Keio Sagamihara Line

Keio Sagamihara Line
8000 series EMU at Keio-Tama-Center Station, May 2006
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Tokyo, Kanagawa prefectures
Termini	Chōfu Hashimoto
Stations	12
Operation
Opened	1916
Owner	Keio Corporation
Technical
Line length	22.6 km (14.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	110 km/h (70 mph)

The Keio Sagamihara Line (京王相模原線, Keiō-sagamihara-sen^?) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation, connecting Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture and Chōfu Station in Chōfu, Tokyo.

Rapid and Semi express services stop at all stations on this line.

The line opened as a one-stop single-track spur from Chōfu to Tamagawahara on June 1, 1916, electrified at 600 V DC, and was double-tracked on April 1, 1924. On May 1, 1937, Tamagawahara was renamed Keiō-Tamagawa, and on August 4, 1963, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.

The line was extended (all extensions were electrified dual track) on April 1, 1971, to Keiō-Yomiuri-Land. Subsequent extensions brought the line to Keiō-Tama-Center (October 18, 1974), Minami-Ōsawa (May 22, 1988) and Hashimoto (March 30, 1990). Tamasakai station opened on April 6, 1991.

In 2012 the Chofu to Tamagawahara section was relocated underground.