Tōkyū Ikegami Line
 New 7000 series train on delivery, November 2007
| Tōkyū Ikegami Line
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| Info
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| Type | Commuter
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| Terminals | Gotanda
Kamata
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| No. of stations | 15
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| Operation
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| Opened | 1922 (initial section)
1928 (entire line)
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| Owner | N/A
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| Operator(s) | Tokyu Corporation
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| Technical
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| Line length | 10.8 km
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| Gauge | 1,067 mm
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| Electrification | Entire line at 1,500 V DC
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The Tōkyū Ikegami Line (東急池上線, Tōkyū Ikegami-sen?) is a line operated by Tokyu Corporation. It runs through Tokyo, extending from Gotanda Station in Shinagawa to Kamata Station in Ōta.
New 3-car EMUs based on the Tōkyū 5000 series design are due to be delivered from November 2007, with a total of 19 sets to be delivered by 2011.[1]
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[edit] History
- 1922-10-06: Line opens between Kamata and Ikegami (1.8 km).
- 1923-05-04: Line opens between Ikegami and Yukigaya (3.7 km).
- 1926-08-06: Keidai Ground-mae Station opens (now Chidorichō Station).
- 1927-08-19: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station opens between Yukigaya and Ontakesan.
- 1927-08-28: Section opens between Yukigaya and Kirigaya (now closed), located between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Togoshi-Ginza (4.7 km).
- 1927-10-09: Line opens between Kirigaya and Ōsaki-Hirokoji (0.6 km).
- 1928-04-13: Ishikawa Station renamed Ishikawadai, and Suehiro Station renamed Higashi-Chōfu (now Kugahara).
- 1928-06-17: Line opens between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Gotanda (0.3 km), completing line.
- 1933-06-01: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station combined with Yukigaya Station and renamed Yukigaya-Ōtsuka; Ontakesan-mae Station renamed Ontakesan.
- 1936-01-01: Higashi-Chōfu Station renamed Kugahara; Keidai Ground-mae Station renamed Chidorichō.
- 1951-05-01: Hatagaoka Station moved to Hatanodai Station on Ōimachi Line.
- 1953-08-12: Kirigaya Station closes.
- 1957-08-10: Line voltage raised from 600 V to 1,500 V.
- 1989-03-18: 3000 series trains withdrawn.
- 1989-03-19: Ebara-Nakanobu Station moved underground.
- 1998-03-16: Driver-only operation starts.
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