Seibu Ikebukuro Line

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Ikebukuro Line of Seibu Railway
Ikebukuro Station
Ikebukuro Station
Gauge: 1067 mm
Voltage: 1500 =
Metro: Tokyo Metro
JR-E: East Japan Railway Company
HSTa
Motomachi-Chūkagai
STR
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway:
STR
  Minato Mirai Line (thru in 2012)
HST
Yokohama
STR
Tōkyū: Tōyoko Line (thru in 2012)
texBHF
(thru to Shibuya in 2008)
HSTa texSTR
Shin-Kiba
STR texSTR
left: Metro Yūrakuchō Line
tSTR texSTRrg tKRZt texSTRrf
far left: Metro Marunouchi Line
tSTR BHFr tKRZ STRlg
0.0 Ikebukuro
tSTR texSTR tSTR STR
JR-E: Tōhoku Main, Takasaki
tKRZ HBHF STRlg STR
and Shōnan-Shinjuku lines
tKBFe HBHF ABZ3lf KRZo
JR-E: Saikyō Line (M-25 as Marunouchi Line)
HSTR HBHF tBHF KRZo
JR-E: Yamanote Line (Y-09 as Yūrakuchō Line)
HSTR BHFl tSTR STR
Tōbu: Tōjō Main Line
tBHF tSTR STR
Metro: Fukutoshin Line
tSTRrg tSTRrf tSTR eBHF
Agariyashiki (till 1953)
tSTR tSTRrg tSTRrf BHF
1.9 Shiinamachi
tSTR LUECKE BHF
3.1 Higashi-Nagasaki
tSTR LUECKE eDST
Seibu Shijō freight (till 1963)
tABZld tABZrd BHF
4.3 Ekoda
tCPICl tCPICr STR
{{BSkm| - |2.6}} Kotake-Mukaihara (Y-06)
tSTRrf tSTRlf tSTRlg STR
Metro: Yūrakuchō Line
tHST STR
{{BSkm| - |1.4}} Shin-Sakuradai
TUNNELe BHF
5.2 Sakuradai
STRlf ABZlg
tSTRrg tHSTR BHF tHBHF
{{BSkm|6.0|0.0}} Nerima (E-35 as Ōedo Line)
tSTR STRrg ABZrf
Toei: Ōedo Line
tBHF HSTe STR
{{BSkm| - |1.0}} Toshimaen (E-36 as Ōedo Line)
BHF
7.5 Nakamurabashi
BHF
8.3 Fujimidai
BHF
9.5 Nerima-Takanodai
BHF
10.6 Shakujii-Kōen
BHF
12.5 Ōizumi-Gakuen
BHF
14.1 Hōya
BHF
16.4 Hibarigaoka
BHF
17.8 Higashi-Kurume
BHF
19.6 Kiyose
BHF
21.8 Akitsu
HBHF eABZ3lg KRZo
JR-E: Musashino Line (Shin-Akitsu)
exSTRlf eABZlg
Freight bypass
HSTR ABZlg
Hon-Kawagoe
BHF
24.8 Tokorozawa
ABZlf STRlg
Seibu: Shinjuku Line
STRrg KRZu STRrf
to Seibu Shinjuku
BHF
{{BSkm|27.2|0.0}} Nishi-Tokorozawa
ABZlf STRlg
Seibu: Sayama Line
STR HST
{{BSkm| - |1.8}} Shimo-Yamaguchi
STR HSTe
{{BSkm| - |4.2}} Seibu Kyūjō-mae
BHF
29.4 Kotesashi
BHF
31.6 Sayamagaoka
BHF
32.9 Musashi-Fujisawa
eDST
Shimohara freight (till 1982)
BHF
35.9 Inariyama-Kōen
BHF
36.8 Irumashi
eDST
Kurosu freight (till 1953)
BHF
39.7 Bushi
BHF
41.0 Motokaji
eDST
Kasanui yard (till 2001)
STRrg HSTR KRZo
STR STRrg ABZlg
JR-E: Hachikō Line
STR STR KBFe
43.7 Hannō
BHF BHF
44.5 Higashi-Hannō
STRrf BHF
45.0 Kita-Hannō yard
DST
46.5 Musashigaoka yard
BHF
48.5 Koma
BHF
51.3 Musashi-Yokote
BHF
53.8 Higashi-Agano
STR
Ikebukuro Line
eGRENZE legende BHF eGRENZE legende
{{BSkm|57.8|0.0}} Agano
STR
Seibu Chichibu Line
BHF
{{BSkm|61.4|3.6}} Nishi-Agano
BHF
{{BSkm|64.1|6.3}} Shōmaru
TUNNELa
Shōmaru Tunnel
tDST
{{BSkm|66.8|9.0}} Shōmaru Tunnel yard
TUNNELe
BHF
{{BSkm|70.2|12.4}} Ashigakubo
eDST
Higashi-Yokoze freight (till 1996)
BHF
{{BSkm|74.2|16.4}} Yokoze
STR HSTa
Mitsumineguchi
ABZrg ABZrf
Bypass to Chichibu Railway
ABZlf ABZlg
Chichibu Railway: Main Line
KBFe BHF
{{BSkm|76.8|19.0}} Seibu Chichibu Ohanabatake
Hannō Station
Hannō Station
Agano Station
Agano Station

