Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line

Series-07 train on the Yurakucho Line.

Yurakucho Line (Click on image to enlarge.)

The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (東京地下鉄有楽町線, Tōkyō Chikatetsu Yūrakuchō-sen^?) is a subway line. Part of the Tokyo Metro system, the 28.3 km line connects Wako-shi Station in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture and Shin-Kiba Station in Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan. In the numbering scheme of the Tokyo subways, it is Line 8. On maps, its color is gold, often taken as yellow; stations on the Yurakucho Line carry the letter Y and a two-digit number.

History

• October 301974: Ikebukuro - Ginza-itchome section opens.
• March 271980: Ginza-itchome - Shintomicho section opens.
• June 241983: Chikatetsu Narimasu - Ikebukuro section opens.
• August 251987: Wakoshi - Chikatetsu Narimasu section opens. Through service to Tōbu Tōjō Main Line begins.
• June 81988: Shintomicho - Shin-kiba section opens. Current line complete.
• March 181993: New 07 series trains enter service.
• December 71994: Quadruple-track section from Kotake-Mukaihara to Ikebukuro opens. Through service to Seibu Yurakucho Line begins.
• October 312005: Women-only cars introduced.
• September 1 2006: New 10000 series trains enter service.

Future Developments

The 3.2 km quadruple-track segment between Kotake Mukaihara Station and Ikebukuro Station will eventually become part of Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.

A new branch from Toyosu station heading north via Kameari Station (on the Joban Line) to Noda in northwestern Chiba is also being planned.

Rolling stock

10000, 07, and 7000 series sets

This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

Tokyo Metro

• 7000 series
• 07 series 10-car trains x 3
• 10000 series 10-car trains (from September 2006)

Details

• The date of series 7000 is until 2006. Now some date is different.

Series	7000	07 Also used on Tozai Line	10000
Maximum speed	100 km/h	110 km/h	120 km/h
Acceleration	3.3 km/h/s
Braking	3.5 km/h/s (emergency 4.5 km/h/s) (Emergency braking for 07 series is 5.0 km/h/s on Tozai Line)
Front end style	Round lights, no skirt	Round lights, front skirt
Headlights	Sealed beam		HID
Destination indicators	3-color LED
Passenger information inside cars	LED, 8 per car (Sets 33F and 34F) LED, 4 per car (Certain refurbished sets 1F to 20F) None (Sets 21F to 32F and certain sets 1F to 20F)	LED (8 per car)	LCD screen (8 per car)
Control system	Original: chopper Many of sets 1F to 20F converted to IGBT-VVVF	IGBT-VVVF
MT ratio (Motor cars have 4 motors)	6M4T 5M5T (with 165 kW motors)	4M6T	5M5T
Traction motor rating (per motor)	Chopper: 150 kW VVVF 6M4T: 160 kW VVVF 5M5T: 165 kW	205 kW	165 kW
Gear ratio	6.53 (98:15)	7.79 (109:14)	6.21
Driver's cab	Dual handle	Dual handle (Single handle on Tozai Line sets)	Single handle
Seat arrangement (Intermediate cars)	3-7-7-7-3	4-6-7-6-4	3-7-7-7-3

Trains owned by other operating companies

• Tobu Railway 9000 series 10-car trains x 8
• Tobu Railway 9050 series 10-car trains x 2
• Seibu Railway 6000 and 6050 series 10-car trains (Not all sets are permitted to run on Yurakucho Line tracks)

Facts

• Length: 28.3 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Number of stations: 24
• Multiple-track section: Entire line
• Electric supply: 1,500 V DC overhead
• Train protection system: Automatic (Eidan CS-ATC)

Stations

Station number	Station name	Connecting lines	Location
Y-01	Wakō-shi	Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line (through trains)	Wako	Saitama
Y-02	Chikatetsu-narimasu	Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line (At Narimasu Station)	Itabashi	Tokyo
Y-03	Chikatetsu-akatsuka	Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line (At Shimo Akatsuka Station)	Nerima
Y-04	Heiwadai
Y-05	Hikawadai
Y-06	Kotake-mukaihara	Seibu Railway : Yurakucho Line (through trains)
Y-07	Senkawa		Toshima
Y-08	Kanamechō
Y-09	Ikebukuro	JR East : Yamanote Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro : Marunouchi Line (M-25) Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line Seibu Railway : Ikebukuro Line
Y-10	Higashi-ikebukuro	Toden : Arakawa Line
Y-11	Gokokuji		Bunkyo
Y-12	Edogawabashi
Y-13	Iidabashi	JR East : Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro : Tozai Line (T-06), Namboku Line (N-10) Toei : Oedo Line (E-06)	Shinjuku
Y-14	Ichigaya	JR East : Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro : Namboku Line (N-09) Toei : Shinjuku Line (S-04)	Chiyoda
Y-15	Kōjimachi
Y-16	Nagatachō	Tokyo Metro : Hanzomon Line (Z-04), Namboku Line (N-07), Marunouchi Line (At Akasaka-mitsuke Station : M-13), Ginza Line (Akasaka-mitsuke Station: G-05)
Y-17	Sakuradamon
Y-18	Yūrakuchō	JR East : Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line Toei : Mita Line (At Hibiya Station: I-08) Tokyo Metro : Hibiya Line (Hibiya Station: H-07), Chiyoda Line (Hibiya Station: C-09)
Y-19	Ginza-itchōme		Chūō
Y-20	Shintomichō
Y-21	Tsukishima	Toei : Oedo Line
Y-22	Toyosu	New Transit Yurikamome	Kōtō
Y-23	Tatsumi
Y-24	Shin-kiba	JR East : Keiyo Line Tokyo Waterfront Railway

Train depots

‎7000 series undegoing inspection at Shin-Kiba Depot

• Wako Depot (和光検車区)
• Shin-Kiba Depot (新木場検車区)

Responsible for minor examinations. For major examinations, trains run to Ayase Works (綾瀬工場) on the Chiyoda Line via an underground connecting line.

• Shin-Kiba Car Renewal(新木場CR)
  • This is a factory which specializes in refurbishment work. Chiyoda Line and Hanzo-Mon Line trains are also refurbished here.