The Tobu Skytree Line (???????????, T?bu Sukaitsurii-rain) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to T?bu-D?butsu-K?en Station in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Tokyo Metro Hanz?mon Line. This section was rebranded the Tobu Skytree Line on 17 March 2012 in conjunction with the opening of the Tokyo Skytree tower.
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Description
Note that Oshiage Station is officially an extension or part of Tokyo Skytree. The double tracks between Oshiage and Hikifune are thus the third and fourth tracks of the Tokyo Skytree - Hikifune section.
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Operation
All-stations "Local" services operate from Asakusa to Kita-Senju, and T?bu-D?butsu-K?en, and onward to Minami-Kurihashi on the T?bu Nikk? Line. Some peak-hour Local services from Asakusa terminate at Takenotsuka, Kita-Koshigaya, or Kita-Kasukabe.
Through trains
The Skytree Line has trains that inter-run with two Tokyo Metro subway lines. One is the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line connected at Kitasenju, with all-stations "Local" trains only. The other is the Tokyo Metro Hanz?mon Line at Oshiage, with rapid trains of Tobu. Beyond Shibuya, the terminus of the Hanzomon Line, nearly all trains continue to and from to the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, down to the terminus Ch??-Rinkan.
To the north, trains run via the Yagan Railway to the Aizu Railway's Aizutajima Station.
Service patterns
Stops and operated sections are as of 2013.
Stations
- S: Stop
- *1: To Naka-Meguro on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.
- *2: To Ch??-Rinkan on Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
- *3: Through to Nikk? Line
- *4: Through to Isesaki Line
- *5: Terminating Services from Asakusa
- *6: Terminating Services from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
- *7: Terminating Services from Ch??-Rinkan on Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
Rolling stock
- Tobu 10000 series (since 1984)
- Tobu 20000 series (8-car EMUs, since 1988)
- Tokyo Metro 03 series (8-car EMUs, since 1988)
- Tokyo Metro 13000 series (7-car EMUs, since 25 March 2017)
- Tobu 70000 series (7-car EMUs, since 7 July 2017)
History
The former Skytree Train and Kirifuri limited express, Rapid, and Section Rapid services were discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 21 April 2017.
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