Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

Chiyoda Line 千代田線
A lineup of Chiyoda Line rolling stock: 16000 series, 06 series, 6000 series
Overview
Type	Heavy rail rapid transit
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Yoyogi-Uehara Ayase (main line)
Stations	20
Operation
Opened	1969
Owner	Tokyo Metro
Depot(s)	Ayase, Yoyogi
Rolling stock	Tokyo Metro 6000 series, Tokyo Metro 06 series, Tokyo Metro 16000 series
Technical
Line length	24.0 km (14.91 mi) (main and branch)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

Chiyoda Line route map

Legend Odakyu Odawara Line for Odawara (C-01) Yoyogi-Uehara Odakyu Odawara Line Yoyogi-Hachiman Odakyu Odawara Line for Shinjuku Yoyogi Depot (C-02) Yoyogi-Koen Harajuku JR Yamanote (C-03) Meiji-Jingumae (C-04) Omotesando (C-05) Nogizaka (C-06) Akasaka Tameike Sanno (C-07) Kokkai-gijidomae Servicing connection to Yurakucho Line (C-08) Kasumigaseki (C-09) Hibiya Yurakucho JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku Nijubashimae (C-10) (C-11) Otemachi Awajicho (C-12) Shin-Ochanomizu Ochanomizu JR Chuo (C-13) Yushima (C-14) Nezu (C-15) Sendagi (C-16) Nishi-Nippori JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku (C-17) Machiya Keisei Main Line, Toden Arakawa Line Joban Line/Hibiya Line/Tobu Line for central Tokyo (C-18) Kita-Senju JR Joban, Tobu Isesaki Line, Tsukuba Express Arakawa River Central Circular Route Ayase River Shuto Expressway Line 6 Misato Route (C-19) Ayase Ayase Branch Line splits from Joban Line (C-20) Kita-Ayase Ayase Depot Joban Rapid and Local Line for Matsudo, Abiko, Toride

The Chiyoda Line (千代田線, Chiyoda-sen^?) is a rapid transit line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan.

Overview

The 21.9 km main line serves the wards of Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato and Shibuya, and a short stretch of tunnel in Taitō with no station. A 2.1 km branch line between Ayase and Kita-Ayase is located in Adachi. Its official name, rarely used, is Line 9 Chiyoda Line (9号線千代田線, 9-gō sen Chiyoda-sen^?).

On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color green, and its stations are given numbers using the letter C.

Trains have through running onto other railway lines on both ends. More than half of these are trains to the northeast beyond Ayase onto the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Jōban Line to Toride. The rest run to the southwest beyond Yoyogi-Uehara onto the Odakyū Electric Railway Odawara Line to Hon-Atsugi and to Karakida on the Odakyū Tama Line.

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, as of June 2009 the Chiyoda Line was the second most crowded subway line in Tokyo, at its peak running at 181% capacity between Machiya and Nishi-Nippori stations.^[1]

Basic data

• Distance: 24.0 km (14.91 mi)
  • Main line: 21.9 km (13.61 mi)
  • Branch line: 2.1 km (1.30 mi)
• Double-tracking: Entire line
• Railway signalling: CS-ATC

History

Tokyo Metro 6000 series and Odakyū 60000 series MSE Romancecar EMUs at Yoyogi-Uehara

The Chiyoda Line was originally proposed in 1962 as a line from Setagaya to Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture: the initial name was Line 8. In 1964, the plan was changed slightly so that through service would be offered on the Jōban Line north of Tokyo, and the number was changed to Line 9.

Line 9 was designed to pass through build-up area in Chiyoda, and also intended to relieve the busy Ginza Line and Hibiya Line, which follow a roughly similar route through central Tokyo.

The first stretch was opened on December 20, 1969 between Kita-Senju and Ōtemachi. The line was almost completed by October 10, 1972 when it reached Yoyogi-Kōen, although the 1 km section to Yoyogi-Uehara was not completed until March 31, 1978. The branch line to Kita-Ayase was opened on December 20, 1979.

On May 15, 2006, women-only cars were introduced on early-morning trains from Toride on the Jōban Line to Yoyogi-Uehara.

From March 18, 2008, Odakyū Romancecar limited express services began running between Kita-Senju and Hakone-Yumoto (on the Hakone Tozan Line) and Karakida (on the Odakyū Tama Line. Trains also run from/to Shin-Kiba using tracks connecting to the Yūrakuchō Line. It is the first time that reserved-seating trains have operated on a Japanese subway line.

Station list

• All stations are located in Tokyo.
• Stopping patterns:
  • Local trains stop at every station.
  • Odakyū Romancecar limited express services stop at stations marked "●" and does not stop at those marked "｜".
  • The Odakyū Bay Resort limited express service does not stop at stations marked "▲". (It leaves the Chiyoda Line at Kasumigaseki.)
  • All limited express services stop at Yoyogi-Uehara to change drivers and conductors, but passengers may not board or disembark at this station.

