Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
{{Short description|Subway line in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width =
| name = Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
| other_name = F
| linenumber = 13
| native_name = 東京メトロ副都心線
| native_name_lang = ja
| color = {{rcr|Tokyo Metro|F}}
| mapcolor = {{rcb|Tokyo Metro|F|box}} Brown (#{{rcr|Tokyo Metro|F}})
| logo = Logo of Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.svg
| logo_width = 50px
| image = Tokyo-Metro Series17000-17192 Shibuya-STA.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = A Fukutoshin Line 17000 series train
| type = Rapid transit
| system = Tokyo subway
| status =
| locale = Tokyo
| start = {{STN|Wakōshi|x}}
| end = {{STN|Shibuya|x}}
| stations = 16
| routes =
| daily_ridership = 363,654[http://www.train-media.net/report/1110/metro.pdf Tokyo Metro station ridership in 2017] Train Media (sourced from Tokyo Metro) Retrieved July 23, 2018.
| open = {{start date and age|1994|12|07|df=y}} (as Yūrakuchō New Line)
{{start date and age|2008|06|14|df=y}} (as Fukutoshin Line)
| close =
| owner = {{ric|Tokyo Metro|name=y}}
| operator = Tokyo Metro
| character =
| depot = Wakō
| stock = {{Plainlist|
- Tokyo Metro 10000 series
- Tokyo Metro 17000 series
- Seibu 6000 series
- Seibu 6050 series
- Seibu 40000 series
- Seibu 40050 series
- Tobu 9000 series
- Tobu 9050 series
- Tobu 50070 series
- Tokyu 5000 series
- Tokyu 5050 series
- Tokyu 5050-4000 series
- Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series
- Sotetsu 20000 series
}}
| linelength_km = 20.2
| tracklength =
| tracks = Double-track
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} (overhead line)
| maxincline = 4.0%
| minradius_m = 160.4
| signalling = Cab signalling, closed block
| trainprotection = New CS-ATC, ATO
| speed_km/h = 80
| elevation =
| map = 240px {{Tokyo Metro 13 RDT|inline=1}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
The {{Nihongo|Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line|東京メトロ副都心線|Tōkyō Metoro Fukutoshin-sen}}, formally the {{Nihongo|No. 13 Fukutoshin Line|13号線副都心線|Jūsangō-sen Fukutoshin-sen}}, is a {{convert|20.2|km|adj=on|sp=us}} subway line operated by Tokyo Metro in west-central Tokyo and Wako, Saitama, Japan. The newest line in the Tokyo subway network, it opened in stages between 1994 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/archive/news/2008/06/13/20080613p2a00m0na012000c.html |title=毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞) |access-date=2008-06-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710182830/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/archive/news/2008/06/13/20080613p2a00m0na012000c.html |archive-date=2012-07-10 }} On average, the Fukutoshin Line carried 362,654 passengers daily in 2017, the lowest of all Tokyo Metro lines and roughly one third of its sister Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (1,124,478).
Overview
The Fukutoshin Line is the deepest metro line in Tokyo, with an average depth of {{convert|27|m|sp=us}}.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/tucasa_kenko/53685223.html|title=東京メトロ・副都心線 １４日開業|website=ＭＯＮＯ好き親父の一輪車乗りの独り言|access-date=3 March 2019}} At Shinjuku-sanchōme Station, the line passes under the Marunouchi and above the Shinjuku lines at a depth of {{convert|15|m|sp=us}}, with a gap of only {{convert|11|cm|sp=us}} to the Shinjuku Line tunnel. The deepest section is at the immediately adjacent Higashi-Shinjuku Station, where the line goes down to {{convert|35|m|sp=us}}, partly due to an underground space reservation for a possible future extension of the Jōetsu Shinkansen to Shinjuku.
