Tobu Ogose Line

Ogose Line 8000 series EMU at Sakado station, September 2006

Overview

Native name

東武越生線

Type

Commuter rail

Locale

Saitama Prefecture

Termini

Sakado
Ogose

Stations

Operation

Opened

17 February 1932

Owner

Tobu Railway

Depot(s)

None

Rolling stock

Tobu 8000 series

Technical

Line length

10.9 km (6.8 mi)

Number of tracks

Single

Track gauge

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Minimum radius

205 m

Electrification

1,500 V DC, overhead catenary

Operating speed

90 km/h (55 mph)

Route map

0.0

Sakado←Tobu Tojo Line→

Kan-Etsu Expressway

2.8

Ippommatsu

Ōya

Nishi-Ōya Junction

Nippon Cement line

4.4

Morito

5.6

7.6

8.6

9.4

10.9

Ogose

←Hachiko Line→

The Tobu Ogose Line (東武越生線, Tōbu Ogose-sen^?) is a 10.9 km mostly single-track branchline in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It runs from Sakado Station on the Tobu Tojo Line to Ogose Station, connecting with the JR East Hachikō Line.

Service consists of four trains per hour in each direction during the daytime, increased to six trains per hour in the morning and evening peak periods. Services are formed of 4-car 8000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains.

Since June 2008, all Ogose Line services are formed of 4-car 8000 series EMU trains. 7300 series EMUs were used up until 1984,7800 series EMUs were used up until 1985, 5000 series EMUs were used until 1990, and 10030 series and 10050 series EMUs were also used alongside the 8000 series trains until the start of driver-only operation in June 2008.

7300 series EMU

7800 series EMU, April 1977

5000 series EMU

A 10030 series 4-car EMU in July 2004

A 10050 series 4-car EMU in July 2004

Refurbished 4-car 8000 series set, May 2008

The line first opened as a freight line operated by the Ogose Railway (越生鉄道^?) between Sakado and the Komagawa River (later Morido Station (森戸駅^?)) on 17 February 1932. The line was extended from Morido to Ogose on 16 December 1934, from which date passenger services also commenced.

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