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TheHachikō Lineis a 92.0 km (57.2 mi) regionalrailway lineowned and operated byEast Japan Railway Company(JR East). It is located withinTokyo,Saitama,andGunma Prefecturesin Japan. It connectsHachiōji StationinHachiōji, TokyowithKuragano StationinTakasaki,Gunma Prefecture.
| Hachikō Line | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 AKiHa 110 seriesnearTakezawa Station,February 2017 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Tám cao tuyến | ||
| Status | In operation | ||
| Owner |  JR East | ||
| Locale | Tokyo Metropolis,Saitama Prefecture,Gunma Prefecture | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 23 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Heavy rail | ||
| Operator(s) | JR East | ||
| Rolling stock | 209-3500 seriesEMU,E231-3000 seriesEMU,KiHa 110 seriesDMU | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1931 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 92.0 km (57.2 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | Single-track (Hachiōji – Kita-Fujioka) Double-track shared with Takasaki Line (Kita-Fujioka – Kuragano) | ||
| Character | Urban in some areas and rural in others | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1,500 V DCoverhead catenary(Hachiōji – Komagawa) None (Komagawa – Kuragano) | ||
| Operating speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) (Hachiōji – Kita-Fujioka) 100 km/h (62 mph) (Kita-Fujioka – Kuragano) | ||
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Services
editKomagawa StationinHidaka, Saitamais the boundary point between two distinct sections. The southern section from Hachiōji to Komagawa is electrified at 1,500 V DC. Some trains terminate at Komagawa, while others continue over theKawagoe LinetoKawagoe Station.
The non-electrified northern section connects Komagawa with Kuragano. All trains continue on theTakasaki LinetoTakasaki,where transfer to theJōetsu Shinkansenis available. There are no through services connecting the southern and northern halves of the line.
The Hachikō Line takes the firstkanjiof its name from the first character of Hachiōji(TámVương tử)and the secondkanjifrom the first character of Takasaki(CaoKỳ).
Stations
edit- All trains stop at every station.
- Stations marked "o" or "^" allow passing; stations marked "|" do not. Stations marked "∥" are double-tracked.
Hachiōji - Komagawa
edit| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Track | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations |
Total | ||||||
| Hachiōji | Bát vương tử | - | 0.0 | o | Hachiōji | Tokyo | |
| Kita-Hachiōji | Bắc bát vương tử | 3.1 | 3.1 | o | |||
| Komiya | Tiểu cung | 2.0 | 5.1 | o | |||
| Haijima | 拝 đảo | 4.8 | 9.9 | o | Akishima | ||
| Higashi-Fussa | Đông phúc sinh | 2.8 | 12.7 | o | Fussa | ||
| Hakonegasaki | Rương căn ヶ kỳ | 3.0 | 15.7 | o | Mizuho,Nishitama District | ||
| Kaneko | Vàng | 4.8 | 20.5 | o | Iruma | Saitama | |
| Higashi-Hannō | Đông cơm có thể | 5.1 | 25.6 |  Seibu Ikebukuro Line
|
o | Hannō | |
| Komagawa | Cao Ly xuyên | 5.5 | 31.1 | ■Kawagoe Line(through toKawagoe) ■Hachikō Line (for Takasaki) |
o | Hidaka | |
Komagawa - Takasaki
edit| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Track | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations |
Total | ||||||
| Komagawa | Cao Ly xuyên | 5.5 | 31.1 | ■Kawagoe Line ■Hachikō Line (for Hachiōji) |
o | Hidaka | Saitama |
| Moro | Mao Lữ | 5.8 | 36.9 | o | Moroyama,Iruma District | ||
| Ogose | Càng sinh | 2.7 | 39.6 |  Tobu Ogose Line
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| | Ogose,Iruma District | |
| Myōkaku | Minh 覚 | 5.2 | 44.8 | o | Tokigawa,Hiki District | ||
| Ogawamachi | Tiểu xuyên đinh | 8.0 | 52.8 | Tobu Tojo Line
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o | Ogawa,Hiki District | |
| Takezawa | Trúc trạch | 3.5 | 56.3 | | | |||
| Orihara | Chiết nguyên | 4.0 | 60.3 | | | Yorii,Ōsato District | ||
| Yorii | Sống nhờ | 3.6 | 63.9 | Tobu Tojo Line ■Chichibu Main Line |
o | ||
| Yōdo | Dùng thổ | 4.5 | 68.4 | | | |||
| Matsuhisa | Tùng lâu | 2.7 | 71.1 | | | Misato,Kodama District | ||
| Kodama | Nhi ngọc | 4.8 | 75.9 | o | Honjō | ||
