Type Commuter rail Opened 1916 Track gauge 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) | Stations 12 Line length 22.6 km (14.0 mi) | |
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Keio sagamihara line driver s view from hashimoto to shinjuku in japan
The Keio Sagamihara Line (京王相模原線, Keiō-sagamihara-sen) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation, connecting Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture and Chōfu Station in Chōfu, Tokyo.
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Station list
Rapid and Semi express services stop at all stations on this line.
History
The line opened as a one-stop single-track spur from Chōfu to Tamagawahara on June 1, 1916, electrified at 600 V DC, and was double-tracked on April 1, 1924. On May 1, 1937, Tamagawahara was renamed Keiō-Tamagawa, and on August 4, 1963, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.
The line was extended (all extensions were electrified dual track) on April 1, 1971, to Keiō-Yomiuri-Land. Subsequent extensions brought the line to Keiō-Tama-Center (October 18, 1974), Minami-Ōsawa (May 22, 1988) and Hashimoto (March 30, 1990). Tamasakai station opened on April 6, 1991.
In 2012 the Chofu to Tamagawahara section was relocated underground.