Tokyu Ikegami Line
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| 東急池上線 (Tokyu Ikegami Line) | |
| Info | |
|---|---|
| Type | Commuter |
| Start station | Gotanda |
| End station | Kamata |
| No. of stations | 15 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1922 (origin) 1928 (entire line) |
| Owner | N/A |
| Operator(s) | Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 10.8km |
| Gauge | 1067mm (narrow) |
| Electrified | Entire line at 1500 VDC |
Tokyu Ikegami Line(東急池上線) is a line operated by Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway. It transits from Gotanda (Shinagawa, Tokyo) to Kamata (Ota, Tokyo).
Rolling stocks
History
- October 6, 1922 : Route between Kamata (蒲田駅) and Ikegami (池上駅) (1.8km) opened.
- May 4, 1923 : Route between Ikegami (池上駅) and Yukigaya (雪ヶ谷) (3.7km) opened.
- August 6, 1926 : Keidai Ground-mae Station (慶大グランド前駅) (present Chidoricho Station (千鳥町駅)) opened.
- August 19, 1927 : Chofu-Otsuka Station (調布大塚駅) opened between Yukigaya (雪ヶ谷) and Ontakesan (御嶽山).
- August 28, 1927 : Route between Yukigaya (雪ヶ谷駅) and Kirigaya (桐ヶ谷) (no longer servicing, located between Osaki-Hirokoji (大崎広小路駅) and Togoshi-Ginza (戸越銀座駅))(4.7km) opened.
- October 9, 1927 : Route between Kirigaya (桐ヶ谷駅) and Osaki-Hirokoji (大崎広小路駅) (0.6km) opened.
- April 13, 1928 : Renamed Ishikawa Station (石川駅) to Ishikawadai (石川台駅), Suehiro Station (末広駅) to Higashi-Chofu (東調布駅) (present Kugahara (久が原駅)).
- June 17, 1928 : Route between Osaki-Hirokoji (大崎広小路駅) and Gotanda (五反田駅) (0.3km) opened. (fully established)
- June 1, 1933 : Combined Chofu-Otsuka Station (調布大塚駅) to Yukigaya Station (雪ヶ谷駅), and renamed it to Yukigaya-Otsuka(雪ヶ谷大塚役), Ontakesan-mae Station (御嶽山前駅) to Ontakesan (御嶽山駅).
- January 1, 1936 : Renamed Higashi-Chofu Station (東調布駅) to Kugahara (久ヶ原駅), Keidai Ground-mae Station (慶大グランド前駅) to Chidoricho (千鳥町駅).
- May 1, 1951 : Moved Hatagaoka Station (旗ヶ岡駅) to Hatanodai Station (旗の台駅) in Oimachi Line.
- August 12, 1953 : Discontinued Kirigaya Station.
- August 10, 1957 : Raised voltage of line from 600V to 1500V.
- January 20, 1966 : Renamed Yukigaya-Otsuka Station (雪ヶ谷大塚駅) to Yukigaya-Otsuka Station (雪が谷大塚駅), Kugahara Station (久ヶ原駅) to Kugahara (久が原駅).
- March 18, 1989 : Older rolling stocks retired.
- March 19, 1989 : Made Ebara-Nakanobu Station (荏原中延駅) underground.
- March 16, 1998 : Started operating one-man trains.
Station List
| Station Name | Japanese | Distance from Gotanda |
Transfers | Location(Ward) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotanda | 五反田 | 0.0 | East Japan Railway Company: Yamanote Line Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: Asakusa Line |
Shinagawa |
| Ōsaki-Hirokōji | 大崎広小路 | 0.3 | ||
| Togoshi-Ginza | 戸越銀座 | 1.4 | ||
| Ebara-Nakanobu | 荏原中延 | 2.2 | ||
| Hatanodai | 旗の台 | 3.1 | Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway: Oimachi Line | |
| Nagahara | 長原 | 3.7 | Ota | |
| Senzoku-Ike | 洗足池 | 4.3 | ||
| Ishikawadai | 石川台 | 4.9 | ||
| Yukigaya-Ōtsuka | 雪が谷大塚 | 5.6 | ||
| Ontakesan | 御嶽山 | 6.4 | ||
| Kugahara | 久が原 | 7.1 | ||
| Chidorichō | 千鳥町 | 8.0 | ||
| Ikegami | 池上 | 9.1 | ||
| Hasunuma | 蓮沼 | 10.2 | ||
| Kamata | 蒲田 | 10.8 | JR East: Keihin-Tohoku Line Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway: Tamagawa Line |
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