Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
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The Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line (東急田園都市線 Tōkyū Den'entoshi-sen?) is a major commuter train service connecting Shibuya, Tokyo to Yamato, Kanagawa. The service is operated by the private Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway company. The end stations are Chūō-Rinkan to the West and Shibuya to the east, where the same trains continue on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line.
History
Due to extensions and line mergers, the Den-en-toshi and associated lines have undergone several confusing renamings. It was planned for mass-repid transport from Tokyo to Tama Hills Area, southwest from the megalopolis after World War II.
as Den-en-toshi Line
- July 15, 1927 - The first section of the line from Futako-Tamagawa (then called Futako-Tamagawa-en) to Mizonokuchi opened as the Mizonokuchi Line. It ran through to Shibuya on Tamagawa Line.
- July 1, 1943 - This section became a part of the Oimachi Line, which ran from Oimachi in southwest Tokyo to Futako-Tamagawa-en.
- October 11, 1963 - The entire Oimachi Line was renamed the Den-en-toshi Line.
- April 1, 1968 - Sections which had been opened incrementally from Mizonokuchi to Nagatsuta were appended to the Den-en-toshi Line.
- April 7, 1977 - A new subway line from Shibuya to Futako-Tamagawa started operation as the Shin-Tamagawa Line. On November 16, 1977, it was connected with through service to Den-en-toshi Line from Futako-Tamagawa. Existing service on the Den-en-toshi Line between Mizonokuchi (and beyond) and Oimachi was maintained.
- August 12, 1979 - The part from Oimachi to Futako-Tamagawa was separated and named the Oimachi Line again, thus restoring its original name and route. This was done to coincide with the inauguration of through service from the Den-en-toshi Line through the Eidan Hanzōmon subway Line (now Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line) via the Shin-Tamagawa Line.
- April 9, 1984 - Sections which had been opened incrementally from Tsukimino (beyond Nagatsuta) were appended and the entire length from Shibuya to Chūō-Rinkan was opened.
- August 6, 2000 - the Shin-Tamagawa Line became a part of the Den-en-toshi Line.
- March 19, 2003 - Through service was extended beyond Suitengu-mae to Oshiage and also started running straight through into the Tobu Isesaki Line and Tobu Nikkō Line.
- In 2007 fiscal year - It will become four-track line from Futako-Tamagawa to Mizonokuchi. It will run through in this section the almost of trains on Oimachi Line.
Tamagawa Line
- March 6, 1907 - Tamagawa Electric Railway, Tamaden oparated the first section of the Tamagawa Line, as a tramway.
- August 11, 1907 - It ran between Shibuya and Tamagawa (now, Futako-Tamagawa).
- March 1, 1924 - Kinuta Line (branch line) operated from Tamagawa to Kinuta (till 1969).
- January 18, 1925 - Setagata Line (branch line) operated from Sangen-Chaya. It turned to Tokyu Setagaya Line and runs still now.
- April 1, 1938 - Tamagawa Electric Railway annexed to Tokyo Yokohama Electric Railway, now it's Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway.
- May 11, 1969 - For construction Shin-Tamagawa Line in underground, Tamagawa Line and Kinuta Line were abolished. Tokyu took substitute buses.
Attention： Tokyu has Tokyu Tamagawa Line now, but, it's a quite different line.
Tama Den-En-Toshi Plan
- Before 1945 - In Tama Hills, southwest from Mizonokuchi, there are a lot of small village along Oyama Route (now it's Route 246, large forest, and training bases of Imperial Japanese Army.
- 1945, after Japan was defeated in WWII, Japanese farmers came from lost Manchukuo (North-Estern China now), and cultivate there.
- 1953 - Keita Goto, president of Tokyu Group showed new town planning, South-Western Area Development Plan with the area. He imagined his group made new railway or freeway, and large and clean houses for commuters working in Tokyo. It's said about 20 thousand people lived in the area in those days.
- 1959 - Tokyu started for accepting new residents in this Tama Den-En-Toshi Plan area. Den-En-Toshi means Garden City in Japanese.
- 1966 - Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway operated Den-En-Toshi Line.
- 1968 - Tomei Expressway opened along the line.
- After 1970's - The number population increased rapidly. The towns were looked upon as cultural and sophisticated, and it collected many new residents.
- Nowadays - While Tokyu Group's housing construction project is almost complete, other developers still push forward with the construction of apartmants and houses. There exist along the line (except the section from Shibuya to Mizonokuchi, already urbanized before this plan) about 550 thousand residences. This is the largest new town developed by the Japanese private sector.
Stations
| Name | Distance | Express | Connections | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations | From Shibuya | |||||
| Shibuya | 0.0 km | Stop | Trains continue on Hanzomon Line. Change to Tokyu Toyoko Line, Yamanote Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line, Inokashira Line, Ginza Line | Tokyo | Shibuya | |
| 1.9 km | ||||||
| Ikejiri-Ōhashi | 1.9 km | | | Meguro | |||
| 1.4 km | Setagaya | |||||
| Sangen-Jaya | 3.3 km | Stop | Setagaya Line | |||
| 1.5 km | ||||||
| Komazawa-Daigaku | 4.8 km | | | ||||
| 1.5 km | ||||||
| Sakura-Shimmachi | 6.3 km | | | ||||
| 1.3 km | ||||||
| Yōga | 7.6 km | | | ||||
| 1.8 km | ||||||
| Futako-Tamagawa | 9.4 km | Stop | Ōimachi Line | |||
| 0.7 km | ||||||
| Futako-Shinchi | 10.1 km | | | Kanagawa | Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki | ||
| 0.6 km | ||||||
| Takatsu | 10.7 km | | | ||||
| 0.7 km | ||||||
| Mizonokuchi | 11.4 km | Stop | Nambu Line (Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station) | |||
| 0.8 km | ||||||
| Kajigaya | 12.2 km | | | ||||
| 1.5 km | ||||||
| Miyazakidai-Station | 13.7 km | | | Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki | |||
| 1.0 km | ||||||
| Miyamaedaira | 14.7 km | | | ||||
| 1.0 km | ||||||
| Saginuma | 15.7 km | Stop | ||||
| 1.4 km | ||||||
| Tama-Plaza | 17.1 km | Stop | Aoba-ku, Yokohama | |||
| 1.1 km | ||||||
| Azamino | 18.2 km | Stop | Yokohama Subway Line 1 | |||
| 1.1 km | ||||||
| Eda | 19.3 km | | | ||||
| 1.3 km | ||||||
| Ichigao | 20.6 km | | | ||||
| 1.5 km | ||||||
| Fujigaoka | 22.1 km | | | ||||
| 1.0 km | ||||||
| Aobadai | 23.1 km | Stop | ||||
| 1.4 km | ||||||
| Tana | 24.5 km | | | ||||
| 1.1 km | ||||||
| Nagatsuta | 25.6 km | Stop | Kodomonokuni Line, Yokohama Line | Midori-ku, Yokohama | ||
| 1.2 km | ||||||
| Tsukushino | 26.8 km | | | Tokyo | Machida | ||
| 1.2 km | ||||||
| Suzukakedai | 28.0 km | | | ||||
| 1.2 km | ||||||
| Minami-Machida | 29.2 km | + | ||||
| 1.1 km | ||||||
| Tsukimino | 30.3 km | | | Kanagawa | Yamato | ||
| 1.2 km | ||||||
| Chūō-Rinkan | 31.5 km | Stop | Odakyu Enoshima Line | |||
Legend
- Stations served by express trains are in bold
- Stations with a "+" are served by express trains on public holidays
- Local trains call at all stations