It is the second Tokyo Metro line to feature express services, after the Tōzai Line; however, unlike the Tōzai Line (where rapid services are only offered on the {{STN|Tōyōchō|x}} – {{STN|Nishi-Funabashi|x}} section), the Fukutoshin Line offers express services throughout the line, a first for Tokyo Metro. Express trains pass local trains at Higashi-Shinjuku, where additional tracks are installed for this purpose. Local trains stop at all stations.
When first opened, the line operated through services to Kawagoeshi Station on the Tobu Tojo Line and Hannō Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. From 16 March 2013, the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line moved to share the line's Shibuya terminus, and since then through services have operated onto the Minatomirai Line via the Tōyoko Line, terminating at Motomachi-Chūkagai Station in Yokohama.{{cite web |url= http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/9e67f9298f0c2a004a27615807b6cc25/120724.pdf?date=20120723185709|script-title=ja:東武東上線がより便利に！ 自由が丘、横浜、元町・中華街方面とつながります！|trans-title= The Tojo Tobu Line will be even more convenient! Linked with Jiyugaoka, Yokohama, and Motomachi-Chukagai|date= 24 July 2012|work= Tobu News|publisher= Tobu Railway |language= ja|format= pdf|access-date= 24 July 2012}} This is a rare instance of a Tokyo Metro train operating on four companies' tracks.{{cite web |url= http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/24/national/rail-linkup-to-ease-metro-commute|title= Rail linkup to ease metro commute|date= 24 January 2013|work= The Japan Times|publisher= The Japan Times Limited|location= Japan|access-date= 24 January 2013}}
Since the opening of the section between Ikebukuro and Shibuya station, the Fukutoshin Line operates as a one-man operation subway line between Kotake-Mukaihara Station and Shibuya Station where chest-high platform edge doors are installed on the station platforms to aid the drivers.[http://search-tokyometro.dga.jp/?go=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokyometro.jp%2Fnews%2F2008%2F2008-25.html%26f%3Dr&rid=1272384&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokyometro.jp%2Fnews%2F2009%2F2009-14.html&PHPSESSID=09f5379829a808a353325d56e552d97d 14 May 2008. Accessed 1 August 2013.] From 28 March 2015, one-man operation was extended from Kotake-Mukaihara to Wakōshi station,{{Cite web |date=2015-03-10 |title=有楽町線 |lang=ja |url=https://www.tokyometro.jp/news/images_h/metroNews20150310_23.pdf |access-date=2023-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309144835/https://www.tokyometro.jp/news/images_h/metroNews20150310_23.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-09}} making this the third Tokyo Metro line to fully operate as one-man operation, following the Namboku Line and Maruonuchi Line.
Like most Tokyo Metro lines, the first carriage of the Fukutoshin Line is designated a "women-only car" before and during the morning rush hour. During these hours only women, children of elementary school age or younger and physically disabled passengers (and their carers) may board the first carriage.{{cite web|url=https://www.tokyometro.jp/safety/attention/women/|title=女性専用車｜東京メトロ|website=www.TokyoMetro.jp|access-date=3 March 2019}}
Station list
- Express and commuter express trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".
- Local trains stop at all stations.
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2"|No.
