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Tobu Railway
| File:Tōbu Tetsudō Logo.svg | |
| kabushiki kaisha | |
| Traded as | TYO: 9001 |
| Genre | Rail transport |
| Founded | November 1897 |
| Founder |
Michinari Suenobu Rokuro Hara |
| Headquarters | 2-18-12 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi |
Key people | Kaichiro Nezu |
| Services | Passenger railway |
| Total assets | ¥1.3 trillion |
| Owner | Yoshizumi Nezu (from 1999) |
Number of employees | 4,659 (As of March 2010[update]) |
| Website |
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Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (東武鉄道株式会社 Tōbu Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese commuter railway company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's 463.3 km rail system is the second longest in Japan after Kintetsu. It serves large portions of Saitama Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture, as well as northern Tokyo and western Chiba Prefecture.
The Tobu corporate group is also engaged in road transportation (bus/taxi), real estate, and retail. It is the largest investor in the Tokyo Skytree, the tallest structure in Japan.
The name "Tobu" is formed from the kanji for east (東) and Musashi (武蔵), the initial area served.
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History
Tobu is one of the oldest railway companies in Japan. It was established in November 1897 and began operation between Kita-Senju and Kuki in August 1899. The Tojo Railway was founded in 1911 as a separate company, but shared its president and head office with Tobu.[1]
Tobu was the first railway in the Kanto region to adopt quadruple tracks, on the Kita-Senju to Takenotsuka sector in 1974. The Tobu Dobutsu Koen (Tobu Animal Park) opened in 1981.[2]
Railway network
Tobu has two isolated networks which are connected by the Chichibu Railway for ferrying of its rolling stock.
The Tobu Main Line network has a tree topology starting at Asakusa Station in Tokyo, with the Isesaki line as the trunk, and the Tobu Kameido Line, Daishi Line, Tobu Urban Park Line, Tobu Sano Line, Koizumi Line, Tōbu Kiryū Line, and Nikkō Line forming the branches, with further branches into the Tobu Utsunomiya Line and Tobu Kinugawa Lines. It offers surcharged, seat-reserved limited express services from Tokyo to Nikkō and Kinugawa.
The Tojo Line runs northwest from Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo to central and western Saitama Prefecture. A branch, the Ogose Line, runs to Ogose from Sakado Station.
Tobu's terminals in Tokyo are at Asakusa Station (Main Line express services), Oshiage Station (most other Main Line services) and Ikebukuro Station (Tojo Line). The Skytree and Isesaki Lines interoperate with the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line to serve central Tokyo, while the Tojo Line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line to serve central and southwest Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture.
Main Lines
| Name | Symbol | Stations | Length (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skytree Line | 20px | Asakusa – Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen | 41.0 |
| Kameido Line | Hikifune – Kameido | 3.4 | |
| Daishi Line | Nishiarai – Daishimae | 1.0 | |
| Isesaki Line | 20px | Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen – Isesaki | 75.1 |
| Sano Line | Tatebayashi – Kuzū | 22.1 | |
| Koizumi Line | Tatebayashi – Nishi-Koizumi, Ōta – Higashi-Koizumi | 12.0 | |
| Kiryū Line | Ōta – Akagi | 20.3 | |
| Nikkō Line | 20px | Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen – Tōbu Nikkō | 94.5 |
| Utsunomiya Line | Shin-Tochigi – Tōbu Utsunomiya | 24.3 | |
| Kinugawa Line | Shimo-Imaichi – Shin-Fujiwara | 16.2 | |
| Urban Park Line (Formerly Noda Line) | 20px | Ōmiya – Kasukabe – Funabashi | 62.7 |
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Tobu Tojo Lines
| Name | Symbol | Stations | Length (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tojo Line | 20px | Ikebukuro – Yorii | 75.0 |
| Ogose Line | Sakado – Ogose | 10.9 |
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Rolling stock
Express EMUs
- 1800 series EMU (introduced 1969)
- 6050 series EMU (introduced 1985)
- 300/350 series EMU (introduced 1991)
- 200/250 series EMU Ryōmō (introduced 1991)
- 100 series EMU Spacia (introduced 1990)
- 634 series EMU Skytree Train (introduced 2012)
- 500 series 3-car EMUs (scheduled to be introduced from spring 2017)
Eight new three-car 500 series EMU trains are scheduled to be introduced on limited express services on lines from Asakusa from spring 2017.[3]
- Tobu-1800-1819F.JPG
1800 series
- Tobu Railway 6050.jpg
6050 series
- Tobu-Express"Kirifuri".JPG
350 series Kirifuri limited express
- Tobu Railway 200.jpg
200 series Ryōmō limited express
- Tobu100.jpg
100 series Spacia
- TOBURAILWAY SERIES634 634-21F 20121027.JPG
634 series Skytree Train
Commuter EMUs
- 8000 series EMU (introduced 1963)
- 800/850 series EMU
- 9000 series EMU (introduced 1981)
- 10000 series EMU (introduced 1983)
- 20000 series EMU (introduced 1988)
- 30000 series EMU (introduced 1996)
- 50000 series EMU (introduced 2005)
- 60000 series EMU (introduced June 2013)
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8000 series (unrefurbished)
- Tobu8000 8116f.jpg
8000 series (refurbished)
- Tobu9000 9105f.jpg
9000 series
- Tobu Railway 10050.jpg
10000 series
- Tobu20000.jpg
20000 series
- Tobu-30000-2.jpg
30000 series
- Tobu 50002 Asakadai 20060526.JPG
50000 series
- TOBURAILWAY SERIES60000 61601F（Tc61601） NODALINE TESTRUN.jpg
60000 series
Withdrawn types
Express EMUs
- Tobu DRC kinu.jpg
1720 series
- Tobu 5700 genjin train nishiarai.jpg
5700 series
- Tobu EC 6000 at Asakusa Sta2.jpg
6000 series
Commuter EMUs
- 2000 series
- 3000 series
- 5000 series (1979–2006)
- 7300 series
- 7800 series
- Tobu 2000 2409 nishiarai.jpg
2000 series
- Tobu 3070 3574 Nikko Line 19930504.jpg
3000 series
- Tobu 5050 5157 Tochigi 20060606.JPG
5000 series
- Tobu 7300 Isesaki Line 1977.jpg
7300 series
- Tobu 7800 Hikifune Station.jpg
7800 series
DMUs
- Tobu-railway-Kiha2002-20110818.jpg
Preserved KiHa 2000 series DMU
References
- Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 56–57. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ "明治28年～45年". Tobu Railway. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "昭和41年～63年". Tobu Railway. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ Kusamachi, Yoshimasa (22 April 2015). 東武鉄道、新型特急「500系」2017年春導入へ…分割・併合運転に対応 [Tobu Railway to introduce new 500 series limited express trains in spring 2017 - To allow coupling/splitting en route]. Response (in Japanese). Japan: IID Inc. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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