Odakyū Tama Line

Odakyū Tama Line
Odakyū Tama Line
	An Odakyu 4000 series on the Tama Line, July 2007
Overview
Owner	Odakyu
Locale	Kanto region
Termini	Shin-Yurigaoka; Karakida;
Stations	8
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	1 June 1974
Technical
Line length	10.6 km
Track gauge	1067

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The Odakyū Tama Line (小田急多摩線, Odakyū Tama-sen) is a railway line operated by the Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan. The line runs 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) in the southwestern portion of Greater Tokyo, from Shin-Yurigaoka Station to Karakida Station.

Used for commuter service by the residents of Tama New Town, the largest New Town in Japan, rapid trains are often on the line, through to the terminus of the operator Shinjuku on the main line (Odawara Line) or downtown via Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. Tama Express trains terminate at Toride Station in Toride, Ibaraki, on the opposite side of Tokyo. A Limited express service is also provided in the evening, with Odakyu "Romancecar" EMUs.

History

This line was built as a part of Tokyo Line 9, linked with Chiyoda Line and Odawara Line, as described in Transport Policy Council Report No. 18 in 2000 from the Ministry of Transport (present Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MILT)).

Odakyu started service on the first section, from Shin-Yurigaoka to Odakyū-Nagayama, on June 1, 1974. It expanded to Tama Center, the central station of Tama New Town, on April 23, 1975. This section was constructed by the national Japan Railway Construction Corporation, since renamed the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT)), while Odakyu operated it and paid for the organization. On March 27, 1990, Odakyu opened Karakida station.

The line was constructed on double track, but Odakyu could not take a large part of the transport between Tokyo and Tama New Town. Delay of the quadrupling of the main Odawara Line due to long standing land acquisition conflicts prevented operating extra trains that were to connect the new town and the terminus of Shinjuku.

Rapid train service on the Tama Line began in 2000, and succeeded in increasing the number of passengers, shorting transit time.

Rapid service

Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE): Down from Shinjuku, only in evenings, none to Shinjuku. Named Homeway, and using Odakyu "Romancecar" EMUs.
Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex): Up to Shinjuku or Ayase on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. One exception is down from Shin-Yurigaoka. Only morning on weekday.
Tama Express (多摩急行, Tama Kyūkō) (TE): All from/to Toride on East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Jōban Line via Chiyoda Line. All day.
Section Semi Express (区間準急, Kukan Junkyū) (SSE): Stops all stations in the line, from/to Shinjuku in daytime
Local (各駅停車, Kakueki Teisha) (Lo): Mostly in the line only, and some from/to Shinjuku, all day long.

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)			Express	Tama Express	Transfers	Location
		Between stations	Total
		Between stations	From Shin- Yurigaoka	From Shinjuku
Through operation to:		● Odakyū Odawara Line Shinjuku Station ● Jōban Line Toride Station via the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Shin-Yurigaoka*	新百合ヶ丘	-	0.0	21.5	●	●	Odakyū Odawara Line (for Shinjuku, Odawara)	Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Satsukidai	五月台	1.5	1.5	23.0	｜	｜
Kurihira	栗平	1.3	2.8	24.3	●	●
Kanagawa	黒川	1.3	4.1	25.6	｜	｜
Haruhino	はるひ野	0.8	4.9	26.4	｜	｜
Odakyū-Nagayama*	小田急永山	1.9	6.8	28.3	●	●	Keiō Sagamihara Line (Keiō-Nagayama）	Tama, Tokyo
Odakyū-Tama-Center*	小田急多摩センター	2.3	9.1	30.6	●	●	Keiō Sagamihara Line (Keiō-Tama-Center) Tama Toshi Monorail Line (Tama-Center)
Karakida*	唐木田	1.5	10.6	32.1	●	●

Romancecar limited express trains stop at stations marked with a star (*).
Local and section semi-express trains stop at all stations.

v t e Odakyu railway lines
Odakyu lines	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Related lines	Enoden Hakone Ropeway Hakone Tozan Hakone Tozan Cable Car
Major stations	Machida Odawara Sagami-Ōno Shimo-Kitazawa Shinjuku Shin-Yurigaoka Tama-Center

v t e Transit in the Greater Tokyo Area
Shinkansen lines	Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen Chūō Shinkansen (planned)
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	JY Yamanote JK Keihin-Tōhoku - Negishi JB Chūō-Sōbu Local JC Chūō Rapid JO Yokosuka - Sōbu Rapid JU Utsunomiya & Takasaki - JT Tōkaidō Ueno–Tokyo JA Saikyo JS Shonan–Shinjuku JJ Jōban Rapid JL Jōban Local JE Keiyō
Tokyo Metro lines	C Chiyoda F Fukutoshin G Ginza H Hibiya M Marunouchi N Namboku T Tōzai Y Yūrakuchō Z Hanzōmon
Toei Subway lines	A Asakusa E Ōedo I Mita S Shinjuku
Yokohama Municipal Subway	Blue Line Green Line
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	JM Musashino JH Yokohama JN Nambu JI Tsurumi Sagami Hachikō - Kawagoe Ryōmō Jōetsu Agatsuma Shin'etsu Tohoku Direction Karasuyama Nikkō Chuo Direction CO Chūō Main JC Itsukaichi JC Ōme Koumi Minobu ( JR Central) Shinonoi Sobu Direction Sōbu Main Sotobō Uchibō Kururi Tōgane Joban Direction Mito Narita Suigun Kashima JT Tokaido Direction JT Itō Gotemba ( JR Central)
Keikyu	Keikyū Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keiō New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibuen Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino JR Link Line Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tōkyū Railways	DT Den-en-toshi IK Ikegami MG Meguro OM Ōimachi TM Tamagawa TY Tōyoko KD Kodomonokuni SH Shin-Yokohama
Other commuter rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Line Saitama Rapid Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Trams	Enoden SG Setagaya Arakawa
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail
People movers	New Shuttle Kanazawa Seaside NT Nippori-Toneri Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka Yurikamome
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Bus services and hubs	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Tokyo City Air Terminal (& Bus) Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
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Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
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