Tôzai-sen
1067 mm gauge, overhead current collection (direct current 1500 V). The Tôzai-sen (the “East-West Line”) runs from Nakano, a station on JR East’s Chûô-sen, to Nishi Funabashi in Chiba-ken (Chiba Prefecture). hereby crossing the three great rivers Sumidagawa, Arakawa and Edogawa. Length: 30, 8 km. The line was opened 1964 – 1969.
The stations are: 1 Nakano 中野 – 2 Ochiai 落合 – 3 Takadanobaba 高田馬場 – 4 Waseda 早稲田 – 5 Kagurazaka 神楽坂 – 6 Iidabashi 飯田橋 – 7 Kudanshita 九段下 – 8 Takebashi 竹橋 – 9 Ôtemachi 大手町 – 10 Nihonbashi 日本橋 – 11 Kayabachô 茅場町 – 12 Monzen Nakachô 門前仲町 – 13 Kiba 木場 – 14 Tôyôchô 東陽町 – 15 Minami Sunamachi 南砂町 – 16 Nishi Kasai 西葛西 – 17 Kasai 葛西 – 18 Urayasu 浦安 – 19 Minami Gyôtoku 南行徳 – 20 Gyôtoku 行徳 – 21 Myôden 妙典 – 22 Baraki Nakayama 原木中山 – 23 Nishi Funabashi 西船橋.
During rush hours some trains continue from 23 Nishi Funabashi over the JR Sôbu-sen to Tsudanuma 津田沼 (See Sôbu Honsen).
At the western end of the line every second or third train continues from 1 Nakano over the JR Chûô-sen to Mitaka (See Chûô-Sôbu-sen via Tôkyô Metro). Conversely, some JR trains (class 231-800) travel via the Tôzai-sen to 23 Nishi Funabashi. On the eastern side the Tôzai-sen is linked to the Tôyô Kôsoku Tetsudô (Tôyô Rapid Railway, Tôyô 東葉 meaning “East Chiba”) to Tôyô Katsutadai. While Tôzai-sen trains work through to Tôyô Katsutadai, Tôyô Kôsoku Tetsudô trains run via the Tôzai-sen as far as 1 Nakano.