| Tanshō | Đan trang | 4.1 | 80.0 | o | Kamikawa,Kodama District | ||
| Gunma-Fujioka | Đàn mã đằng cương | 4.7 | 84.7 | o | Fujioka | Gunma | |
| Kita-Fujioka | Bắc đằng cương | 3.7 | 88.4 | ^ | |||
| Kuragano | Thương hạ dã | 3.6 | 92.0 | ■Takasaki Line(forTokyo) | ∥ | Takasaki | |
| Through toTakasakion theTakasaki Line | |||||||
| Takasaki | Cao kỳ | 4.4 | 96.4 |  Joetsu ShinkansenHokuriku Shinkansen■Shinetsu Main Line ■Joetsu Line ■Ryōmō Line ■Agatsuma Line ■Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line |
∥ | Takasaki | Gunma |
Rolling stock
edit- 209-3500 series4-car EMUs x 5 (Kawagoe Line/Hachiko Line services since 7 May 2018)
- E231-3000 series4-car EMUs x 6 (Kawagoe Line/Hachiko Line services since 19 February 2018)
- KiHa 110 seriesDMUs (formed as 1- to 3-car trains for services north of Komagawa) (since 18 March 1993)[1]
From 2017, former E231-0 series ten-car sets based at Mitaka Depot for use onChūō–Sōbu Lineservices were reformed and converted to become four-carE231-3000 seriessets based at Kawagoe for use on Kawagoe Line and Hachiko Line services.[2]The first set entered revenue service on the line on 19 February 2018.[3]
From 2018, former 209-500 series ten-car sets based at Mitaka Depot for use on Chūō–Sōbu Line services were reformed and converted to become four-car209-3500 seriessets based at Kawagoe for use on Kawagoe Line and Hachiko Line services.[4]
Rolling stock previously used
edit- KiHa 35DMUs (until 15 March 1996)[1]
- 103-3000 seriesEMUs (from March 1985 until October 2005)[5]
- 103-3500 seriesEMU (from March 1996 until March 2005)[5]
- 201 seriesEMUs (Chūō Line (Rapid) through services between Komagawa and Haijima, until March 2008)
- 205-3000 series4-car EMUs x 5 (Kawagoe Line/Hachiko Line services since 11 November 2003 until July 2018)[1][additional citation(s) needed]
- 209-3000 series4-car EMUs x 4 (Kawagoe Line/Hachiko Line services from 16 March 1996 until February 2019)
- 209-3100 series4-car EMUs x 2 (Kawagoe Line/Hachiko Line services since 17 April 2005[5]until 2022[6])
- E233 seriesEMUs (Chūō Line (Rapid)through services between Komagawa and Haijima, from 17 March 2007 until 11 March 2022)[1][additional citation(s) needed]
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Hachiko Line KiHa 35 DMUs passing at Yorii Station in August 1992 -
A Hachiko Line 103-3000 series EMU in June 2004 -
A Hachiko Line 103-3500 series EMU in June 2004 -
A Chūō Line 201 series on a Hachiko Line through service in August 2003 -
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History
editThe first section of the line, named the Hachikō North Line (Japanese:Tám cao bắc tuyến,Hepburn:Hachikō-kita-sen), opened from Kuragano to Kodama on 1 July 1931, followed by the section from Hachioji to Higashi-Hanno, named the Hachikō South Line (Japanese:Tám cao nam tuyến,Hepburn: Hachikō-minami-sen), on 10 December 1931.[1]The Hachiko North Line was extended southward from Kodama to Yorii on 25 January 1933, and the Hachiko South Line was extended northward from Higashi-Hanno to Ogose on 15 April 1933.[1]The Hachiko South Line was further extended northward from Ogose to Ogawamachi on 24 March 1934, and the last section between Ogawamachi and Yorii opened on 6 October 1934, connecting the north and south sections, and completing the entire line, which became known simply as the Hachiko Line.[1]
All passenger operations were switch from steam haulage to electric trains from 20 November 1958.[1]
CTC signallingwas commissioned over the entire line from 27 February 1985.[1]On 1 April 1987, with the privatization and splitting ofJapanese National Railways(JNR), the Hachiko Line was transferred to the ownership of JR East.[1]
From 16 March 1996, the Hachioji toKomagawasection was electrified at 1,500 V DC, and services on the non-electrified section north of Komagawa to and fromTakasakiwere operated separately asone-man driver only operationservices usingKiHa 110 seriesDMUs,[1][7]and the southern section began through service operations to theKawagoe LinetoKawagoe Station.Also from the same date until 11 March 2022, some morning rush hour services left the Hachikō Line atHaijima Stationand travel toTokyovia theŌme LineandChūō Line;the reverse happened during the evening rush.
