Tobu Kameido Line


The Tobu Kameido Line is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway in Tokyo. The line is in central Tokyo, a short 3.4 km branch off the Tobu Skytree Line at, southbound to with connections to the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Operations

All trains are two-car 8000 series formations operating as all-stations "Local" services, with no through trains to the Tobu Skytree Line.

Stations

No.NameJapaneseDistance ConnectionsLocation
曳舟0.0 Tobu Skytree LineSumida, Tokyo
小村井1.4 Sumida, Tokyo
東あずま2.0 Sumida, Tokyo
亀戸水神2.7 Kōtō, Tokyo
亀戸3.4 Chuo-Sobu LineKōtō, Tokyo

Rolling stock

Services on the line are operated using a fleet of two-car 8000 series EMU trains.

Revival liveries

From 23 March 2016, two-car set 8577, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the "international orange" and "medium yellow" livery carried by 7300 and 7800 series trains between 1958 and 1964.
From 16 February 2017, two-car set 8568, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the green and "jasmine white" livery carried experimentally by one 7860 series train in the 1950s.

History

The line opened on 5 April 1904.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Kameido Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TS".