The is a suburban railway line in Japan which runs from Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo to Yorii Station in Yorii, Saitama, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Its official name is the , but it is referred to as on Tobu signage and publicity information.
The Tojo Line and Tobu Ogose Line branch are isolated from other Tobu lines, such as the Isesaki Line and Nikko Line; some trains can however be transported between the Tojo Line and the rest of the Tobu network via the track connections with the Chichibu Main Line while on the ATS-Chichibu-type. There was a plan to connect between Nishiarai on the Isesaki Line and Kami-Itabashi on the Tojo Line, but this was never built.
The name of the line comes from the original plan to construct a line linking with (an old province now Gunma Prefecture).
Stations
thumb|Tobu Tojo Line Service Types (as of 16 March 2019)
Abbreviations:
- L = (some to/from the Fukutoshin Line and Yūrakuchō Line)
- SE =
- E = (some to/from the Fukutoshin Line)
- RE = (some to/from the Fukutoshin Line)
- KL =
- TJ = TJ Liner (morning "up" services and evening "down" services)
- FL = F Liner () to/from the Fukutoshin Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line, and Minatomirai Line
- The line is operated as two sections: Ikebukuro-Ogawamachi and Ogawamachi-Yorii. There are no through services between the sections.
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|- style="text-align: center; "
!rowspan=2|No.
!rowspan=2|Station
!rowspan=2|Japanese
!colspan=2|Distance (km)
!rowspan=2|L
!rowspan=2|SE
!rowspan=2|E
!rowspan=2|RE
!rowspan=2|KL
!rowspan=2|TJ
!rowspan=2|FL
!rowspan=2|Transfers
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Location
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! Between<br>Stations
! Total
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|池袋
| -
| 0.0
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| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
| style="background:orange;" |●
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="3"|Toshima
|rowspan="10"|Tokyo
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|北池袋
| 1.2
| 1.2
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:red;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| rowspan="9"|
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|下板橋
| 0.8
| 2.0
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:Red;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|大山
| 1.0
| 3.0
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:Red;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="7"|Itabashi
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|中板橋
| 1.0
| 4.0
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:Red;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|ときわ台
| 0.7
| 4.7
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:Red;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|上板橋
| 1.3
| 6.0
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:Red;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|東武練馬
| 1.4
| 7.4
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:Red;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
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|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|下赤塚
| 1.5
| 8.9
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:Red;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|成増
| 1.5
| 10.4
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:Red;"|●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|和光市
| 2.1
| 12.5
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|Wakō
|rowspan="29"|Saitama
|- style="text-align: center; "
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|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|朝霞
| 1.5
| 14.0
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="2"|Asaka
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|朝霞台
| 2.4
| 16.4
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
|style="text-align: left; "| (: JM28)
|- style="text-align: center; "
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|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|志木
| 1.4
| 17.8
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|Niiza
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|柳瀬川
| 1.5
| 19.3
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|Shiki
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|みずほ台
| 1.3
| 20.6
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="3"|Fujimi
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|鶴瀬
| 1.4
| 22.0
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
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|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|ふじみ野
| 2.2
| 24.2
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |●
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
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|style="text-align: left; "|
|style="text-align: left; "|上福岡
| 1.7
| 25.9
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "| Fujimino
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|新河岸
| 2.4
| 28.3
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="4"|Kawagoe
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|川越
| 2.2
| 30.5
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
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| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
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| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|川越市
| 0.9
| 31.4
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
| style="background:orange;" |●
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "| (: SS29)
|- style="text-align: center; "
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| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|霞ヶ関
| 3.4
| 34.8
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
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| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|鶴ヶ島
| 2.2
| 37.0
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "| Tsurugashima
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|若葉
| 1.9
| 38.9
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="3"|Sakado
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|坂戸
| 1.7
| 40.6
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
| style="background:orange;" |●
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "| (TJ26)
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|北坂戸
| 2.1
| 42.7
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|高坂
| 3.5
| 46.2
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:orange;" |<nowiki>|</nowiki>
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="2"|Higashimatsuyama
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|東松山
| 3.7
| 49.9
