Seibu Tamako Line
The Seibu Tamako Line is a 9.2 km single-track railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
The line is part of the Seibu Shinjuku group of railway lines that connects suburban areas of western Tokyo to Seibu and JR East main lines that extend to central Tokyo. The line is named after the Tama Lake, 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
No. | Name | Japanese | Distance | Transfers | Location |
国分寺 | 0.0 | Seibu Kokubunji Line Chūō Line | Kokubunji, Tokyo | ||
一橋学園 | 2.4 | Kodaira, Tokyo | |||
青梅街道 | 3.4 | Kodaira, Tokyo | |||
萩山 | 4.6 | Seibu Haijima Line | Higashimurayama, Tokyo | ||
八坂 | 5.6 | Higashimurayama, Tokyo | |||
武蔵大和 | 8.1 | Higashimurayama, Tokyo | |||
西武遊園地 | 9.2 | Seibu Yamaguchi Line | Higashimurayama, Tokyo |
Operation
All services on this line operate as all-stations "Local" services, mainly for the full length of the line between and stations, with other services terminating at starting from the middle station,.The line is single track except at and Hagiyama station, where services in operation routinely pass each other.
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. 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. Ōmekaidō Station is listed as a connection to services on the JR Musashino Line at Shin-Kodaira Station, a short walk away.The Tamako Line also provides access to the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry and the International Campus of Hitotsubashi Gakuen University from Hagiyama and Hitotsubashi-Gakuen stations respectively.