!rowspan="2"|Station !rowspan="2"|Japanese !colspan="2"|Distance (km) !rowspan="2"|Comm. !rowspan="2"|Express !rowspan="2"|S-Train !rowspan="2"|Transfers !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Location |
|---|
| Between stations !From F-01 |
| colspan="11" align="center"|↑ Through-service to/from {{STN|Ogawamachi|x|Saitama}} via the {{TBLS|TJ}} Tobu Tojo Line ↑ |
| {{TSSN|F|01|size=40}}
|{{STN|Wakōshi|x}} |和光市Wakoshi is shared by both Tobu and Tokyo Metro; Tobu manages the station. | style="text-align:center;" | – | style="text-align:right;" |0.0 | style="text-align:center; background:#afb" |● | style="text-align:center; background:#fab" |● | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"|Seibu Yūrakuchō Line |{{Plainlist|
}} | colspan="2"|Wakō, Saitama |
| {{TSSN|F|02|size=40}}
|{{STN|Chikatetsu-narimasu|x}} |style="white-space:nowrap;"|地下鉄成増 |style="text-align:right;"|2.2 |style="text-align:right;"|2.2 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |{{Plainlist|
}} | rowspan="16" |Tokyo |
| {{TSSN|F|03|size=40}}
|{{STN|Chikatetsu-akatsuka|x}} |地下鉄赤塚 |style="text-align:right;"|1.4 |style="text-align:right;"|3.6 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |{{Plainlist|
}} |rowspan="4"|Nerima |
| {{TSSN|F|04|size=40}}
|{{STN|Heiwadai|x|Tokyo}} |平和台 |style="text-align:right;"|1.8 |style="text-align:right;"|5.4 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |{{TSLS|Y}} Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Y-04) (same tracks) |
| {{TSSN|F|05|size=40}}
|{{STN|Hikawadai|x}} |氷川台 |style="text-align:right;"|1.4 |style="text-align:right;"|6.8 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |{{TSLS|Y}} Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Y-05) (same tracks) |
| colspan="5" |Through services via the 18px Seibu Yūrakuchō Line
|colspan="4" |To/from {{STN|Hannō|x}} via the 18px Seibu Ikebukuro Line and {{STN|Seibu-Chichibu|x}} via the 18px Seibu Chichibu Line |
| {{TSSN|F|06|size=40}}
|{{STN|Kotake-mukaihara|x}} |style="white-space:nowrap;"|小竹向原Kotake-mukaihara is shared by both Seibu Railway and Tokyo Metro; Tokyo Metro manages the station. |style="text-align:right;"|1.5 |style="text-align:right;"|8.3 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|● |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ |{{Plainlist|
}} |
| {{TSSN|F|07|size=40}}
|{{STN|Senkawa|x}} |千川 |style="text-align:right;"|1.1 |style="text-align:right;"|9.4 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ |{{TSLS|Y}} Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Y-07) |rowspan="4"|Toshima |
| {{TSSN|F|08|size=40}}
|{{STN|Kanamechō|x}} |要町 |style="text-align:right;"|1.0 |style="text-align:right;"|10.4 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ |{{TSLS|Y}} Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Y-08) |
| {{TSSN|F|09|size=40}}
|{{STN|Ikebukuro|x}} |池袋 |style="text-align:right;"|0.9 |style="text-align:right;"|11.3 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|● | style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|Weekends and national holidays for alighting passengers only. |style="white-space:nowrap;"|{{Plainlist|
}} |
| {{TSSN|F|10|size=40}}
|{{STN|Zōshigaya|x}} |雑司が谷 |style="text-align:right;"|1.8 |style="text-align:right;"|13.1 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ | {{TDLS}} Toden Arakawa Line ({{STN|Kishibojimmae|x}}) |
| {{TSSN|F|11|size=40}}
|{{STN|Nishi-waseda|x}} |西早稲田 |style="text-align:right;"|1.5 |style="text-align:right;"|14.6 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ | |rowspan="3"|Shinjuku |
| {{TSSN|F|12|size=40}}
|{{STN|Higashi-shinjuku|x}} |東新宿 |style="text-align:right;"|0.9 |style="text-align:right;"|15.5 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ |{{TSLS|E}} Toei Oedo Line (E-02) |
| {{TSSN|F|13|size=40}}
