Tobu Kameido Line

The Tobu Kameido Line (東武亀戸線, Tōbu Kameido-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway in Tokyo.^[1] The line is in central Tokyo, a short 3.4 km branch off the Tobu Skytree Line at Hikifune, southbound to Kameido with connections to the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Tobu Kameido Line
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A Kameido Line two-car 8000 series set in July 2024
Overview
Native name	東武亀戸線
Owner	Tobu Railway
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Kameido Hikifune
Stations	5
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Rolling stock	Tobu 8000 series
History
Opened	5 April 1904; 121 years ago (5 April 1904)
Technical
Line length	3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	160 m (520 ft)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	Tobu ATS
Route map Legend Tobu Skytree Line Keisei Oshiage Line Hikifune Keisei Hikifune Tobu Skytree Line for Oshiage Tobu Skytree Line for Asakusa Keisei Oshiage Line Tōbu: Kameido Line 1.4 Omurai 2.0 Higashi-Azuma 2.7 Kameido Suijin 3.4 Kameido Chūō-Sōbu Line

Operations

All trains are two-car 8000 series formations operating as all-stations "Local" services, with no through trains to the Tobu Skytree Line.

Stations

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
TS04	Hikifune	曳舟	0.0	TS Tobu Skytree Line	Sumida, Tokyo
TS41	Omurai	小村井	1.4
TS42	Higashi-Azuma	東あずま	2.0
TS43	Kameido Suijin	亀戸水神	2.7		Kōtō, Tokyo
TS44	Kameido	亀戸	3.4	JB Chuo-Sobu Line

Rolling stock

A two-car 8000 series set at Hikifune Station in April 2011

Services on the line are operated using a fleet of two-car 8000 series EMU trains.^[2]

Revival liveries

From 23 March 2016, two-car set 8577, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the "international orange" and "medium yellow" livery carried by 7300 and 7800 series trains between 1958 and 1964.^[3]

From 16 February 2017, two-car set 8568, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the green and "jasmine white" livery carried experimentally by one 7860 series train in the 1950s.^[4]

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  Orange-liveried 8000 series set 8577 in April 2016
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  Green-liveried 8000 series set 8568 in February 2017

History

The line opened on 5 April 1904.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Kameido Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TS".^[5]