- Tōbu Ogose Line
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Tōbu Ogose Line 
Ogose Line 8000 series EMU at Sakado station, September 2006Overview Type Commuter rail Locale Saitama Prefecture Termini Sakado
OgoseStations 8 Operation Opened 1943 Owner Tobu Railway Depot(s) None Rolling stock Tōbu 8000 series Technical Line length 10.9 km No. of tracks Single Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Minimum radius 205 m Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary Operating speed 90 km/h (55 mph)[1] The Tōbu Ogose Line (東武越生線 Tōbu Ogose-sen) is a 10.9 km mostly single-track branchline in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, which runs from Sakado Station on the Tōbu Tōjō Line to Ogose Station, connecting with the JR East Hachikō Line.[1]
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Service outline
Service today consists of four trains per hour in each direction during the daytime, increased to five trains per hour in the morning and evening peak periods.[2] Trains are formed of 4-car 8000 series EMUs. 7800 series EMUs were used up until 1985, 5000 series EMUs were used until 1990, and 10030 series EMUs were also used alongside the 8000 series trains until the start of driver-only operation in June 2008.
Stations
Name Japanese Distance (km) Connections Location Sakado 坂戸 0.0 Tōbu Tōjō Line Sakado Saitama Prefecture Ippommatsu 一本松 2.8 Tsurugashima Nishi-Ōya 西大家 4.4 Sakado Kawakado 川角 5.6 Moroyama, Iruma District Bushū-Nagase 武州長瀬 7.6 Higashi-Moro 東毛呂 8.6 Bushū-Karasawa 武州唐沢 9.4 Ogose, Iruma District Ogose 越生< 10.9 Hachikō Line History
A 10030 series 4-car EMU at Ippommatsu Station before the introduction of driver-only operation, August 2000
The line first opened as a freight line between Sakado and the Komagawa River (later Morito Station (森戸駅)) on 17 February 1932. The line was extended from Morito to Ogose on 16 December 1934, from which date passenger services also commenced. The line was electrified in July 1950 at 1,500 V DC.[1]
Through trains to and from Ikebukuro and Kawagoeshi on the Tōjō Line operated until the 1970s. Between 1996 and 2003, a special direct Ogose Kanbai train was operated between Ikebukuro and Ogose on certain weekends in February during the ume blossom viewing season. This train initially ran non-stop from Ikebukuro to Ogose (with a driver change at Sakado), but, in subsequent years, included stops at Asakadai and Kawagoe. From 2004 onward, regular scheduled trains on the Ogose Line were decorated with an Ogose Kanbai headboard for one day during March.
Freight trains serving the cement works near Nishi-Ōya Station ran up until 1984.[3]
The Ogose Line switched to driver-only operation from the start of the revised timetable on 14 June 2008.[4] The start of driver-only operation also involved the installation of platform edge sensors at all stations on the Ogose Line.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 57/197. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ "Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable", published 7 June 2008
- ^ Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１１巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 68. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
- ^ http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/1583/080327.pdf "「新・東上線」新登場！ ６月１４日（土）東上線ダイヤ改正", 27 March 2008 (Japanese)
- ^ "Your Tōjō", May 2008 issue
External links
- Tobu Railway Ogose Line information page (Japanese)
Tōbu lines Tōbu Main lines Tōbu Tōjō lines Ogose • TōjōClosed lines Ikaho Tramway • Keishi Line • Kumagaya Line • Nikkō Tramway • Ōya Line • Yaita LineRelated lines Major Stations Categories:- Lines of Tobu Railway
- Rail transport in Saitama Prefecture
- 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
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