Tobu Railway




Japanese railway company

"Tobu" redirects here. For the food made of bean curd, see tofu.






























































Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.
Native name
東武鉄道株式会社
Type
Public (K.K)
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
 Nezu Kaichirō
Services Passenger railway
Total assets ¥1.3 trillion
Owner Yoshizumi Nezu (from 1999)
Number of employees
 4,659 (As of March 2010[update])
Website www.tobu.co.jp



Old Tobu Railway logo used until July 2011


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 company is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.[citation needed]


The name "Tobu" is formed from the kanji for east (東) and Musashi (武蔵), the initial area served.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Railway network


    • 2.1 Main Lines


    • 2.2 Tobu Tojo Lines




  • 3 Rolling stock


    • 3.1 Express EMUs


    • 3.2 Commuter EMUs


    • 3.3 Steam locomotive


    • 3.4 Withdrawn types


      • 3.4.1 Express EMUs


      • 3.4.2 Commuter EMUs


      • 3.4.3 DMUs


      • 3.4.4 Steam locomotives






  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





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




Diagram of the Tobu network, showing main lines to right and Tojo Lines to lower left


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 Tobu Skytree Line (TS) symbol.svg
Asakusa – Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
 41.0
Kameido Line
Hikifune – Kameido
 3.4
Daishi Line
Nishiarai – Daishimae
 1.0
Isesaki Line Tobu Isesaki Line (TI) symbol.svg
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 Tobu Nikko Line (TN) symbol.svg
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)
 Tobu Noda Line (TD) symbol.svg
Ōmiya – Kasukabe – Funabashi
 62.7


Tobu Tojo Lines




















Name Symbol Stations Length (km)
Tojo Line Tobu Tojo Line (TJ) symbol.svg
Ikebukuro – Yorii
 75.0
Ogose Line
Sakado – Ogose
 10.9


Rolling stock


As of 1 April 2016[update], Tobu Railway operates a fleet of 1,890 electric multiple unit (EMU) vehicles, the third largest fleet for a private railway operator in Japan after Tokyo Metro (2,728 vehicles) and Kintetsu (1,905).[3]



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 (introduced in April 2017)


Eight new three-car 500 series EMU trains were introduced on limited express services on lines from Asakusa in 21 April 2017.[4]






  • 1800 series







  • 6050 series







  • 350 series Kirifuri limited express







  • 200 series Ryōmō limited express







  • 100 series Spacia







  • 634 series Skytree Train







  • A 500 series EMU in May 2017






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)


  • 70000 series EMU (since 7 July 2017)[5]






  • 8000 series (refurbished)







  • 9000 series







  • 10000 series







  • 20000 series







  • 30000 series







  • 50000 series







  • 60000 series







  • 70000 series






Steam locomotive


Tobu plans to operate steam-hauled tourist services on the Kinugawa Line from 10 August 2017 using JNR Class C11 steam locomotive C11 207 loaned from JR Hokkaido together with JNR Class DE10 diesel locomotive DE10 1099 purchased from JR East, a fleet of six 12 and 14 series coaches purchased from JR Shikoku, and two Yo 8000 brake vans purchased from JR Freight and JR East.[6]



Withdrawn types



Express EMUs



  • 1700/1720 series

  • 5700 series

  • 6000 series






  • 1720 series







  • 5700 series







  • 6000 series






Commuter EMUs



  • 2000 series

  • 3000 series


  • 5000 series (1979–2006)

  • 7300 series

  • 7800 series






  • 2000 series







  • 3000 series







  • 5000 series







  • 7300 series







  • 7800 series






DMUs


  • KiHa 2000 series





  • Preserved KiHa 2000 series DMU






Steam locomotives


  • Tobu B1 Class 4-4-0 (1898)





  • Preserved Tobu Railway B1 Class 4-4-0






References


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  • Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄: 全国私鉄149社局掲載 データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-4-87366-874-1..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}





  1. ^ "明治28年～45年". Tobu Railway. Retrieved 28 April 2015.


  2. ^ "昭和41年～63年". Tobu Railway. Retrieved 28 April 2015.


  3. ^ 私鉄車両編成表 2016 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.


  4. ^ ２０１７年４月２１日（金）ダイヤ改正を実施！ [Revised timetable to be introduced on Friday 21 April 2017] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.


  5. ^ 東武70000系が営業運転を開始 [Tobu 70000 series enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 8 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.


  6. ^ 東武鬼怒川線で復活するＳＬ「大樹」の営業運転開始日を２０１７年８月１０日（木）に決定！ ["Taiju" steam locomotive on Tobu Kinugawa Line to enter service on Thursday 10 August 2017] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.




External links







  • Tobu Group website (in Japanese)











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