|{{STN|Shinjuku-sanchome|x}} |新宿三丁目 |style="text-align:right;"|1.1 |style="text-align:right;"|16.6 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|● | style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|● |{{Plainlist|
}} |
| {{TSSN|F|14|size=40}}
|{{STN|Kita-sandō|x}} |北参道 |style="text-align:right;"|1.4 |style="text-align:right;"|18.0 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ | |rowspan="3"|Shibuya |
| {{TSSN|F|15|size=40}}
|{{STN|Meiji-jingūmae|x}} (Harajuku) |明治神宮前 |style="text-align:right;"|1.2 |style="text-align:right;"|19.2 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|｜ |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|● |style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|｜ |{{Plainlist|
}} |
| {{TSSN|F|16|size=40}}
|{{STN|Shibuya|x}} |渋谷Shibuya is shared by both Tokyu Corporation and Tokyo Metro; Tokyu Corporation manages the station. |style="text-align:right;"|1.0 |style="text-align:right;"|20.2 |style="text-align:center; background:#afb"|● |style="text-align:center; background:#fab"|● | style="text-align:center; background:YellowGreen"|● |{{Plainlist|
}} |
| colspan="11" align="center" |↓ Through-service to/from
{{STN|Motomachi-Chūkagai|x}} via the {{TQLS|TY}} Tokyu Toyoko Line and 20px Minatomirai Line ↓ |
{{Reflist|group="*"}}
Rolling stock
= Tokyo Metro =
- 7000 series trains (until April 2022){{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title= |script-title=ja:東京メトロ、4月に営業運転終えた7000系のスタンプラリーなど企画 |trans-title=Tokyo Metro to plan stamp rally for 7000 series that ended commercial operation in April |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20220519-2348073/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Mynavi News |publisher=Mynavi Corporation |language=ja}}
- 10000 series 10-car (and occasionally 8-car) trains
- 17000 series 8-car and 10-car trains (since 21 February 2021){{Cite web |date=2021-09-25 |title= |script-title=ja:東京メトロ「兄弟車」有楽町線・副都心線17000系と半蔵門線18000系 |trans-title=Tokyo Metro "Brother Car" Yurakucho Line & Fukutoshin Line 17000 series and Hanzomon Line 18000 series |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20210925-1700018000/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Mynavi News |publisher=Mynavi Corporation |language=ja}}
File:Tokyo-Metro-Series7104.jpg|Tokyo Metro 7000 series
File:Tokyo-Metro-Series10110.jpg|Tokyo Metro 10000 series
File:Tokyo-Metro Series17000-17188.jpg|Tokyo Metro 17000 series
=Other operators=
- Seibu 6000 series 10-car trains
- Seibu 6050 series 10-car trains
- Seibu 40000 series 10-car trains (since 25 March 2017)
- Seibu 40050 series 10-car trains
- Sotetsu 20000 series 10-car trains
- Tobu 9000 series 10-car trains
- Tobu 9050 series 10-car trains
- Tobu 50070 series 10-car trains
- Tokyu 5000 series 8-car trains
- Tokyu 5050 series 8-car trains
- Tokyu 5050-4000 series 10-car trains (since 10 September 2012)
- Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series 8-car trains (a Tokyu 5000 series variant)
File:Seibu-Series6000-6055F.jpg|Seibu 6000 series
File:Seibu 40101 S-Train 20170422.jpg|Seibu 40000 series
File:Tobu-Series9103.jpg|Tobu 9000 series
File:Tobu-51076 Toyoko-Line.jpg|Tobu 50070 series
File:Tokyu-Series5878.jpg|Tokyu 5050 series
File:Toukyu 5050kei 4000 Shibuya Hikarie.JPG|Tokyu 5050-4000 series
File:Yokohama-Series-Y501.jpg|Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series
History
File:Construction of Kita-Sando Station at April 6th 2006.jpg
Fukutoshin is Japanese for "secondary city center", and the Fukutoshin Line connects three of Tokyo's secondary city centers: Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya. Prior to its opening, only JR East had rail service between the three (on the Yamanote Line, the Saikyō Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line). The new line was conceived to relieve congestion along this busy corridor, and to provide convenient through service between the northwest, the southwest and the central part of Tokyo served by the Yamanote Line.
