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{{Short description|People mover in Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width       =
| name            = New Shuttle
| color           = 339999 <!-- yellow -->
| logo            = New_Shuttle_Line_symbol.svg
| logo_width      = 50
| image           = New-Shuttle Series2020-21F 21.jpg
| image_width     = 300px
| caption         = 
| type            = Rubber-tyred [[Automated Guideway Transit]]
| system          = 
| status          =
| locale          = [[Saitama Prefecture]]
| start           = {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}
| end             = {{STN|Uchijuku|x}}
| stations        = 13
| routes          =
| daily_ridership =
| open            = {{Start date|1983|12|22|df=y}}
| close           =
| owner           = 
| operator        = Saitama New Urban Transit
| character       =
| depot           = [[Maruyama Station (Saitama)|Maruyama]]
| stock           = {{Plainlist|
* 1050 series
* 2000 series
* 2020 series
}}
| linelength      = {{convert|12.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength     = 
| tracks          =
| gauge           = 
| electrification = 600 V 50 Hz 3-phase AC [[Third rail]] side contact<ref name="terada2013"/>
| speed           = {{Convert|60|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}}
| elevation       =
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}}
The {{Nihongo|'''New Shuttle'''|ニューシャトル|Nyū Shatoru}} is a manually driven rubber-tyred [[Automated guideway transit|people mover]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 |url=https://www.gk-design.co.jp/dsh/pd/2020.html |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.gk-design.co.jp}}</ref> system in [[Saitama Prefecture]], Japan, operated by {{nihongo|Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd.|埼玉新都市交通株式会社|Saitama Shin Toshi Kōtsū Kabushiki-gaisha}}.

The {{Convert|12.7|km|adj=on}} {{nihongo|'''Ina Line'''|伊奈線|Ina-sen}} that runs north from [[Ōmiya Station (Saitama)|Ōmiya Station]] in [[Saitama, Saitama]], alongside the [[Tohoku Shinkansen]] and [[Joetsu Shinkansen]] elevated high-speed lines through [[Ageo, Saitama|Ageo]] to [[Uchijuku Station]] in [[Ina, Saitama|Ina]] in [[Saitama Prefecture]] in the [[Greater Tokyo Area]] is the only route that is run on the system. The line is double tracked from [[Ōmiya Station (Saitama)|Ōmiya Station]] to [[Maruyama Station (Saitama)|Maruyama Station]] and single tracked from Maruyama to [[Uchijuku Station]].

Saitama New Urban Transit is a [[kabushiki gaisha]] whose major shareholders include the [[East Japan Railway Company]], [[Tobu Railway]], banks, Saitama prefectural government, and the cities and the town served.