Main line

Station Number	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Limited Express	Transfers	Location
			Between Stations	Total
C-01	Yoyogi-Uehara	代々木上原[* 1]	-	0.0	※	Odakyū Odawara Line (through services for Hon-Atsugi and via the Tama Line for Karakida; limited expresses via the Hakone Tozan Railway for Hakone-Yumoto)	Shibuya
C-02	Yoyogi-Kōen	代々木公園	1.0	1.0	｜
C-03	Meiji-Jingūmae	明治神宮前	1.2	2.2	｜	Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-15) Yamanote Line (Harajuku)
C-04	Omotesandō	表参道	0.9	3.1	●	Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-02), Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-02)	Minato
C-05	Nogizaka	乃木坂	1.4	4.5	｜
C-06	Akasaka	赤坂	1.1	5.6	｜
C-07	Kokkai-Gijidō-mae	国会議事堂前	0.8	6.4	｜	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-14), Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (Tameike-Sannō: N-06), Ginza Line (Tameike-Sannō: G-06)	Chiyoda
C-08	Kasumigaseki	霞ケ関	0.8	7.2	▲	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-15), Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-06)
C-09	Hibiya	日比谷	0.8	8.0	｜	Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-07), Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Yūrakuchō: Y-18) Toei Mita Line (I-08) Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line (Yūrakuchō) Underground passage to Ginza, Higashi-Ginza stations
C-10	Nijūbashimae	二重橋前	0.7	8.7	｜
C-11	Ōtemachi	大手町	0.7	9.4	●	Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line (T-09), Marunouchi Line (M-18), Hanzōmon Line (Z-08) Toei Mita Line (I-09)
C-12	Shin-Ochanomizu	新御茶ノ水	1.3	10.7	｜	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (Awajichō: M-19) Toei Shinjuku Line (Ogawamachi: S-07) Chūō-Sōbu Line, Chūō Line (Rapid) (Ochanomizu)
C-13	Yushima	湯島	1.2	11.9	｜		Bunkyō
C-14	Nezu	根津	1.2	13.1	｜
C-15	Sendagi	千駄木	1.0	14.1	｜
C-16	Nishi-Nippori	西日暮里	0.9	15.0	｜	Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line Nippori-Toneri Liner (02)	Arakawa
C-17	Machiya	町屋	1.7	16.7	｜	Keisei Main Line Toden Arakawa Line (Machiya-Ekimae)
C-18	Kita-Senju	北千住[* 2]	2.6	19.3	●	Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-21) Jōban Line Tōbu Isesaki Line Tsukuba Express (05)	Adachi
C-19	Ayase	綾瀬[* 2]	2.6	21.9		Jōban Line (through service for Toride) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (for Kita-Ayase)

1. ^ Yoyogi-Uehara is shared by both Odakyū Electric Railway and Tokyo Metro; Odakyū Electric Railway manages the station.
2. ^ ^{a b} Kita-Senju and Ayase are shared by both JR East and Tokyo Metro; Tokyo Metro manages the station.

Branch line

Both stations are located in Adachi.

Station Number	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Location
			Between Stations	Total
C-19	Ayase	綾瀬	-	21.9	Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (for Yoyogi-Uehara) Jōban Line
C-20	Kita-Ayase	北綾瀬	2.1	24.0

Rolling stock

A 6000 series EMU on the Odakyū Odawara Line at Higashi-Kitazawa

Listed below are currently used, all are 10-car formations unless otherwise indicated. Numbers in parentheses are of formations currently in service.

• Tokyo Metro
  • 06 series (x1) (since 1993)
  • 07 series (x1) (since 2008)
  • 5000 series 3-car trains (x2) (since 1969, currently for branchline)
  • 6000 series (x35) (since 1971)
  • 6000 series 3-car train (x1) (prototype of the series made in 1968, currently for branchline)
  • 16000 series (since November 2010)^[2]
• Odakyū
  • 1000 series
  • 4000 series (since September 2007)^[3]
  • Odakyū 60000 series MSE (since spring 2008)^[4]
• JR East
  • 209-1000 series (x2)
  • E233-2000 series (since summer 2009)

Former rolling stock

• 207-900 series (from 1986 until December 2009)
• 203 series (from 1982 until September 2011)^[5]

References

Tokyo portal

• Shaw, Dennis and Morioka, Hisashi, "Tokyo Subways", published 1992 by Hoikusha Publishing

1. ^ Metropolis, "Commute", June 12, 2009, p. 07. Capacity is defined as all passengers having a seat or a strap or door railing to hold on to.
2. ^ Tokyo Metro news release: 環境配慮型の新型車両16000系 千代田線に導入決定！！ (Environmentally friendly new 16000 series trains to be introduced on Chiyoda Line), (21 December 2009). Retrieved 22 December 2009. (Japanese)
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ [2]
5. ^ "203系が営業運転から離脱 [203 series withdrawn from revenue service]" (in Japanese). Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd.. 28 September 2011. http://railf.jp/news/2011/09/28/152700.html. Retrieved 28 September 2011. 

External links

• Tokyo Metro website (English)