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==History== [[File:Tamaden manaka komazawa.jpg|thumb|Den-en-toshi Line was built underneath the road where the original Tamagawa Interurban Line ran]] ===Prewar predecessors=== On March 6, 1907, the {{Nihongo|Tamagawa Electric Railway|玉川電気鉄道|Tamagawa Denki Tetsudō|"Tamaden"}} opened the first section of an [[interurban]] line between Shibuya and what is now {{STN|Futako-Tamagawa|x}}, using {{RailGauge|1372mm}} gauge.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=11 April 2020 |title=写真・図版(6枚目){{!}} いまとはまるで違う56年前の「二子玉川」 世田谷南西部を支えた路面電車「玉電」と「砧線」〈AERA〉 |trans-title=Photos and illustrations: "Futako Tamagawa" 56 years ago, completely different from today Trams "Tamaden" and "Kinuta Line" that ran in the southwestern part of Setagaya |url=https://dot.asahi.com/print_image/index.html?photo=2020041000085_6 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=AERA dot.}}</ref> The line was called the {{Nihongo|Tamagawa Line|玉川線}} and is not to be confused with today's [[Tokyu Tamagawa Line]] (東急多摩川線). The branch from [[Sangen-Jaya Station]] opened on January 18, 1925. ===Tama Den-En-Toshi Plan=== In 1953, Tokyu Group president [[Keita Gotō (industrialist)|Keita Gotō]] unveiled a "[[new town]]" planning scheme called the ''South-Western Area Development Plan''. He envisioned new railway line and freeway and large, clean houses for commuters working in Tokyo.<ref name="TokyuHistory">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/company/outline/history.html|title=年譜 |東急電鉄|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> The railway line would become the Tama Den-En-Toshi Line and the expressway the [[Tōmei Expressway]]. The parts of the new line completely overlaps the Tamagawa Line and the project is known as the Shin-Tamagawa Line or "New Tamagawa Line" which runs in an underground alignment under the old interurban line. The Tamagawa Line was closed in 1969 in anticipation for the opening of the Shin-Tamagawa Line, with the remaining branch line of the Tamagawa Electric Railway split off into the present [[Tokyu Setagaya Line]]. The underground Shin-Tamagawa Line opened a few years later in 1977, completely replacing the closed interurban line. Upon opening it was treated as a separate line from the Ōimachi Line connecting to said line at Futako-Tamagawa.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} ===Development of the line=== In 2000, Tama Den-En-Toshi Line as depicted today was created by merging the Shin-Tamagawa Line and the section of the Ōimachi Line west of {{STN|Futako-Tamagawa|x}}.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} Trains through servicing into the [[Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line]] was extended beyond {{STN|Suitengūmae|x}} into [[Tōbu Isesaki Line|Isesaki Line]] and [[Tōbu Nikkō Line|Nikkō Line]] of [[Tobu Railway]] on March 19, 2003.<ref name="TokyuHistory"/> Tokyu has expanded the line to four tracks from Futako-Tamagawa to Mizonokuchi; most trains of the Ōimachi line run through this section to Mizonokuchi, with some local trains making the intermediate stops. This service began in June 2009, postponed from fiscal 2007. Ōimachi line trains, which are 5- or 7-car sets, will then run between {{STN|Ōimachi|x}} and Mizonokuchi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3月28日 大井町線の急行運転を開始。田園都市線の混雑緩和をめざします。 |trans-title=March 28 Express service on the Oimachi Line begins. We aim to alleviate congestion on the Den-en-toshi Line. |url=http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/oimachi-kyuko/outline/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303053401/http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/oimachi-kyuko/outline/index.html |archive-date=3 March 2009 |access-date=6 August 2022 |website=tokyu.co.jp}}</ref>
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