Tōkyū Ōimachi Line

Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
6000 series EMU on Ōimachi Line express service, March 2008
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Ōimachi Mizonokuchi
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	6 July 1927
Owner	Tokyu Corporation
Technical
Line length	12.4 km
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary

Route diagram

Legend TWR Tōkaidō Main Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line 0.0 Ōimachi 0.8 Shimo-Shinmei Yokosuka Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1.5 Togoshi-kōen Toei Asakusa Line 2.1 Nakanobu 2.7 Ebaramachi Tōkyū Ikegami Line 3.2 Hatanodai 4.0 Kita-Senzoku Tōkyū Meguro Line 4.8 Ōokayama Okusawa depot 5.3 Midorigaoka 6.3 Jiyūgaoka Tōkyū Tōyoko Line Jiyūgaoka depot 7.1 Kuhombutsu 7.8 Oyamadai 8.3 Todoroki 9.2 Kami-Noge Ōimachi Line Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line 10.4 Futako-Tamagawa Tama River/Tokyo-Kanagawa boundary 11.1 Futako-Shinchi 11.7 Takatsu 12.4 Mizonokuchi Musashi-Mizonokuchi Nambu Line Kajigaya Kajigaya depot Saginuma depot Saginuma Nagatsuta Nagatsuta depot Chūō-Rinkan

The Tōkyū Ōimachi Line (東急大井町線, Tōkyū Ōimachi-sen^?)　is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. It extends from Ōimachi in Shinagawa, Tokyo to Mizonokuchi in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.

Rolling stock

• For Local services
  • 8000 series
  • 8500 series
  • 8090 series
  • 8590 series
  • 9000 series
• For Express services
  • 6000 series

History

• 6 July 1927: Ōimachi - Ōokayama opened by Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄)
• 1 November 1929: Jiyūgaoka - Futako-Tamagawa opened by Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway
• 25 December 1929: Ōokayama - Jiyūgaoka opened by Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway
• 29 June 1938: Meguro-Kamata Railway absorbed into Tōkyō-Yokohama Electric Railway (東京横浜電鉄)
• 15 January 1958: Electric supply increased to 1,500 V DC
• 11 October 1963: Line renamed Den-en-toshi Line, together with the section south of Futako-Tamagawa
• 16 November 1977: Through running starts between Shibuya and Nagatsuta
• 12 August 1979: Line renamed Ōimachi Line, separated from Den-en-toshi Line south of Futako-Tamagawa
• 23 February 2008: ATC operation starts
• 28 March 2008: Express services start
• 11 July 2009: Expand from Futako-Tamagawa to Mizonokuchi

Stations

For distances and connections for other lines, see the route diagram.

Local trains are classified by color of signs: blue and green. The latter runs on the express track between Futako-Tamagawa and Mizonokuchi and does not stop at Futako-Shinchi and Takatsu.

Station	Japanese Name	Stops			Location
		"Blue" Local	"Green" Local	Express
Ōimachi	大井町	●	●	●	Shinagawa	Tokyo
Shimo-Shinmei	下神明	●	●	｜
Togoshi-kōen	戸越公園	●	●	｜
Nakanobu	中延	●	●	｜
Ebaramachi	荏原町	●	●	｜
Hatanodai	旗の台	●	●	●
Kita-Senzoku	北千束	●	●	｜	Ōta
Ōokayama	大岡山	●	●	●	Meguro
Midorigaoka	緑が丘	●	●	｜
Jiyūgaoka	自由が丘	●	●	●
Kuhombutsu	九品仏	●	●	｜	Setagaya
Oyamadai	尾山台	●	●	｜
Todoroki	等々力	●	●	｜
Kami-Noge	上野毛	●	●	｜
Futako-Tamagawa	二子玉川	●	●	●
Futako-Shinchi	二子新地	●	｜	｜	Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
Takatsu	高津	●	｜	｜
Mizonokuchi	溝の口	●	●	●

References

• "80周年を迎え進化する東急大井町線-その1-" (in Japanese). Japan Railfan Magazine (鉄道ファン, Tetsudō-fan^?) (July 2008): pp. 118–125. 2008. 

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