Tôkyô To’ei Chikatetsu – Shinjuku-sen 新宿線

1338 Shinjuku-sen unit 10-530 waiting at Moto Yawata to return to Sasazuka. (2016) (click)

0660 Meidai-mae on the Keiô Company's network, with Keiô train 9790 entering, while Shinjuku-sen unit 10-389 (on the left) is on its way to Moto Yawata. (2016) (click)

Shinjuku-sen  新宿線

1372 mm gauge, overhead current collection (direct current 1500 V). Shinjuku-sen trains basically start at Sasazuka in the west of Tôkyô on the Keiô Company’s line, from where they do not go to the Keiô Company’s end stop at Shinjuku but take the Keiô Company’s underground line which begins at Sasazuka. Thus they reach Shinjuku station on an underground level. Here the Shinjuku-sen proper is reached. On the eastern side Shinjuku-sen trains cross the wide Arakawa River and operate to Moto Yawata in Chiba Prefecture. Length: 23, 5 km. The line was opened 1978 – 1989.

The stations are (A Sasazuka笹塚　– B Hatagaya幡ヶ谷　– C Hatsudai初台 -) 1 Shinjuku新宿(low level, Keiô Shinsen Shinjuku-eki / Keiô New Line Shinjuku Station) – 2 Shinjuku Sanchôme新宿三丁目　– 3 Akebonobashi曙橋　– 4 Ichigaya市ヶ谷　– 5 Kudanshita九段下　– 6 Jinbôchô神保町　– 7 Ogawamachi小川町　– 8 Iwamotochô岩本町　– 9 Bakuro Yokoyama馬喰横山　– 10 Hamachô浜町　– 11 Morishita森下　– 12 Kikukawa菊川　– 13 Sumiyoshi住吉　– 14 Nishi Ôjima西大島　– 15 Ôjima大島　– 16 Higashi Ôjima東大島　– 17 Funabori船堀　– 18 Ichinoe一之江　– 19 Mizue瑞江　– 20 Shinozaki篠崎　– 21 Moto Yawata　本八幡.

The Shinjuku-sen is joined to the Keiô Company’s 1372 mm gauge network in the west of Tôkyô; as mentioned, the underground section from 1 Shinjuku to Sasazuka is in fact already part of the Keiô line. Shinjuku-sen trains continue over the Keiô line to Chôfu and then branch off to the Tama Center and Hashimoto. There are also services to Keiô Hachiôji. Conversely, a considerable number of Keiô Company trains work onto the Shinjuku-sen all the way to 21 Moto Yawata.

1308 Shinjuku-sen unit 10-409 at Higashi Ôjima, on its way to the Keiô network and the terminal at Hashimoto. (2016)

1301 Keiô Company train 9786 is approaching Higashi Ôjima on its way through the underground as far as Sasazuka. (2016)

1313 Shinjuku-sen unit 10-400 at Higashi Ôjima. The train is on its way from Moto Yawata through the underground and the Keiô Company network to Hashimoto. (2016)

1323 In a Shinjuku-sen underground train crossing the river Arakawa after Higashi Ôjima, on its way to Moto Yawata. (2016)

2002 Shinjuku-sen unit 10-110 arriving at Yomiuri Land on the Keiô line to Hashimoto. The train is on its way over the Keiô network and then through the underground to Moto Yawata. (2002)

1293 Keiô Company unit 9739 on the Shinjuku-sen underground at Jimbôchô. The train is headed for Moto Yawata. (2016)