Tokyo Metro Namboku Line

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox rail line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita. The Namboku Line was referred to as Line 7 during the planning stages, thus the seldom-used official name is .

On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color emerald (previously coded "teal"), and its stations are given numbers using the letter "N".

Overview

Trains run through onto the Tokyu Meguro Line for Template:STN and the Saitama Railway's Saitama Rapid Railway Line (which is essentially a separately-owned extension of the Namboku Line) for Template:STN.

The right-of-way and stations between Template:STN and Meguro are shared with the Toei Mita Line – a unique situation on the Tokyo subway where both operators share common infrastructure. Under an agreement between Tokyo Metro and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the fare for this section is calculated on the Toei fare system for passengers traveling to stations on the Mita Line past Shirokane-Takanawa, on the Metro fare system for passengers traveling to stations on the Namboku Line past Shirokane-Takanawa, and on the system "most beneficial to the passenger" (presently the Metro schedule) for travel solely on the shared sector.

On maps, diagrams and signboards, the Namboku Line is shown using the color emerald (▉), and its stations are given numbers using the letter "N".

Station list

• All stations are located in Tokyo.
• All services stop at all stations.

Station No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	From N-01
↑ Through-running to/from ↑ Template:TQLS Template:Lnl for Template:STN Template:TQLS Template:Lnl for Template:STN Template:Ric Sōtetsu Main Line for Template:STN Template:Ric Sōtetsu Izumino Line for Template:STN (via Template:STN on the Sōtetsu Main Line)
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	目黒	–	0.0	Template:Plainlist	Shinagawa
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	白金台	1.3	1.3	Template:TSLS Mita Line (I-02) (shared)	Minato
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	白金高輪	1.0	2.3	Template:TSLS Mita Line (I-03) (shared)
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	麻布十番	1.3	3.6	Template:TSLS Template:Lnl (E-22)
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	六本木一丁目	1.2	4.8	Template:TSLS Template:Lnl (Template:STN: H-04)
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	溜池山王	0.9	5.7	Template:Plainlist	Chiyoda
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	永田町	0.9	6.6	Template:Plainlist
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	四ツ谷	1.3	7.9	Template:Plainlist	Shinjuku
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	市ケ谷	1.0	8.9	Template:Plainlist
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	飯田橋	1.1	10.0	Template:Plainlist
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	後楽園	1.4	11.4	Template:Plainlist	Bunkyō
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	東大前	1.3	12.7
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	本駒込	0.9	13.6
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	駒込	1.4	15.0	Template:JRLS Yamanote Line	Toshima
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	西ケ原	1.4	16.4		Kita
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	王子	1.0	17.4	Template:Plainlist
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	王子神谷	1.2	18.6
Template:TSSN	Template:STN	志茂	1.6	20.2
Template:TSSN Template:TSSN	Template:STN	赤羽岩淵	1.1	21.3	Template:TSLS Template:Lnl
↓Through-running to/from↓ Template:TSLS Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Template:STN

Rolling stock

• Tokyo Metro 9000 series 6/8-car EMUs
• Tokyu 3000 series 8-car EMUs
• Tokyu 5080 series 8-car EMUs
• Tokyu 3020 series 8-car EMUs
• Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series 6-car EMUs
• Sotetsu 21000 series 8-car EMUs

• Tokyo Metro 9000 series
  Tokyo Metro 9000 series
• Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series
  Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series
• Tokyu 3000 series
  Tokyu 3000 series
• Tokyu 5080 series
  Tokyu 5080 series
• Tokyu 3020 series
  Tokyu 3020 series
• Sotetsu 21000 series
  Sotetsu 21000 series

History

The Template:Convert Namboku Line is one of Tokyo Metro's newer lines, featuring advanced technology including full automatic train operation and platform screen doors. Although the line was originally proposed in 1968, construction did not begin until the 1980s, partly due to the right-of-way to Meguro with the Toei Mita Line. The first segment from Template:STN to Template:STN opened on 29 November 1991.

The line initially operated with four-car EMUs. Upon its extension to Yotsuya in March 1996, the formations were extended to six cars. On 1 April 2022, eight-car trains began operating on the line.

The extension to Template:STN was completed in September 1997, and the last stretch from Tameike-Sanno to Meguro was completed on 26 September 2000, when through service to the Tokyu Meguro Line started. Through service with the Saitama Rapid Railway Line commenced when it opened in March 2001 and accommodated traffic to and from Saitama Stadium during the 2002 World Cup. Although the Saitama Line is more or less a northern extension of the Namboku Line, it nevertheless remains a private entity to which the Namboku Line offers through services with.

The Namboku Line was inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Effective the timetable revision on 18 March 2023, through services onto the Sagami Railway commenced courtesy of the Tokyu and Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line. Most southbound services past Hiyoshi continue as far south as Shin-Yokohama and Ebina.

Future plans

On 28 January 2022, Tokyo Metro announced that a Template:Convert spur line from Shirokane-takanawa to Shinagawa would be built. The extension is expected to cost Template:JPYConvert and scheduled to begin revenue service in the mid-2030s. It is intended to increase connections to and from the Chūō Shinkansen, which is scheduled to open for service in 2027.

References

• Shaw, Dennis and Morioka, Hisashi, "Tokyo Subways", published 1992 by Hoikusha Publishing

External links

• Namboku Line Official Website