==Ina Line stations==
The stations on the line are as follows.<ref name="terada2013">{{cite book |last = Terada |first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways |publisher = Neko Publishing |date = 19 January 2013 |location = Japan |language = ja |page = 34, 204|isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4}}</ref> All stations are located in [[Saitama Prefecture]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Colour/No.
! Name
! Japanese
! Distance (km)
! Location
|-
| {{Color box|MediumPurple|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-01 station number.png|35px|NS-01]]
| {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}
| 大宮
| align=right| 0.0
| rowspan=2| [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama]]
|-
| {{Color box|HotPink|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-02 station number.png|35px|NS-02]]
| {{STN|Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan|x}}
| 鉄道博物館
| align=right| 1.5
|-
| {{Color box|LightGreen|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-03 station number.png|35px|NS-03]]
| {{STN|Kamonomiya|x|Saitama}}
| 加茂宮
| align=right| 3.2
| rowspan=4| [[Kita-ku, Saitama]]
|-
| {{Color box|DarkOrange|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-04 station number.png|35px|NS-04]]
| {{STN|Higashi-Miyahara|x}}
| 東宮原
| align=right| 4.0
|-
| {{Color box|SaddleBrown|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-05 station number.png|35px|NS-05]]
| {{STN|Komba|x}}
| 今羽
| align=right| 4.8
|-
| {{Color box|DeepSkyBlue|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-06 station number.png|35px|NS-06]]
| {{STN|Yoshinohara|x}}
| 吉野原
| align=right| 5.6
|-
| {{Color box|Gold|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-07 station number.png|35px|NS-07]]
| {{STN|Haraichi|x}}
| 原市
| align=right| 6.4
| rowspan=2| [[Ageo, Saitama|Ageo]]
|-
| {{Color box|FireBrick|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-08 station number.png|35px|NS-08]]
| {{STN|Shōnan|x}}
| 沼南
| align=right| 7.2
|-
| {{Color box|DarkOliveGreen|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-09 station number.png|35px|NS-09]]
| {{STN|Maruyama|x|Saitama}}
| 丸山
| align=right| 8.2
| rowspan=5| [[Ina, Saitama|Ina]]
|-
| {{Color box|Navy|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-10 station number.png|35px|NS-10]]
| {{STN|Shiku|x}}
| 志久
| align=right| 9.4
|-
| {{Color box|Goldenrod|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-11 station number.png|35px|NS-11]]
| {{STN|Ina-Chūō|x}}
| 伊奈中央
| align=right| 10.5
|-
| {{Color box|Red|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-12 station number.png|35px|NS-12]]
| {{STN|Hanuki|x}}
| 羽貫
| align=right| 11.6
|-
| {{Color box|Sienna|border=darkgray}} [[File:NS-13 station number.png|35px|NS-13]]
| {{STN|Uchijuku|x}}
| 内宿
| align=right| 12.7
|}

The line's depot is located next to Maruyama Station.<ref name="terada2013"/>

==Rolling stock==
{{As of|2016|04|01}}, the following train types are used on the line, all formed as six-car sets.<ref name="jrrprivate2016">{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2016 |trans-title=Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 25 July 2016 |location = Japan |language = ja |page = 23|isbn = 978-4-330-70116-5}}</ref>

* 1050 series
* 2000 series
* 2020 series (since 4 November 2015)<ref name="rmnews20151109">{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2015/11/2020_2.html|script-title=ja: 【埼玉新都市交通】2020系 営業運転開始|trans-title=Saitama New Urban Transit 2020 series enters revenue service |date= 9 November 2015|work= RM News|publisher= Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 9 November 2015}}</ref>

===1050 series===
{{As of|2021|06|03}}, two 1050 series sets (52 and 53) were in service, formed as six-car sets as follows.<ref name="jrrprivate2016"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Set No. !! colspan=6 |Car numbers !! Livery
!Date introduced
|-
! 52
| 1152 || 1252 || 1352 || 1452 || 1552 || 1662 || {{Color box|White|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|#63DDFF|border=darkgray}} White with cosmic blue lining (since March-April 2019)
|April 1998
|-
! 53
| 1153 || 1253 || 1353 || 1453 || 1553 || 1663 || {{Color box|White|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|#4EF575|border=darkgray}} White with fresh green lining (since March-April 2019)
|November 1999
|}

<gallery>
File:Saitama New Urban Transit Type 1050.JPG|1050 series set 51 in October 2014, repainted in 2008 to commemorate the first anniversary of the opening of the Railway Museum
File:Model 1050 of New Shuttle.jpg|1050 series set 53 in November 2007
File:Saitama New Urban Transit Type 1050 53 20141004.jpg|1050 series set 53 in October 2014, repainted into the original livery worn when first delivered
</gallery>

