Tobu Kameido Line

Tobu Kameido Line
A Kameido Line two-car 8000 series set in January 2007
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Kameido Hikifune
Stations	5
Operation
Opened	5 April 1904
Owner	Tobu Railway
Rolling stock	Tobu 8000 series
Technical
Line length	3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	160 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
Route map Legend Tobu Skytree Line Keisei Oshiage Line Hikifune Keisei Hikifune Tobu Skytree Line for Oshiage Tobu Skytree Line for Asakusa Keisei Oshiage Line Tōbu: Kameido Line 1.4 Omurai 2.0 Higashi-Azuma 2.7 Kameido Suijin 3.4 Kameido Chūō-Sōbu Line

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.^[1] 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 Skytree Line.

Stations

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
TS-04	Hikifune	曳舟	0.0	Tobu Skytree Line	Sumida, Tokyo
TS-41	Omurai	小村井	1.4
TS-42	Higashi-Azuma	東あずま	2.0
TS-43	Kameido Suijin	亀戸水神	2.7		Kōtō, Tokyo
TS-44	Kameido	亀戸	3.4	■ Chūō-Sōbu Line

History

The line opened on 5 April 1904.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Kameido Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TS".^[2]

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 63, 220. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tojo Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

External links

• Tobu Railway Kameido Line information page (Japanese)