- Kawagoe Line
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name = Kawagoe Line
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caption = Kawagoe Line 209-3000 series EMU atKomagawa Station
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locale =Saitama Prefecture
start = Ōmiya
end =Komagawa Station
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open = 1940
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operator =JR East
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linelength = 30.6 km
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gauge = 1,067 mm
el =Overhead catenary 1,500 V DC
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map_state = collapsedThe Nihongo|Kawagoe Line|川越線|Kawagoe-sen is a 30.6 km
railway line which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka inSaitama Prefecture inJapan . The main transfer stations on the line are Ōmiya, Kawagoe and Komagawa. It was opened in 1940, and electrified (1,500 V DC) in 1985. The 3.7 km section between Ōmiya and Nisshin Stations is double-tracked and the rest of the line is single-tracked. It is currently owned and operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).The section between Kawagoe and Ōmiya operates as an extension of the
Saikyō Line from centralTokyo , with most trains running to Ōsaki and on to Shin-Kiba via theRinkai Line .On the section between Kawagoe and Komagawa, about a half of the trains continue to and from Hachiōji via the
Hachikō Line .Except for a few rush-hour trains that start and terminate at Minami-Furuya, there are no through trains operating between the west and east sections, and so passengers wishing to travel beyond Kawagoe from either side must change trains there.
Stations
Rolling stock
The current EMU fleet used on Kawagoe Line services is based at Kawagoe Depot close to
Minami-Furuya Station .
*205 series 10-car EMUs x 32 (Kawagoe Line/Saikyō Line/TWR Rinkai Line services)
*TWR 70-000 series 10-car EMUs (Kawagoe Line/Saikyō Line/TWR Rinkai Line services)
*205-3000 series 4-car EMUs x 5 (Kawagoe Line/Hachikō Line services)
*209-3000 series 4-car EMUs x 4 (Kawagoe Line/Hachikō Line services)
*209-3100 series 4-car EMUs x 2 (Kawagoe Line/Hachikō Line services)Rolling stock previously used
*9600 class steam locomotives (until September 1969)
*KiHa 35 DMUs (until September 1985)
*103-3000 series EMUs (until October 2005)
*103-3500 series EMUs (until March 2005)
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