===2000 series===
The 2000 series fleet consists of seven six-car sets (01 to 07) formed as follows.<ref name="jrrprivate2016"/> The trains have stainless steel bodies with different colour front ends and bodyside stripes.<ref name="jrrprivate2016"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Set No. !! colspan=6 |Car numbers !! Livery
|-
! 01
| 2101 || 2201 || 2301 || 2401 || 2501 || 2601 || {{Color box|#ef4387|border=darkgray}} Reddish-purple
|-
! 02
| 2102 || 2202 || 2302 || 2402 || 2502 || 2602 || {{Color box|DarkOrange|border=darkgray}} Orange
|-
! 03
| 2103 || 2203 || 2303 || 2403 || 2503 || 2603 || {{Color box|#1e9638|border=darkgray}} Green
|-
! 04
| 2104 || 2204 || 2304 || 2404 || 2504 || 2604 || {{Color box|Yellow|border=darkgray}} Yellow
|-
! 05
| 2105 || 2205 || 2305 || 2405 || 2505 || 2605 || {{Color box|DodgerBlue|border=darkgray}} Blue
|-
! 06
| 2106 || 2206 || 2306 || 2406 || 2506 || 2606 || {{Color box|Red|border=darkgray}} Red
|-
! 07
| 2107 || 2207 || 2307 || 2407 || 2507 || 2607 || {{Color box|HotPink|border=darkgray}} Cherry blossom pink
|}
 
<gallery>
File:Saitama New Urban Transit Type 2000 F2101.JPG|2000 series set 01 in October 2014
File:Saitama New Urban Transit Type 2000 F2102.jpg|2000 series set 02 in November 2015
File:Saitama New Urban Transit Type 2000 F2103.jpg|2000 series set 03 in November 2015
File:Saitama New Urban Transit Type 2000 F2104.JPG|2000 series set 04 in October 2014
File:Saitama New Urban Transit Type 2000 F2105.jpg|2000 series set 05 in November 2015
File:Saitama New Urban Transit 2107 Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station 20150627 (cropped).jpg|2000 series set 07 in June 2015
</gallery>

===2020 series===
The 2020 series fleet consists of six six-car sets (21 to 26) formed as follows.<ref name="jrrprivate2016"/> Built by [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]], the trains have aluminium bodies.<ref name="jrrprivate2016"/> Each set has a different accent colour, as shown below.<ref name="newshuttle20160606"/>

The first 2020 series trainset, numbered 21, entered service on 4 November 2015.<ref name="rmnews20151109"/> Set 22 entered service in February 2016, followed by set 23 in June 2016.<ref name="newshuttle20160606">{{cite web |url= http://www.new-shuttle.jp/topics/2016/06/2020323.html|script-title=ja: 2020系第3弾目の23(にいさん)編成がデビューします。|trans-title=3rd 2020 series (set 23) to debut|date= 6 June 2016|publisher= Saitama New Urban transit Co.|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160617071138/http://www.new-shuttle.jp/topics/2016/06/2020323.html|archive-date= 17 June 2016 |url-status=live |access-date= 17 June 2016}}</ref> A fourth trainset, numbered 24, entered service on 12 February 2019. The fifth trainset entered service in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite book |title=私鉄車両編成表2021 |date=16 July 2021 |publisher=Kotsu Shimbunsha |isbn=9784330032214 |location=Japan |pages=23 |language=ja |trans-title=Private Railway Vehicle Organization Table 2021}}</ref> A sixth trainset was delivered in November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/saitama-new-urban-transit-trainsets-delivered/67963.article |title=Saitama New Urban Transit trainsets delivered |date=10 December 2024 |publisher=Metro Report International |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Set No. !! colspan=6 |Car numbers !! Livery !! Date introduced
|-
! 21
| 2121 || 2221 || 2321 || 2421 || 2521 || 2621 || {{Color box|Aqua|border=darkgray}} "Green crystal" || November 2015
|-
! 22
| 2122 || 2222 || 2322 || 2422 || 2522 || 2622 || {{Color box|DarkOrange|border=darkgray}} "Bright amber" || February 2016
|-
! 23
| 2123 || 2223 || 2323 || 2423 || 2523 || 2623 || {{Color box|DeepPink|border=darkgray}} "Pure ruby" || June 2016
|-
! 24
| 2124 || 2224 || 2324 || 2424 || 2524 || 2624 || {{Color box|Gold|border=darkgray}} "Golden Topaz" || February 2019
|-
! 25
| 2125 || 2225 || 2325 || 2425 || 2525 || 2625 || {{Color box|#EBA7F2|border=darkgray}} "Twilight Amethyst" || February 2020
|-
! 26
| 2126 || 2226 || 2326 || 2426 || 2526 || 2626 || [[file:PACE flag (without text).svg|20px]] "Rainbow" (All colours from the logo) || November 2024
|}