The Ikebukuro Line (池袋線 Ikebukuro-sen?) is a commuter railway line of a Japanese private railway operator Seibu Railway. It is from Ikebukuro Station, a large railway junction in north-western downtown Tokyo, extending to northwest suburbs till Tokorozawa, Saitama and nominally terminates at Agano Station.

The Seibu Chichibu Line from Agano to Seibu Chichibu Station is essentially an extension. The operation is however divided at Hannō Station, which has a switchback.

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[edit] Branch lines

The Ikebukuro Line has three branches with thru operation, apart from Seibu Chichibu Line.

Toshima Line
1.0 km length, with Local trains thru from Ikebukuro.
Seibu Yūrakuchō Line
The bypass to Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, with Semi Expresses and Rapids from Hannō to Shin-Kiba Station, with Locals. The proper name of the line is with operator's name, to distinguish one of Tokyo Metro.
Sayama Line
Thru trains are operated on holidays and days of baseball games of Saitama Seibu Lions.

[edit] Line Data

  • Length: 57.8 km
  • Track gauge: 1,067 mm
  • Number of stations: 31 (including termini)
  • Power supply: 1,500 V DC overhead line
  • Tracks:
    • 4-track: Nerima to Nerima-Takanodai (3.5 km)
    • 2-track: Ikebukuro to Nerima (6.0 km), Nerima-Takanodai to Hannō (40.2 km), Kita-Hannō rail yard to Mushashigaoka Rail yard (1.5 km)
    • 1-track: the remainder

[edit] History

The line opened April 15, 1915 as Musashino Line (武蔵野線 Musashinosen?) (separate from the Musashino Line of JR East), by the then Musashino Railway (武蔵野鉄道 Musashino Tetsudō?), the predecessor of the present Seibu Railway with the first section from Ikebukuro to Hannō. In 1922 the electrification began in three stages from Ikebukuro, until reaching Hannō in 1925. In the late 1920s, a second track was added from Ikebukuro to Hōya Station, and in 1929 the line was extended to Agano Station, the present nominal end. On March 25, 1952, the line was renamed to the Ikebukuro line, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the 2-track section was extended in stages until reaching Kasanui yard in 1969.

In 1969, the Seibu Chichibu Line was completed to Seibu Chichibu Station to begin thru operation from Ikebukuro; in 1989, bypass tracks were layed to the Chichibu Railway Main Line; and in 1998, through service via Seibu Yūrakuchō Line of Seibu to the Tokyo Metro's Yūrakuchō Line began to Shinkiba Station.

In 2001, a second track of 350 m was built to complete the double-track section from Ikebukuro to Hannō. At the same time, the elevated 4-track section from Nerima-Takanodai to Nakamurabashi opened. This elevated 4-track section was extended to Nerima in 2003.

[edit] Rapid services

Ikebukuro Line is notorious or famous for the various types of rapid services, to equalize the load of each trains to Ikebukuro especially in the morning hours.

Abbreviations here are for the table below, not formally used.

