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The Tōyoko Line (東横線, Tōyoko-sen) is a major railway line connecting Tokyo to Yokohama. The line is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation . The name of the line, Tōyoko (東横), is a combination of the first characters of Tō kyō ( 東 京) and Yoko hama ( 横 浜), and is the main line of the Tokyu ...
The route is a 19.7-kilometer (12.2 mi) long radial highway running southwest from the southern terminus of the Haneda Route in Ōta near Haneda International Airport in Tokyo to the Kariba Route in Naka-ku, Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture. Alongside the Haneda Route, it connects Tokyo's Inner Circular Route in central Tokyo to Yokohama.
The line runs between Shin-Yokohama and Hiyoshi, with one intermediate station at Shin-tsunashima, adjacent to Tsunashima on the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line. Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line trains run through service with Tōkyū, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway Lines via Shin-Yokohama. Shin-Yokohama Station is jointly operated by Tōkyū and Sōtetsu.
Japan's largest population centers are all along this route: Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. Since construction of the line, these centers have since grown to occupy an ever more dominant role in the country's government, financial, manufacturing, and cultural life.
The line's name is derived from the characters for Tokyo (Japanese: 東京), Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜) and the Tōhoku Main Line (Japanese: 東北本線). The line runs parallel with the Tōkaidō Main Line between Yokohama and Tokyo and the Utsunomiya Line (part of the Tōhoku Main Line ) except between Ueno and Akabane stations where the ...
Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line 6.3 km (Nishiya to Shin-Yokohama) Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line 5.8 km (Shin-Yokohama to Hiyoshi) Tōkyū Meguro Line 11.9 km (Hiyoshi to Meguro via Den-en-chōfu) Namboku Line 21.3 km (Meguro to Akabane-Iwabuchi via Shirokane-Takanawa) Saitama Rapid Railway Line 14.6 km (Akabane-Iwabuchi to Urawa-Misono)
N Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Akabane-iwabuchi SR Saitama Railway Line for Urawa-misono TY Tōkyū Tōyoko Line for Shibuya F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Wakōshi Tōbu Tōjō Line for Ogawamachi: Nishiya: 西谷 1.9 6.9 Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line: Hodogaya-ku Tsurugamine: 鶴ヶ峰 1.6 8.5 Asahi-ku, Yokohama: Futamatagawa: 二俣川 2.0 ...
They are owned by JR East, act as key transportation arteries in central Tokyo, and are often marked on Tokyo subway maps. The Yokohama Subway and the Minatomirai Line also operate in the Greater Tokyo Area, but they are not directly connected to the Tokyo subway network. However, direct through services from the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line ...