Tōbu Noda Line

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Tōbu Noda Line
Near HIgashi-Iwatsuki
Near HIgashi-Iwatsuki
Line length: 62.7 km
Gauge: 1067 mm
Voltage: 1500 =
Maximum speed: 100 km/h
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Saitama New Urban Transit: Ina LineRight
HSTR HBHF HSTR HSTR
LeftJR-E: Jōetsu, Tōhoku ShinkansensRight
tHSTR tHBHF TUNNELru HSTR
LeftJR-E: Saikyō Line / Kawagoe LineRight
HSTR HBHF HSTR ABZ3lg
LeftJR-E: Tōhoku Main Line / Takasaki LineRight
HSTR BHFl STR
LeftJR-E: Keihin-Tōhoku Line
BHFr STRlg STR
0.0 Ōmiya
BHF STR
1.2 Kita-Ōmiya
STR STRlf
UpJR-E: Tōhoku Main LineRight
BHF
2.2 Ōmiya-kōen
BHF
4.0 Ōwada
BHF
5.6 Nanasato
eBHF
Kakura abandoned in 1950
BHF
8.5 Iwatsuki
eBHF
Shibue
BHF
10.9 Higashi-Iwatsuki
BHF
12.2 Toyoharu
BHF
14.1 Yagisaki
STR STRrg
DownIsesaki LineRight
STRlf ABZlg
BHF
15.2 Kasukabe
STRrg ABZrf
KRZo STRrf
LeftIsesaki LineUp
eBHF
Doi abandoned in 1947
BHF
17.8 Fujino-ushijima
eBHF
Naganuma abandoned in 1956
BHF
20.6 Minami-Sakurai
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Edo River
BHF
22.9 Kawama
KDSa STR
Nanakōdai depot
STRlf ABZlg
BHF
25.1 Nanakōdai
BHF
26.6 Shimizu-kōen
BHF
27.7 Atago
BHF
28.6 Nodashi
BHF
30.9 Umesato
BHF
33.2 Unga
BHF
35.1 Edogawadai
BHF
36.8 Hatsuishi
STR
HBHF KRZu
LeftTsukuba ExpressRight
BHF
Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori
BHF
39.7 Toyoshiki
eBHF
Kita-Kashiwa abandoned in 1955
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42.9 Kashiwa
KRZo HBHF
LeftJR-E: Jōban LineRight
KRZo HBHF
LeftJR-E: Jōban LineRight
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STR
BHF
45.8 Shin-Kashiwa
BHF
47.1 Masuo
BHF
48.0 Sakasai
STR KDSa
ABZrg STRrf
BHF
50.2 Takayanagi
BHF
51.9 Mutsumi
BHF
53.3 Shin-Kamagaya
HBHF KRZu HSTR
LeftHokusō: Hokusō LineRight
HBHF KRZu STRlg
LeftShin-Keisei: Shin-Keisei LineRight
STR HST
Hatsutomi
STR STRlf
BHF
55.2 Kamagaya
BHF
57.7 Magomezawa
BHF
60.1 Tsukada
BHF
61.3 Shin-Funabashi
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Kaijin Bypass abandoned in 1934
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LeftKeisei: Main LineDown
tHSTR KRZt
exSTR + tHSTR
 KRZt tHHST
LeftTōyō: Tōyō Rapid LineRight
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STR STRlf BHFl
62.7 Funabashi
KRZo HSTR HSTR HBHF
LeftJR-E: Sōbu Main LineRight
KRZo HSTR HSTR HBHF
LeftJR-E: Chūō-Sōbu LineRight
STR
UpKeisei: Main LineRight
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Keisei-Funabashi

The Noda Line (野田線 Noda-sen?) is a railway line of a Japanese private railway company Tōbu Railway, in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures. It is 62.7 kilometre (km) long, and quarter-circularly connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, Matsudo, Kamagaya, Kashiwa and Funabashi.

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[edit] Description

  • No. of stations: 34 (incl. both ends)
  • Track
    • Double: Ōmiya - Kasukabe, Unga - Sakasai, Mutsumi - Funabashi
    • Single: the rest

Electrification was commenced in 1929 between Kasukabe and (temporal station of) Ōmiya, and completed in 1947 at the section of Funabashi - Kashiwa.

[edit] History

The line was initially built as Chiba Prefectural Railway (千葉県営鉄道 Chiba Ken'ei Tetsudō?) in 1911, from Kashiwa to present Nodashi in a distance of 9 mi. 10 ch. (14.7 km) with steam power. In 1923 the line was privatized and the operator was named Hokusō Railway (北総鉄道 Hokusō Tetsudō?) (I) after the route was in northern Shimōsa Province, (separate from the second, present Hokusō Railway) and also opened its own line from Funabashi Station to Kashiwa Station in a distnce of 19.6 km.

Later the company stretched the line to Ōmiya gradually, entering the Musashi Province. Thus it changed its name in 1929 to Sōbu Railway (総武鉄道 Sōbu Tetsudō?) (II) (not to confuse with the first, which opened present Sōbu Main Line). Present stretch was made in 1930 with the completion of the bridge over Edo River.

In 1944 the company was merged to Tōbu Railway. Doubling the track has been done gradually,

[edit] Operation

All trains are operated as Locals, stopping at all stations. Most trains, excluding a few from/to train depots, originate or terminate at Kashiwa Station which has a switch back.

All trains are

[edit] Stations

Station Transfers Location
Ōmiya 大宮 Ōmiya-ku, Saitama Saitama
Kita-Ōmiya 北大宮  
Ōmiya-kōen 大宮公園  
Ōwada 大和田   Minuma-ku, Saitama
Nanasato 七里  
Iwatsuki 岩槻   Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama
Higashi-Iwatsuki 東岩槻  
Toyoharu 豊春   Kasukabe
Yagisaki 八木崎  
Kasukabe 春日部 Tōbu Railway: Isesaki Line
Fujino-ushijima 藤の牛島  
Minami-Sakurai 南桜井  
Kawama 川間   Noda Chiba
Nanakōdai 七光台  
Shimizu-kōen 清水公園  
Atago 愛宕  
Nodashi 野田市  
Umesato 梅郷  
Unga 運河   Nagareyama
Edogawadai 江戸川台  
Hatsuishi 初石  
Nagareyama-ōtakanomori 流山おおたかの森 Metropolitan Intercity Railway: Tsukuba Express
Toyoshiki 豊四季   Kashiwa
Kashiwa 柏 JR East: Jōban Line
Shin-Kashiwa 新柏  
Masuo 増尾  
Sakasai 逆井  
Takayanagi 高柳  
Mutsumi 六実   Matsudo
Shin-Kamagaya 新鎌ヶ谷 Kamagaya
Kamagaya 鎌ヶ谷  
Magomezawa 馬込沢   Funabashi
Tsukada 塚田  
Shin-funabashi 新船橋  
Funabashi 船橋
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