Starting 12 March 2022, the southern section from Hachiōji to Komagawa (and through services to the Kawagoe Line) beganone-man driver only operationservices using the existing 209-3500 and E231-3000 series EMUs.
Former connecting lines
edit- Komagawa station – A freight-only line serving the Nippon Cement works inHidakaoperated from 1963 until 1984, which also connected to Nishi-Oya on theTobu Ogose Line.[8]
Accidents
editIn 1945, a head-on collision at the Tamagawa bridge resulted in 105 fatalities.[citation needed]
TheHachiko Line derailmentin 1947 is Japan's worst rail accident since World War II in terms of fatalities.
References
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- ^abcdefghijkKỳ ngọc の ローカル tuyến の んびり lữ[Saitama Rural Railway Line Leisurely Trips] (in Japanese). Japan: Mikishobou. 31 July 2013. p. 59.ISBN978-4-906799-26-8.
- ^E231 hệ 3000 phiên đài 4 lạng が xứng cấp chuyển vận される[E231-3000 series 4-car set transferred].Japan Railfan Magazine Online(in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 29 November 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 29 November 2017.Retrieved29 November2017.
- ^Tám cao tuyến dùng の 209 hệ 3500 phiên đài が thí vận 転[Hachiko Line 209-3500 series undergoes test-running].Japan Railfan Magazine Online(in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 21 February 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 21 February 2018.Retrieved21 February2018.
- ^Tám cao tuyến dùng の 209 hệ 3500 phiên đài が xứng cấp chuyển vận される[Hachiko Line 209-3500 series transferred].Japan Railfan Magazine Online(in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 19 January 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 20 January 2018.Retrieved20 January2018.
- ^abcXuyên vượt tuyến に209 hệ 3100 đại を đầu nhập 103 hệ を đổi thành え[209-3100 series introduced on Kawagoe Line – Replacing 103 series].Railway Journal.39(465). Japan: Tetsudō Journal: 106. July 2005.
- ^Shibata, Togo (11 February 2022)."Tám cao tuyến も đi った nguyên りんかい tuyến の xe điện 209 hệ 3100 phiên đài の sinh い lập ちと70-000 hình の lịch sử を chấn り phản る"[Looking back on the history of the 209-3100 series and Rinkai Line 70-000 series].Traffic News(in Japanese). Japan: Mediavague Co., Ltd.Retrieved26 July2022.
- ^JR khí động xe xe khách biên thành biểu '04 năm bản[JR DMU & Coaching Stock Formations – 2004]. Japan: JRR. 1 July 2004. p. 197.ISBN4-88283-125-2.
- ^Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011).Nhật Bản の thiết nói trung bộ ライン toàn tuyến ・ toàn dịch ・ toàn xứng tuyến đệ １１ quyển kỳ ngọc nam bộ ・ Đông Kinh nhiều ma bắc bộ[Railways of Japan – Chubu Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 68.ISBN978-4-06-270071-9.