
Line length3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius160 m (520 ft)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed65 km/h (40 mph)
SignallingAutomatic closed block
Train protection systemTobu ATS
Route map
Legend
LeftHikifune
LeftTobu Skytree Line for Oshiage
LeftTobu Skytree Line for Asakusa
LeftKeisei Oshiage Line
Tōbu: DownKameido Line
1.4 Omurai
2.0 Higashi-Azuma
2.7 Kameido Suijin
3.4 Kameido

The Tobu Kameido Line (東武亀戸線, Tōbu Kameido-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway in Tokyo. The line is in central Tokyo, a short 3.4 km branch off the Tobu Skytree Line at Hikifune, southbound to Kameido with connections to the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Operations

All trains are two-car 8000 series formations operating as all-stations "Local" services, with no through trains to the Tobu Skytree Line.

Stations

No. Name Japanese Distance (km) Connections Location
TS04 Hikifune 曳舟 0.0 TS Tobu Skytree Line Sumida, Tokyo
TS41 Omurai 小村井 1.4  
TS42 Higashi-Azuma 東あずま 2.0
TS43 Kameido Suijin 亀戸水神 2.7 Kōtō, Tokyo
TS44 Kameido 亀戸 3.4 JB Chuo-Sobu Line

Rolling stock

A two-car 8000 series set at Hikifune Station in April 2011

Services on the line are operated using a fleet of two-car 8000 series EMU trains.

Revival liveries

From 23 March 2016, two-car set 8577, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the "international orange" and "medium yellow" livery carried by 7300 and 7800 series trains between 1958 and 1964.

From 16 February 2017, two-car set 8568, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the green and "jasmine white" livery carried experimentally by one 7860 series train in the 1950s.

History

The line opened on 5 April 1904.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Kameido Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TS".


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