Native name 東急田園都市線 Locale Kantō Region Opened 11 October 1963 | Stations 27 | |
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Daily ridership 1,162,282 (daily, 2010) Terminis Chūō-Rinkan Station, Shibuya Station | ||
The Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line (東急田園都市線, Tōkyū Den'entoshi-sen) is a major commuter line operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation and connecting south-western suburbs of Tokyo and neighbouring Kanagawa Prefecture, with its western terminus of Chūō-Rinkan, to a major railway junction of western downtown Tokyo, Shibuya. At Shibuya, nearly all the trains continue on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line.
Contents
- Operation
- Service types
- Through trains to Oimachi Line
- Stations
- Rolling stock
- Prewar predecessors
- Tama Den En Toshi Plan
- Development of the line
- Future developments
- References
The line's color on maps and station guides is green, and stations carry the prefix "DT" followed by a number.
Operation
Nearly all trains on the Den-en-toshi Line are operated through to/from the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line using Tokyu, Tokyo Metro, and Tobu Railway 10-car EMUs. Around half of them continue beyond Oshiage, the terminus of the Hanzomon Line, to the Tobu Skytree Line (Kita-Koshigaya Station, Kita-Kasukabe Station and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station), Tobu Isesaki Line (Kuki Station), and Tōbu Nikkō Line (Minami-Kurihashi Station).
Service types
The following three types of service are operated on the line.
Through trains to Oimachi Line
Several trains are extended to and from the Tokyu Oimachi Line to facilitate transfers to and from the Saginuma depot, heading towards Ōimachi in the morning and towards Saginuma in the late evening. These particular trains consist of 5-car formations, in contrast to the standard 10-car trains typically operated on this line. Additionally, on holidays, a number of express trains also run from Chūō-Rinkan in the morning and return in the evening.
Stations
▲ indicate stations where trains stop on weekends and public holidays only.
Rolling stock
From spring 2018, new Tokyu 2020 series ten-car EMUs are scheduled to enter service on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line.
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 the Tamagawa Line (玉川線) tramway (not to be confused with today's Tokyu Tamagawa Line) between Shibuya and what is now Futako-Tamagawa, using 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge.
Tama Den-En-Toshi Plan
In 1953, Tokyu Group president Keita Gotō unveiled a "new town" planning scheme called the South-Western Area Development Plan. He envisioned new railway and freeway infrastructure (the latter being realized as the Tōmei Expressway) and large, clean houses for commuters working in Tokyo.
Development of the line
Through service was extended beyond Suitengūmae to Oshiage on March 19, 2003, allowing through service with the Isesaki Line and Nikkō Line of Tobu Railway.
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 on June 2009, postponed from fiscal 2007. Ōimachi line trains, which are 5- or 6-car sets, will then run between Ōimachi and Mizonokuchi.
Future developments
Platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed at all stations on the line by 2020.