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Chichibu Main Line

Chichibu Main Line

Railway line in Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Not to be confused with the Seibu Chichibu Line.

The Chichibu Main Line (秩父本線, Chichibu-honsen) is a railway line in Japan, owned by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway, linking Hanyū and Mitsumineguchi, both in Saitama Prefecture.

Outside and inside a Chichibu Main Line train near Bushū-Nakagawa Station, 2019

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Stations

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Legend
  • ● – All trains stop
  • ○ – Some trains stop
  • ▲ – Some trains pass
  • ▼ – Trains make seasonal stops
  • | – All trains pass

Rolling stock

As of 1 April 2016, the Chichibu Railway operates the following fleet of rolling stock on the line.[1]

  • 5000 series EMU set 5003 in June 2011
  • A 6000 series EMU on a Chichibuji express service
  • 7000 series EMU set 7001 in October 2018
  • 7500 series EMU set 7504 in October 2018
  • 7800 series EMU set 7801 in June 2013
  • SL Paleo Express
  • DeKi 102
  • DeKi 201
  • DeKi 301
  • DeKi 507

Rolling stock previously used

  • A 300 series EMU in 1989
  • A 500 series EMU in 1984
  • An 800 series EMU in 1989
  • A 1000 series EMU in 2008
  • A 2000 series EMU in 1992
  • A 3000 series EMU in 2006

History

The Jōbu Railway (上武鉄道) opened the section between Kumagaya and Yorii on 7 October 1901 operated by the use of steam haulage.[3] The line was extended in stages, reaching Chichibu in 1914. The line was electrified at 1,200 V DC on 15 March 1918.[3] On 1 August 1922, the Chichibu Railway acquired the Hokubu Railway (北武鉄道) operating between Hanyū and Kumagaya.[3] The line reached Mitsumineguchi in 1930.

From 1 February 1952, The line voltage was raised to 1,500 V DC.[3]

Former connecting lines

References

  1. [1]
    私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations – 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 17. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
  2. [2]
    秩父鉄道「さよなら1003号貸切運転・撮影会ツアー」開催 [Chichibu Railway organizes "Farewell 1003 charter train and photographic tour"]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 43, no. 361. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2014. p. 74.
  3. [3]
    Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  4. [4]
    Terada, Hirokazu (October 2003). 私鉄廃線25年 [25 Years of Abandoned Private Railways]. Japan: JTB Can Books. pp. 52–53. ISBN 4-533-04958-3.
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