Seibu Tamako Line

TheSeibu Tamako Line(Tây võ nhiều ma hồ tuyến,Seibu Tamako-sen)is a 9.2-kilometre (5.7 mi) single-track railway line inTokyo,Japan, operated by the private railway operatorSeibu Railway.

Seibu Tamako Line
9000 series trains on the Tamako Line in July 2023
Overview
Native name	Tây võ nhiều ma hồ tuyến
Owner	Seibu Railway
Locale	Kantō region
Termini	Kokubunji Tamako
Stations	7
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Seibu Shinjuku
Rolling stock	Seibu 101 series and Seibu 3000 series
History
Opened	1928
Technical
Line length	9.2 km (5.7 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	95 km/h (60 mph)
Route map km JRChūō linetoTokyo 0.0 Kokubunji JRChūō linetoTakao Kokubunji Line 2.4 Hitotsubashi-Gakuen 3.4 Ōmekaidō Haijima LinetoHaijima 4.6 Hagiyama Haijima LinetoKodaira 5.6 Yasaka Kokubunji Line toHigashi-Murayama 8.1 Musashi-Yamato 9.2 Tamako Yamaguchi Line toSeibukyūjō-mae

The line is part of the Seibu Shinjuku group of railway lines that connects suburban areas of western Tokyo to Seibu andJR Eastmain lines that extend to central Tokyo. The line is named after theTama Lake(Nhiều ma hồ,Tamako),a major reservoir supplying water to Tokyo, located close to the terminus of the line atTamako.Since July 2008, recorded announcements on trains have been provided in English in addition to Japanese and, as part of Seibu Railway's ongoing refurbishment programme, signage and maps at stations are also bilingual.

Stations

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (in km)	Connections	Location
ST01	Kokubunji	Quốc phân chùa	0.0	Seibu Kokubunji Line JCChūō Line (Rapid)	Kokubunji, Tokyo
ST02	Hitotsubashi-Gakuen	Một kiều học viên	2.4		Kodaira, Tokyo
ST03	Ōmekaidō	Thanh mai đường phố	3.4
ST04	Hagiyama	Thu sơn	4.6	Seibu Haijima Line	Higashimurayama, Tokyo
ST05	Yasaka	Tám bản	5.6
ST06	Musashi-Yamato	Võ tàng đại cùng	8.1
ST07	Tamako	Nhiều ma hồ	9.2	Seibu Yamaguchi Line

Operation

All services on this line operate as all-stations "Local"(Bình thường đoàn tàu,futsū-ressha)services, mainly for the full length of the line betweenTamakoandKokubunjistations, with other services terminating at starting from the middle station,Hagiyama. The line is single track except atHitotsubashi-Gakuen stationand Hagiyama station, where services in operation routinely pass each other.

Connections

This line connects the suburban Seibu lines with theJR Chūō lineat Kokubunji. At Hagiyama, there is transfer to theSeibu Haijima Line.TheSeibu Yamaguchi Line,also known as the Leo Liner, connects Tamako Station withSeibuen Amusement parkand theSeibu Dome,home of theSaitama Seibu Lionsbaseball team.Ōmekaidō Stationis listed as a connection to services on theJR Musashino LineatShin-Kodaira Station,a short walk away.

The Tamako Line also provides access to theNational Center of Neurology and Psychiatryand the International Campus ofHitotsubashi Gakuen Universityfrom Hagiyama and Hitotsubashi-Gakuen stations respectively.

History

A Tamako Railway train at Kokubunji Station in 1937

The Tamako Railway opened the Kokubunji to Hagiyama section in 1928, and extended it to Musashi-Yamato in 1930, electrifying the entire section at 600 V DC at the same time.The company was absorbed into the Seibu Railway system on 12 March 1940.In 1961, the line was extended to Seibu-yūenchi (now Tamako), and the voltage increased to 1,500 V DC at the same time.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Shinjuku Line - Tamako Line pdf Map(in Japanese)
• see middle Shinjuku Line - Tamako Line station listing(in Japanese)