Railway line in Tokyo, Japan
The Seibu Haijima Line (西武拝島線 , Seibu Haijima-sen ) is a railway line in Tokyo , Japan, operated by Seibu Railway .[ 1] It acts as a branch line of the Seibu Shinjuku Line , with direct trains to Seibu-Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.
Stations
O: stop
SE: Semi Express (準急 , Junkyū )
E: Express (急行 , Kyūkō )
HL: Haijima Liner (拝島ライナー , Haijima Rainā ) [ 2]
All trains on this line stop at every station.
Rolling stock
History
2 November 1928: Opened as Tamako Railway from Hagiyama to Moto-Kodaira (near Kodaira).
15 August 1932: Electrified at 600 V DC from Hagiyama to Moto-Kodaira.
12 March 1940: Tamako Railway merged with Musashino Railway (present-day Seibu Railway).
15 November 1949: Moto-Kodaira Station merged into Kodaira Station.
15 May 1950: Jōsui Line opened from Ogawa to Tamagawa-Jōsui. Omebashi and Tamagawa-Jōsui stations opened.
12 October 1954: Electrified at 1,500 V DC from Ogawa to Tamagawa-Jōsui.
18 March 1955: Electrification raised to 1,500 V DC between Kodaira and Hagiyama.
1 September 1962: Josui Line opened from Hagiyama to Ogawa. Renamed Jōsui Line from Kodaira to Hagiyama.
7 November 1967: Double-tracked from Kodaira to Hagiyama.
15 May 1968: Haijima Line opened from Tamagawa-Jōsui to Haijima, Seibu-Tachikawa station opened. Jōsui Line renamed Haijima Line.
25 March 1979: Omebashi Station renamed Higashi-Yamatoshi Station.
7 December 1979: Double-tracked from Hagiyama to Ogawa.
12 December 1983: Musashi-Sunagawa Station opened.
1 December 1983: Double-tracked from Musashi-Sunagawa to Seibu-Tachikawa.
5 March 1987: Nishi-Ogawa passing loop opened. Double-tracked from Nishi-Ogawa to Higashi-Yamatoshi.
2 November 1988: Double-tracked from Higashi-Yamatoshi to Tamagawa-Jōsui.
29 March 1991: Double-tracked from Ogawa to Nishi-Ogawa, Nishi-Ogawa passing loop abolished.
14 June 2008: Haijima Rapid service started. The service stopped at: Kodaira, Tamagawa-Jōsui, Musashi-Sunagawa, Seibu-Tachikawa and Haijima stations.
30 June 2012: Haijima Rapid service abolished.[ 4]
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. 58–59. ISBN 4-87366-874-3 .
^ "西武新宿線停車駅あんない" . Seibu Railway. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013 .
^ 進化した”スマイルトレイン" 西武鉄道、新型車両「40000系」デビューへ [New Seibu 40000 series "advanced Smile train" rolling stock to debut] (in Japanese). Japan: Tetsudo Shimbun. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015 .
^ "2012 年 6 月 30 日(土) ダイヤ改正を実施します" [30 June 2012 (Sat), a change in timetable will be implemented] (PDF) . News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2014 .
External links
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