Tōbu Tōjō Line

Tobu Tojo Line
TJ
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Overview
Native name東武東上線
OwnerTobu Railway
LocaleKantō region
Termini
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Depot(s)Shinrin-kōen
Daily ridership954,715 (2010)
History
Opened1 May 1914
Technical
Line length75.0 kilometres (46.6 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed105 km/h (65 mph)
Route map

km
3: Yamanote Line
to Tabata
to
Shinjuku
TJ01
0.0
Ikebukuro
TJ02
1.2
Kita-Ikebukuro
TJ03
2.0
Shimo-Itabashi
TJ04
3.0
Ōyama
TJ05
4.0
Naka-Itabashi
TJ06
4.7
Tokiwadai
TJ07
6.0
Kami-Itabashi
Keishi
TJ08
7.4
Tōbu-Nerima
TJ09
8.9
Shimo
Akatsuka
Chikatetsu
Akatsuka
TJ10
10.4
Narimasu
Chikatetsu
Narimasu
TJ11
12.5
Wakōshi
Tokyo Metro Wakō Depot
TJ12
14.0
Asaka
TJ13
16.4
Asakadai
Kita-Asaka
Musashino Line
TJ14
17.8
Shiki
TJ15
19.3
Yanasegawa
TJ16
20.6
Mizuhodai
TJ17
22.0
Tsuruse
TJ18
24.2
Fujimino
TJ19
25.9
Kami-Fukuoka
TJ20
28.3
Shingashi
TJ21
30.5
Kawagoe
Hon-Kawagoe
Seibu Shinjuku Line
TJ22
31.4
Kawagoeshi
TJ23
34.8
Kasumigaseki
TJ24
37.0
Tsurugashima
TJ25
38.9
Wakaba
TJ26
40.6
Sakado
TJ27
42.7
Kita-Sakado
TJ28
46.2
Takasaka
TJ29
49.9
Higashi-Matsuyama
TJ30
52.6
Shinrin-kōen
TJ31
55.4
Tsukinowa
TJ32
57.1
Musashi-Ranzan
TJ33
64.1
Ogawamachi
TJ34
67.1
Tōbu-Takezawa
TJ35
68.9
Minami-yorii
TJ36
70.8
Obusuma
TJ37
73.5
Hachigata
TJ38
74.4
Tamayodo
TJ39
75.0
Yorii
km

The Tobu Tojo Line (東武東上線, Tōbu Tōjō-sen) is a 75.0 km (46.6 mi) suburban railway line in Japan which runs from Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo to Yorii Station in Yorii, Saitama, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Its official name is the Tobu Tojo Main Line (東武東上本線, Tōbu Tōjō Honsen), but it is referred to as Tobu Tojo Line (東武東上線, Tōbu Tōjō Sen) on Tobu signage and publicity information.

The Tojo Line and Tobu Ogose Line branch are isolated from other Tobu lines, such as the Isesaki Line and Nikko Line; some trains can however be transported between the Tojo Line and the rest of the Tobu network via the track connections with the Chichibu Main Line while on the ATS-Chichibu-type. There was a plan to connect between Nishiarai on the Isesaki Line and Kami-Itabashi on the Tojo Line, but this was never built.

The name of the line comes from the original plan to construct a line linking Tokyo () with Jōshū () (an old province now Gunma Prefecture).