Odakyū Tama Line

Odakyu Tama Line
Odakyu Tama Line
	A 5000 series EMU on the Tama Line in November 2021
Overview
Native name	小田急多摩線
Owner	Odakyu Electric Railway
Locale	Kanto region
Termini	Shin-Yurigaoka; Karakida;
Stations	8
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	1 June 1974; 50 years ago
Technical
Line length	10.6 km (6.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	555 m (1,821 ft)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	D-ATS-P
Maximum incline	2.5%
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Odakyu Tama Line (小田急多摩線, Odakyū Tama-sen) is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in the Greater Tokyo of Japan. The line extends 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) from Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kanagawa Prefecture to Karakida Station in Tokyo.

Used for commuter service by the residents of Tama New Town, the largest New Town in Japan, rapid trains are frequent on the line, running through to Odakyu's Tokyo terminus at Shinjuku on the Odakyu Odawara Line.^[1]

Service patterns

Since June 2022, the services operating on the Tama Line are as follows:^[2]^[3]

Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō): Four services from Shinjuku on weekdays, and two to Shinjuku on weekends and holidays.
Commuter Express (通勤急行, tsūkin-kyūkō): To Shinjuku. Weekday mornings only.
Express (急行, Kyūkō): To/from Shinjuku. Mornings and evenings.
Local (各駅停車, Kakueki Teisha): Mostly in the line only, and some from/to Shinjuku, all day long. Most Local services to/from Shinjuku operate as Express services on the Odawara Line.

Former Service

Tama Express (多摩急行, Tama Kyūkō): All from/to Toride on East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Joban Line via the Chiyoda Line. All day.

Stations

Local services stop at all stations.^[1]

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)			Express	Commuter Express	Rapid Express	Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
			Between stations	From Shin- Yurigaoka	From Shinjuku
Through operation to:		Shinjuku Station (Odakyu Odawara Line)
OH23	Shin-Yurigaoka	新百合ヶ丘	-	0.0	21.5	●	●	●	OH Odakyu Odawara Line (through service)	Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
OT01	Satsukidai	五月台	1.5	1.5	23.0	｜	↑	｜
OT02	Kurihira	栗平	1.3	2.8	24.3	●	●	●
OT03	Kurokawa	黒川	1.3	4.1	25.6	｜	↑	｜
OT04	Haruhino	はるひ野	0.8	4.9	26.4	｜	↑	｜
OT05	Odakyū-Nagayama	小田急永山	1.9	6.8	28.3	●	●	●	KO Keio Sagamihara Line (Keiō-Nagayama)	Tama, Tokyo
OT06	Odakyū-Tama-Center	小田急多摩センター	2.3	9.1	30.6	●	●	●	KO Keio Sagamihara Line (Keiō-Tama-Center) Tama Toshi Monorail Line (Tama-Center)
OT07	Karakida	唐木田	1.5	10.6	32.1	●	●	●

History

This line was built as a part of Tokyo Line 9, linked with the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and Odakyu Odawara Line.

Odakyu started service on the first section, from Shin-Yurigaoka to Odakyū-Nagayama, on June 1, 1974. It expanded to Tama Center, the central station of Tama New Town, on April 23, 1975. This section was constructed by the national Japan Railway Construction Corporation, since renamed the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT), while Odakyu operated it and paid for the organization. On March 27, 1990, Odakyu opened Karakida station.

The line was constructed as double track, but Odakyu could not take a large part of the transport between Tokyo and Tama New Town. Delay to the quadrupling of the main Odawara Line due to long standing land acquisition conflicts prevented operating extra trains that were to connect the new town and the terminus of Shinjuku.

Rapid train services on the Tama Line began in 2000, and succeeded in increasing the number of passengers, shorting transit time.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

^ ^a ^b 首都圏鉄道完全ガイド主要私鉄編 [Tokyo Area Complete Railway Guide - Major Private Lines] (in Japanese). Japan: Futabasha. 22 July 2013. p. 12. ISBN 978-4-575-45387-4.
^ 栗平駅時刻表詳細（上り） [Kurihira Station - Timetable details (up)]. Odakyu Electric Railway (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ 栗平駅時刻表詳細（下り） [Kurihira Station - Timetable details (down)]. Odakyu Electric Railway (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[futabasha2013-1] 首都圏鉄道完全ガイド主要私鉄編 [Tokyo Area Complete Railway Guide - Major Private Lines] (in Japanese). Japan: Futabasha. 22 July 2013. p. 12. ISBN 978-4-575-45387-4.

[odakyu-kurihira-up-20231215-2] 栗平駅時刻表詳細（上り） [Kurihira Station - Timetable details (up)]. Odakyu Electric Railway (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[odakyu-kurihira-down-20231215-3] 栗平駅時刻表詳細（下り） [Kurihira Station - Timetable details (down)]. Odakyu Electric Railway (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

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v t e Odakyu railway lines
Odakyu lines	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Related lines	Enoden Hakone Ropeway Hakone Tozan Hakone Tozan Cable Car
Major stations	Machida Odawara Sagami-Ōno Shimo-Kitazawa Shinjuku Shin-Yurigaoka Tama-Center

v t e Transit in Greater Tokyo
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Yamagata Akita Jōetsu Hokuriku Tōkaidō Chūō (planned)
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	JY Yamanote JK Keihin-Tōhoku - Negishi JB Chūō-Sōbu Local JC Chūō Rapid JO Yokosuka - Sōbu Rapid JU Utsunomiya & Takasaki - JT Tōkaidō Ueno–Tokyo JA Saikyo JS Shonan–Shinjuku JJ Jōban Rapid JL Jōban Local JE Keiyō
Tokyo Metro	C Chiyoda F Fukutoshin G Ginza H Hibiya M Marunouchi N Namboku T Tōzai Y Yūrakuchō Z Hanzōmon
Toei Subway	A Asakusa E Ōedo I Mita S Shinjuku
Yokohama Municipal Subway	Blue Green
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	JM Musashino JH Yokohama JN Nambu JI Tsurumi Sagami Hachikō/Kawagoe Ryōmō Jōetsu Agatsuma Shin'etsu Tohoku Direction Karasuyama Nikkō Chuo Direction CO Chūō JC Itsukaichi JC Ōme Koumi Shinonoi Sobu Direction JO Sōbu Sotobō Uchibō Kururi Tōgane Joban Direction Mito Narita Suigun Kashima Tokaido Direction JT Itō
JR Central lines in satellite cities or suburbs	Chuo Direction Minobu Tokaido Direction Gotemba
Keikyu	Keikyū Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keiō New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibuen Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino JR Link Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tokyu	DT Den-en-toshi IK Ikegami MG Meguro OM Ōimachi TM Tamagawa TY Tōyoko KD Kodomonokuni SH Shin-Yokohama
Other commuter rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Trams	Enoden SG Setagaya Arakawa
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail
People movers	New Shuttle Kanazawa Seaside NT Nippori-Toneri Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka Yurikamome
Hinterland	Chichibu Jōmō Jōshin Watarase Keikoku Yagan Mooka Minato Ōarai Kashima Chōshi Isumi Kominato
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway Yokohama Air Cabin
Bus	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Tokyo City Air Terminal Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
Miscellaneous	Smart cards Pasmo Suica Transport in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Toei Subway rolling stock Tokyo Metro rolling stock List of East Japan Railway Company stations List of Tokyo Metro stations List of Toei Subway stations Station numbering
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)