The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. The operator is Seibu Railway.

The line is part of the Seibu Shinjuku group of railway lines and connects suburban areas of western Tokyo to Seibu and JR East main lines that run to central Tokyo. The line is named after the , a major reservoir supplying water to Tokyo, located close to the terminus of the line at . Since July 2008, recorded announcements on trains have been provided in English in addition to Japanese and, as part of Seibu Railway's ongoing refurbishment programme, signage and maps at stations are also bilingual.

Stations

Platforms

• Ōmekaidō, Yasaka, Musashi-Yamato, and Seibu-Yūenchi are all single platform.
• Kokubunji station: trains terminate/start from platform 7.
• Hitotsubashi-Gakuen station: trains pass here. Hagiyama-bound trains call at platform 1, and Kokubunji bound trains stop at platform 2.
• Hagiyama stations: Most trains to Kokubunji depart from platform 1, whilst trains for Seibu-Yūenchi leave from platform 2. Although, through trains to Seibu-Yūenchi will stop at platform 1 and through trains to Kokubunji will leave from platform 3.

Operation

All services on this line operate as and this line is run mainly as a shuttle service between and stations. This journey takes 7 minutes and is served by two trains running back and forth every 10 minutes between these stations (although services after 10 p.m. are less frequent). The line is single track and except at , Hagiyama station, and a passing place located between Kokubunji and Hitotsubashi-Gakuen stations. Routinely, the services in operation pass each other at Hitotsubashi-Gakuen station, with the first train waiting for the service in the opposite direction to clear the next section of track .

At peak times, a third train is also used on this track section, which usually operates as a through train to/from Seibu-Yūenchi station. This train will pass other services between Kokubunji and Hitotsubashi-Gakuen stations, and at Hitotsubashi-Gakuen station. When , such additional trains are stored in sidings to the north of Hagiyama station.

Other trains on the Seibu-Yūenchi to Hagiyama section operate as Seibu Shinjuku Line services, which continue past Hagiyama, terminating at Kodaira Station. These services are timed to connect with Kokubunji-bound trains at Hagiyama. At least one Seibu Tamako Line train per hour in both directions operates the full journey between Kokubunji and Seibu Yūenchi. At peak times, some services from Seibu-Yūenchi are coupled at Hagiyama station to trains from forming Seibu Shinjuku Line express trains to .

Connections

This line connects the suburban Seibu lines with the JR Chūō line at Kokubunji. At Hagiyama, there is transfer to the Seibu Haijima Line and the Seibu Shinjuku Line. The Seibu Yamaguchi Line, also known as the Leo Liner, connects Seibu Yūenchi Station with Seibu Yūenchi amusement park and the Seibu Dome, home of the Saitama Seibu Lions baseball team. Some passengers alight at Ōmekaidō Station to make the short walk to Shin-Kodaira Station for connecting services on the JR Musashino Line.

The Tamako Line also provides access to the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry and the International Campus of Hitotsubashi Gakuen University from Ōmekaidō and Hitotsubashi-Gakuen stations respectively.

References

External links

• Seibu Railway route map