Keio Inokashira Line
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox rail line
The Template:Nihongo is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Keio Corporation in the western suburbs of Tokyo, connecting Template:STN in Tokyo with Template:STN in Musashino City. It is not physically connected to the Keio Main Line Network, but a transfer is available at Meidaimae Station. This line is Template:Track gauge gauge, unlike other Keio lines which are Template:Track gauge gauge.
OperationEdit
Keio operates two types of trains on the line: all-stations Template:Nihongo or (Template:Nihongo) services and limited-stop Template:Nihongo services. During the daytime off-peak, one local and one express operate every 8 minutes on the line.
StationsEdit
All stations are in Tokyo.
HistoryEdit
The line opened in 1933, dual track connecting Shibuya in Tokyo to Template:STN, owned by Template:Nihongo, part of the Odakyu Group. The track gauge used was the same Template:Track gauge as for other Odakyu lines, and the overhead power supply was 600 V DC.<ref name="terada2013">Template:Cite book</ref> The line was extended to Template:STN in April 1934.<ref name="terada2013"/> In May 1940, the company merged with the Odakyu Electric Railway, and on 1 May 1942, Odakyu merged with Template:Nihongo to become a part of Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (present-day Tokyu Corporation), with the Teito Line renamed the Inokashira Line.<ref name="terada2013"/>
After World War II, Greater Tokyu was divided, and the Inokashira Line came under Keio ownership.<ref name="terada2013"/>
A line known as the Template:Nihongo connected Daita-nichōme Station (now Shindaita Station) on the Inokashira Line with Setagaya-Nakahara Station (now Setagaya-Daita Station) on the Odakyū Odawara Line from June 1945, but this was closed in 1952. The track and overhead wire was entirely removed in 1953, although some traces of the trackbed remain today.
Two stations, Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo, closed in July 1965 and were replaced by a new station, Komaba-Tōdaimae Station.
From 25 February 1969, following the voltage being increased to 1500 V DC, air-conditioned trains were introduced on the Inokashira Line.<ref name="terada2013"/> From 30 April 1971, the 3000 series trains were lengthened to 5-cars, and from 15 December 1971, limited-stop "Express" services started.<ref name="terada2013"/>
From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines. Inokashira Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "IN".<ref name="keio20130118">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rolling stockEdit
- Keio 1000 series 5-car EMUs (since 9 January 1996)<ref name="terada2013"/>
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1000 series EMU, October 2008
Former rolling stockEdit
- Keio 3000 series 5-car EMUs (30 December 1962 – 2011)<ref name="terada2013"/>
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3000 series EMU, May 2006
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia Template:Reflist