<gallery>
File:New-Shuttle Series2020-21F 21.jpg|2020 series set 21 in December 2024
File:New-Shuttle Series2020-22F 21.jpg|2020 series set 22 in December 2024
File:New-Shuttle Series2020-23F 26.jpg|2020 series set 23 in January 2025
File:New-Shuttle Series2020-24F 26.jpg|2020 series set 24 in November 2024
File:New-Shuttle Series2020-25F 26.jpg|2020 series set 25 in December 2024
File:New-Shuttle Series2020-26F 21.jpg|2020 series set 26 in December 2024
</gallery>

===Former rolling stock===
* 1010 series

By 1 April 2015, three 1010 series sets (15, 17, 19) remained in service, formed as six-car sets.<ref name="jrrprivate2015">{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2015 |trans-title=Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 23 July 2015 |location = Japan |language = ja |page = 23|isbn = 978-4-330-58415-7}}</ref> The last set (set 7) was withdrawn following its last day in service on 26 June 2016.<ref name="rmnews20160627">{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2016/06/1000_40.html|script-title=ja: 埼玉新都市交通1000系が全車引退|trans-title=Saitama New Urban Transit 1000 series all withdrawn|first= Satoshi|last= Fukuda |date= 27 June 2016 |work= RM News|publisher= Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. |location= Japan |language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160627080401/http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2016/06/1000_40.html|archive-date= 27 June 2016|url-status=live |access-date= 27 June 2016}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:NewShuttle1111.jpg|1010 series set 11 in March 2007
File:Model 1010 of New Shuttle.jpg|1010 series set 14 in November 2007
</gallery>

==History==
The people of Ina town, on the branch point of the [[Tōhoku Shinkansen|Tohoku]] and [[Joetsu Shinkansen]] high-speed railway lines, opposed the latter being routed through their area, complaining that the town would be divided by the new tracks and beset with [[noise pollution]]. To placate the residents, new railway lines were planned. The [[Automated Guideway Transit|AGT]] Ina Line was the solution reached for the area north of Ōmiya Station, where the potential demand was not large enough to run [[heavy rail]] lines economically. (Currently, the line generates an operating profit.) A heavy rail line (the [[Saikyo Line]]) was the solution reached for the south of Ōmiya Station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=＜1都3県 Town & Train＞1983年誕生 ニューシャトル（さいたま市～埼玉県伊奈町）：東京新聞デジタル |url=https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/376971 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=東京新聞デジタル |language=ja}}</ref>

* 1 April 1980: Operating company {{nihongo|Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd.|埼玉新都市交通株式会社|Saitama Shin Toshi Kōtsū Kabushiki-gaisha}} is incorporated.{{fact|date=May 2025}}
* 22 December 1983: The section between Ōmiya and Hanuki stations opens.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=平成18年度 鉄道要覧 |year=2006 |pages=204 |language=ja}}</ref>
* 2 August 1990: The remaining section between Hanuki and Uchijuku stations opens.<ref name=":0" />
* 14 October 2007: Ōnari Station is renamed Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station when the [[Railway Museum (Saitama)|Railway Museum]] (''Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan'') opens.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-11 |title=  ʐV s s  ʁi   j j   [ V   g   |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011002033/http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~snut/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of rapid transit systems]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Saitama New Urban Transit}}
* {{Official website|http://www.new-shuttle.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Tokyo transit}}

[[Category:People mover systems in Japan]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Saitama Prefecture]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1983]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in Japan]]