The line was initially planned in 1972 as a run from Shiki to Shinjuku, with the possibility of further extension to Shibuya, {{STN|Shinagawa|x}} and Haneda Airport. In 1985, a second Ministry of Transportation committee proposed that the line terminate at Shibuya. Part of the northern end of the original plan line became unnecessary following improvements to the Tobu Tojo Line and the beginning of through service from the Yurakucho Line.
The original plan for the Fukutoshin Line only contained fifteen stations, however in May 1999 a plan for an additional station "Shin-Sendagaya" (later renamed {{STN|Kitasandō|x}}) between {{STN|Shinjuku-sanchōme|x}} and {{STN|Meiji-Jingūmae|x}} was included due to an increase in demand from the area.[https://web.archive.org/web/19991112084526/http://www.tokyometro.go.jp/news/99-12.html より便利な地下鉄を目指して] 20 May 1999. Accessed 1 August 2013.
A {{convert|3.2|km|abbr=on}} segment from Kotake-Mukaihara to Ikebukuro, running parallel to the Yurakucho Line on separate tracks began operation in 1994. This segment was initially known as the {{Nihongo|Yūrakuchō New Line|有楽町新線|Yūrakuchō Shin-sen}}, and was operated with no intermediate stops.
The newest segment connecting the districts of Shinjuku and Shibuya via {{STN|Zōshigaya|x}}, {{STN|Shinjuku-sanchōme|x}}, and {{STN|Meiji-Jingūmae|x}} (‘Harajuku’) opened for service on 14 June 2008, officially completing the Fukutoshin Line.{{Cite web |date=27 March 2007 |title=副都心線・有楽町線のダイヤが決定！ |trans-title=Fukutoshin Line and Yurakucho Line timetables have been decided! |url=http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/2008/2008-17.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718015046/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/2008/2008-17.html |archive-date=18 July 2017 |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=tokyometro.jp |language=ja}} Service to the {{STN|Senkawa|x}} and {{STN|Kanamechō|x}} stations, which had been bypassed by the Yūrakuchō New Line, also started on the same day.
Technical problems resulted in delays of up to 30 minutes during the Fukutoshin Line's first few days of operation.http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/archive/news/2008/06/17/20080617p2a00m0na006000c.html{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
On 6 March 2010, express services began stopping at {{STN|Meiji-Jingūmae|x}} on weekends and holidays.[http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/2010/2010-06.html 3月6日（土）有楽町線・副都心線のダイヤ改正] 3 February 2010. Accessed 8 March 2010.
From 10 September 2012, 10-car 5050-4000 series sets entered revenue service on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, with inter-running through to the Seibu Ikebukuro Line (via Seibu Yurakucho Line) and Tobu Tojo Line.{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2012/09/5050_2.html|script-title=ja:東急5050系が西武鉄道池袋線で営業運転開始|trans-title= Tokyu 5050 series enters service on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line |date= 10 September 2012|work= RM News|publisher= Neko Publishing|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 10 September 2012}}
From the revised timetable effective 18 March 2023, through services to and from the Sotetsu Line courtesy of the Tokyu and Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line began operation.{{Cite web |date=27 January 2022 |title=～神奈川県央地域及び横浜市西部から東京・埼玉に至る広域的な鉄道ネットワークの形成～ |trans-title=-Formation of a wide-area railway network from central Kanagawa Prefecture and western Yokohama to Tokyo and Saitama- |url=https://www.tokyometro.jp/news/images_h/metroNews220127_g01_1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127092346/https://www.tokyometro.jp/news/images_h/metroNews220127_g01_1.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2022 |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=tokyometro.jp}} This operation sees most express services continuing as far south as Shōnandai Station on the Sotetsu Izumino Line by way of the Toyoko Line.
See also
References
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- Japan Railfan Magazine July 2008 issue
- [http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/2008/2008-25.html 平成20年6月14日（土）副都心線開業] {{in lang|ja}}
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External links
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- [http://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/station/index.html Fukutoshin Line] (Tokyo Metro) {{in lang|en}}
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