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
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| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|森林公園
| 2.7
| 52.6
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
| style="background:orange;" |●
| style="background:lightgreen;"|●
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; " rowspan="2"|Namegawa, Hiki District
|- style="text-align: center; "
|
| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|つきのわ
| 2.8
| 55.4
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:Red;" |●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;" |●
| style="background:#990066;" |●
| style="background:orange;" |●
| style="text-align: left; "|
|- style="text-align: center; "
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| style="text-align: left; "|
| style="text-align: left; "|武蔵嵐山
| 1.7
| 57.1
| style="background:silver;"|●
| style="background:MediumSeaGreen;"|●
| style="background:Red;"|●
| style="background:RoyalBlue;"|●
| style="background:#990066;"|●
| style="background:orange;"|●
Rolling stock
<gallery widths=180>
File:Tobu-OgoseLine-Series-8000-81120F.jpg|Tobu 8000 series
File:Tobu-Series9000R_9106.jpg|Tobu 9000 series
File:Tobu-Series10000_11006.jpg|Tobu 10000 series
File:Tobu-Series10030R_11639.jpg|Tobu 10030 series
File:Tobu-Series30000_31604.jpg|Tobu 30000 series
File:Tobu-Tojo-Line-Series51001F.jpg|Tobu 50000 series
File:Tobu-Series50090_51094_Kawagoe-Ltd.Express.jpg|Tobu 50090 series
File:Tobu-Tojo-Line-SeriesTokyu5050-4003F.jpg|Tokyu 5050-4000 series
File:Tokyo-Metro-Series10000_10102.jpg|Tokyo Metro 10000 series
File:Tokyo-Metro-Series17000_17105.jpg|Tokyo Metro 17000 series
File:Yokohama_Minatomirai_Railway_Y500_series_Y512F_(47490523272).jpg|Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series
</gallery>
Past rolling stock
- Tobu 3000 series EMUs
- Tobu 5000 series EMUs
- Tobu 5310 series EMUs (on Flying Tojo limited express services from 1949)
- Tobu 7300 series EMUs
- Tobu 7800 series EMUs
- Tokyo Metro 7000 series 8-car EMUs (between Wakoshi and Shiki, until April 2022)
- Tokyo Metro 7000 series 10-car EMUs (between Wakoshi and Ogawamachi, until October 2021)
- Tokyo Metro 07 series EMUs (between Wakōshi and Kawagoeshi, until October 2007)
<gallery widths=180>
File:Tobu 7300 Isesaki Line 1977.jpg|7300 series (Isesaki Line) in 1977
File:Tobu 7800 Ogose Line between Ogose and Bushu-Karasawa 19770419.jpg|7800 series (Ogose Line) in April 1977
File:Yu-line07-106F.jpg|Tokyo Metro 07 series
File:Tobu-TojoLine-Series-Metro7000.jpg|Tokyo Metro 7000 series
</gallery>
Rolling stock depots
The main maintenance depot for the line is Shinrin-kōen Depot, to the north of Shinrin-kōen Station. This opened in March 1971, and as of December 2013 has an allocation of 678 vehicles (the entire fleet used on the Tojo Line and Ogose Line). The Tokyo terminus of the line was originally planned to be at , and this is where, even today, the "0 km" post for the line is located (with Ikebukuro Station marked by km post "-1.9").
In 1920, the Tojo Railway was absorbed into the Tobu Railway, and in 1923, the line was extended from Sakadomachi to Ogawamachi. In 1925, the line was further extended from Ogawamachi to Yorii, completing the present-day Tobu Tojo Line. Limited Express services were discontinued and replaced by new services. Daytime express services were increased from four to five per hour, and semiexpress services were reduced from four to three per hour. All trains operating out of Ikebukuro are standardized as 10-car trains. From this date, the maximum line speed was increased from to .
March 2011 timetable revision
From the start of the revised timetable on 5 March 2011, TJ Liner services were increased from six to nine on weekday evenings. The irregularly spaced daytime express services were adjusted to run at 12-minute intervals, and semi-express services were adjusted to run at 20-minute intervals.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Tojo Line and Ogose Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TJ".
From 10 September 2012, 10-car 5050-4000 series sets entered revenue service on the Tobu Tojo Line, with inter-running through to the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.
March 2013 timetable revision
From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, through running via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line was extended beyond Shibuya over the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line to in Yokohama. New "Rapid" services were introduced, with the previous daytime off-peak pattern of five Express services hourly changed to four Express and two Rapid services per hour in each direction.
March 2016 timetable revision
Following the revised timetable introduced on 26 March 2016, through services to and from in Yokohama, running via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line were extended to Shinrin-kōen, and upgraded to "Express" status, branded as "F Liner". Weekday morning TJ Liner services were introduced in the up direction to Ikebukuro. Morning services were discontinued from this date.
March 2019 timetable revision
Following the revised timetable introduced on 16 March 2019, a new service type named has begun operation. These trains will use special 50090 series rolling stock nicknamed "", with full transverse seating, and with unique Kawagoe-themed external wrapping, designed by Koyano Yuuki, a famous young artist. Passengers will be able to board them without paying an additional Limited Express charge. These trains aim to further establish the notation that "Sightseeing in Kawagoe = Tobu Tojo Line", and to increase convenience of travelling to Kawagoe for residents and visitors.
There are 2 northbound, 4 southbound services on weekends, and 2 northbound, 3 southbound services on weekdays. Services stop at Ikebukuro, Asakadai, Kawagoe, Kawagoe-shi, Sakado and all stations between Higashi-Matsuyama and Ogawamachi. In comparison to the former Limited Express service which was discontinued in 2008, the Kawagoe Limited Express skips Wakoshi and stops at Asakadai. The same timetable revision also saw Kami-Itabashi Station being added to semi-express services. Rapid express trains now stop at Asakadai instead of Shiki and stop all stations northwest of Kawagoe whilst being the new service type of F-Liner trains, replacing the previous express service type. Express trains now make an additional stop at Asaka. TJ Liner trains towards Ikebukuro also operate on weekends & public holidays. Kawagoe limited express trains now have increased frequency in operation whilst a notable amount of inbound evening services operate from Ogawamachi to Ikebukuro whereas all inbound trains start from Shinrin-kōen prior to the timetable revision.
See also
- List of railway lines in Japan