Keio Sagamihara Line

Keio Sagamihara Line
A 8000 series EMU at Keio-Tama-Center Station in May 2006
Overview
Native name 京王相模原線
Type Commuter rail
Locale Tokyo, Kanagawa prefectures
Termini Chōfu
Hashimoto
Stations 12
Operation
Opened 1916
Owner Keio Corporation
Technical
Line length 22.6 km (14.0 mi)
Track gauge 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) Scotch Gauge
Electrification 1,500 V DC
Operating speed 110 km/h (70 mph)

The Keio Sagamihara Line (京王相模原線, Keiō-sagamihara-sen) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation, connecting Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture and Chōfu Station in Chōfu, Tokyo.

Station list

Rapid and Semi express services stop at all stations on this line.

No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Express Semi Special Express Special Express Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total
From
Chōfu		 From
Shinjuku
KO-18 Chōfu 調布 - 0.0 15.5 O O O Keio Line (most trains through to Shinjuku) Chōfu Tokyo
KO-35 Keiō-Tamagawa 京王多摩川 1.2 1.2 16.7 |[Note 1] |[Note 1] |[Note 1]  
KO-36 Keiō-Inadazutsumi 京王稲田堤 1.3 2.5 18.0 O O O JN Nambu Line (Inadazutsumi) Tama-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa
KO-37 Keiō-Yomiuri-Land 京王よみうりランド 1.4 3.9 19.4 |[Note 1] |[Note 1] |[Note 1]   Inagi Tokyo
KO-38 Inagi 稲城 1.6 5.5 21.0 | | |  
KO-39 Wakabadai 若葉台 3.3 8.8 24.3 | | |   Asao-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa
KO-40 Keiō-Nagayama 京王永山 2.6 11.4 26.9 O O O Odakyu Tama Line (Odakyū-Nagayama) Tama Tokyo
KO-41 Keio-Tama-Center 京王多摩センター 2.3 13.7 29.2 O O O Odakyu Tama Line (Odakyu-Tama-Center)
Tama Toshi Monorail Line (Tama-Center)
KO-42 Keiō-Horinouchi 京王堀之内 2.3 16.0 31.5 | | |   Hachiōji
KO-43 Minami-Ōsawa 南大沢 2.2 18.2 33.7 O O O  
KO-44 Tamasakai 多摩境 1.9 20.1 35.6 | | |   Machida
KO-45 Hashimoto 橋本 2.5 22.6 38.1 O O O
Midori-ku, Sagamihara Kanagawa
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Trains stop during special events only.

History

The line opened as a one-stop single-track spur from Chōfu to Tamagawara on June 1, 1916, electrified at 600 V DC, and was double-tracked on April 1, 1924. On May 1, 1937, Tamagawara was renamed Keiō-Tamagawa, and on August 4, 1963, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.

The line was extended (all extensions were electrified dual track) on April 1, 1971, to Keiō-Yomiuri-Land. Subsequent extensions brought the line to Keiō-Tama-Center (October 18, 1974), Minami-Ōsawa (May 22, 1988) and Hashimoto (March 30, 1990). Tamasakai station opened on April 6, 1991.

In 2012, the Chofu to Tamagawahara section was relocated underground.

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

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