Odakyū Tama Line

Odakyu Tama Line
An Odakyu 4000 series on the Tama Line, July 2007
Overview
Native name	小田急多摩線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kanto region
Termini	Shin-Yurigaoka Karakida
Stations	8
Operation
Opened	1 June 1974
Owner	Odakyu Electric Railway
Technical
Line length	10.6 km
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map Legend ↑↓Odakyu Odawara Line 0.0 Shin-Yurigaoka ↑Odawara Line→ 1.5 Satsukidai 2.8 Kurihira ←Keio Sagamihara Line↓ 4.1 Kurokawa ←Wakabadai 4.9 Haruhino Kanagawa-Tokyo boundary ←Keiō-Nagayama 6.8 Odakyū Nagayama ←Keiō Tama-Center 9.1 Odakyū Tama-Center →Tama-Center ←Tama Toshi Monorail Line→ ←Keio Sagamihara Line↑ ←Karakida depot 10.6 Karakida

The Odakyu Tama Line (小田急多摩線, Odakyū Tama-sen) is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in the Greater Tokyo of Japan. The line extends 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) from Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kanagawa Prefecture to Karakida Station in Tokyo.

Used for commuter service by the residents of Tama New Town, the largest New Town in Japan, rapid trains are frequent on the line, through to Odakyu's Tokyo terminus at Shinjuku on the Odakyu Odawara Line) or via the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line subway with connections onward to the Joban Line. Tama Express trains terminate at Toride Station in Toride, Ibaraki, on the opposite side of Tokyo.^[1]

Service patterns

     Express (急行, Kyūkō)

Up to Shinjuku or Ayase on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. One exception is down from Shin-Yurigaoka. Only morning on weekday.

     Tama Express (多摩急行, Tama Kyūkō)

All from/to Toride on East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Joban Line via the Chiyoda Line. All day.

     Local (各駅停車, Kakueki Teisha)

Mostly in the line only, and some from/to Shinjuku, all day long.

Stations

• Local and Section Semi Express services stop at all stations.^[1]

History

This line was built as a part of Tokyo Line 9, linked with the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and Odakyu Odawara Line.

Odakyu started service on the first section, from Shin-Yurigaoka to Odakyū-Nagayama, on June 1, 1974. It expanded to Tama Center, the central station of Tama New Town, on April 23, 1975. This section was constructed by the national Japan Railway Construction Corporation, since renamed the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT)), while Odakyu operated it and paid for the organization. On March 27, 1990, Odakyu opened Karakida station.

The line was constructed as double track, but Odakyu could not take a large part of the transport between Tokyo and Tama New Town. Delay to the quadrupling of the main Odawara Line due to long standing land acquisition conflicts prevented operating extra trains that were to connect the new town and the terminus of Shinjuku.

Rapid train services on the Tama Line began in 2000, and succeeded in increasing the number of passengers, shorting transit time.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

Odakyu railway lines
Odakyu lines	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Related lines	Enoden Hakone Ropeway Hakone Tozan Hakone Tozan Cable Car
Major stations	Machida Odawara Sagami-Ōno Shimo-Kitazawa Shinjuku Shin-Yurigaoka Tama-Center

Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	Short-distance Yamanote Keihin-Tōhoku - Negishi (Chūō-Sōbu) Local Mid-distance Utsunomiya (Tohoku Main) & Takasaki - Tokaido ■ Ueno-Tokyo Chuo Rapid Yokosuka - Sobu Rapid Joban Keiyo Kawagoe (Eastern Section) - Saikyo (Akabane) - Rinkai Shonan-Shinjuku
Tokyo Metro lines	Chiyoda Fukutoshin Ginza Hibiya Marunouchi Namboku Tōzai Yūrakuchō Hanzōmon
Toei subway lines	Asakusa Ōedo Mita Shinjuku
Yokohama Municipal	Blue Green
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	Yokohama Musashino Nambu ■ Sagami ■ Hachiko - Kawagoe (Western Section) ■ Ryōmō Tsurumi Tohoku Direction ■ Karasuyama ■ Nikkō Chuo Direction ■ Chūō Main ■ Itsukaichi ■ Ōme Sobu Direction ■ Sōbu Main ■ Sotobō ■ Uchibō ■ Kururi ■ Tōgane Joban Direction ■ Mito ■ Narita Tokaido Direction ■ Itō ■ Gotemba (JR Central)
Keikyu	Keikyu Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keio New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro lines ■ Ikebukuro ■ Sayama ■ Seibu Chichibu ■ Seibu Yūrakuchō ■ Toshima Shinjuku lines ■ Shinjuku ■ Haijima Kokubunji Seibu-en Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tokyu	Den-en-toshi Ikegami Meguro Oimachi Tokyu Tamagawa Toyoko Kodomonokuni
Other commuter rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Monorails and light transit	Monorails Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail People movers New Shuttle Kanazawa Seaside Nippori-Toneri Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka Yurikamome Trams Enoden Setagaya Arakawa
Hinterland	Chichibu Main Line Fujikyuko Line
Cable cars and aerial tramways	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway
Bus	Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan (east)
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chofu Ibaraki Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama Ports Yokohama Tokyo
Miscellaneous	Shinkansen Smart cards Pasmo Suica Transportation in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Tokyo subway rolling stock List of Toei Subway stations List of Tokyo Metro stations
Construction projects	Sōtetsu JR Link Line
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