Local (普通 Futsū?)
Stops at all stations. The longest operations are Ikebukuro to Hannお, thru to Seibu Kyūjō-mae on Sayama Line, thru to Toshimaen on Toshima Line. Also thru from Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Kotesashi. Major sections of service are from Ikebukuro to Toshima-en, Hōya, from Shin-kiba on Tokyo Metro to Kiyose, Shinsen Ikebukuro on Fukutoshin Line of Tokyo Metro to Kotesashi.
Semi-Express (準急 Junkyū?) (SE)
Operated all day. Longest from Ikebukuro to Hannお and Seibu Kyūjō- mae. Thru from Yūrakuchō Line to Hannō.
Comm. Semi-Express (通勤準急 Tsūkin Junkyū?) (CSE)
Morning up and down, evening down on weekdays only. Ikebukuro to Tokorozawa, Kotesashi and Hannお, and Seibu Kyūjō- mae. In English it is shown as Semi-Exp., not distingusihable from the ordinary "Semi-Express" mentioned above.
Rapid (快速 Kaisoku?) (Ra)
Morning and evening hours to/from Ikebukuro, daytime thru to Yūrakuchōline. Longest to Hannō (seasonally one service a day to Seibu Chichibu) and Seibu Kyūjō- mae.
Comm. Express (通勤急行 Tsūkin Kyūkō?) (CE)
Morning hours only, one direction up from Hannō to Ikebukuro. Shown as "Express", in English not distinguishable from "Express" below.
Express (急行 Kyūkō?) (Ex)
All day operation, from Ikebukuro to Hannō.
Rapid Exp. (快速急行 Kaisoku Kyūkō?) (RE)
All day on weekdays from Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu. On holidays morning down and evening up, some thru to Chichibu Railway.
Ltd. Exp. (特急 Tokkyū?) (LE)
Ikebukuro to Seibu Chichibu, trains named Chichibu (ちちぶ?), Musashi (むさし?), charged for express service.

[edit] Stations

Local not shown.

  • S: stop; |: pass; S*: limited stop
Station SE CSE Ra CE Ex RE LE Location
Ikebukuro Line
Ikebukuro S S S S S S S Toshima Tokyo
Shiinamachi | | | | | | |
Higashi-Nagasaki | | | | | | |
Ekoda | | | | | | | Nerima
Sakuradai | | | | | | |
Seibu Yūrakuchō Line
Kotake-Mukaihara S   S         Nerima Tokyo
Shin-Sakuradai S S
Ikebukuro Line
Nerima S | S | | | | Nerima Tokyo
Toshima Line
Toshimaen               Nerima Tokyo
Ikebukuro Line
Nakamurabashi | | | | | | | Nerima Tokyo
Fujimidai | | | | | | |
Nerima-Takanodai | | | | | | |
Shakujii-Kōen S | S S S S |
Ōizumi-Gakuen S S | S | | |
Hōya S S | S | | | Nishi-
Tokyo
Hibarigaoka S S S | S S |
Higashi-Kurume S S S S | | | Higashi-
Kurume
Kiyose S S S | | | | Kiyose
Akitsu S S S | | | | Higashi-
Murayama
Tokorozawa S S S S S S S Tokorozawa Saitama
Nishi-Tokorozawa S S S S S | |
Sayama Line
Shimo-Yamaguchi S S S S S     Tokorozawa Saitama
Seibu Kyūjō-mae S S S S S
Ikebukuro Line
Kotesashi S S S S S S | Tokorozawa Saitama
Sayamagaoka S S S S S | |
Musashi-Fujisawa S S S S S | | Iruma
Inariyama-Kōen S S S S S | O Sayama
Irumashi S S S S S S S Iruma
Bushi S S S S S | |
Motokaji S S S S S | |
Kasanui yard (Closed)               Hannō
Hannō S S S S S S S
Higashi-Hannō           S |
Kita-Hannō yard    
Musashigaoka yard     Hidaka
Koma S S*
Musashi-Yokote S |
Higashi-Agano S | Hannō
Agano S |
Nishi-Agano S |
Shōmaru S |
Shōmaru Tunnel yard     Yokoze, Chichibu
District
Ashigakubo S S*
(Closed) Higashi-Yokoze    
Yokoze S S
Seibu Chichibu S S Chichibu
v • d • e
Stations of the Seibu Ikebukuro Lines

Ikebukuro - Shiinamachi - Higashi-Nagasaki - Ekoda - Sakuradai - Nerima - Nakamurabashi - Fujimidai - Nerima-Takanodai - Shakujii-kōen - Ōizumi-gakuen - Hōya - Hibarigaoka - Higashi-Kurume - Kiyose - Akitsu - Tokorozawa - Nishi-Tokorozawa - Kotesashi - Sayamagaoka - Musashi-Fujisawa - Inariyama-kōen - Irumashi - Bushi - Motokaji - Hannō - Higashi-Hannō - Koma - Musashi-Yokote - Higashi-Agano - Agano - Nishi-Agano Station - Shōmaru - Ashigakubo - Yokoze - Seibu Chichibu

Seibu Yūrakuchō Line: Kotake-Mukaihara - Shin-Sakuradai - Nerima    Toshima Line: Nerima - Toshimaen
Sayama Line: Nishi-Tokorozawa - Shimo-Yamaguchi - Seibu Kyūjō-mae


[edit] References

  • Large sections of this article were translated from the Japanese-language article on the Seibu-Ikebukuro line [1]