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Posted by David Fairthorne on Sun Oct 31 15:51:00 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Wado MP73 on Sun Oct 31 01:41:42 2004. By saying Toei, I meant the multi-destination, hyper complicated operation on the Asakusa line.The map at http://www.tokyometro.jp/network/pdf/rosen_eng.pdf shows the Tokyo subways. The Asakusa Toei line (line A) has through running to four western destinations, including Haneda airport, on the Keikyu railway, and two eastern destinations, one to Narita airport and the other to be extended to Narita airport, on the Keisei railway. Altogether it makes a long and complex subway line. Recent moves and future plans by JR East on the west side of the Yamanote line (aka Saikyo line or Shonan-Shinjuku line) is unthinkable, if you look back at the JNR days. As of now, trains from these lines share the former freight/goods trackage: Saikyo, Kawagoe, Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Tokaido, Yokosuka, Tokyo Rinkai, Narita Express and maybe more. Future plans include Sagami Railway(Sotestu) and Tobu Nikko lines to be integrated as well. On the east side of the Yamanote, a connection (Ueno-Tokyo) between the Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Joban lines and Tokaido, Yokosuka Lines is under construction for through service. The connection existed until it gave up the right of way to the Tohoku Shinkansen but never really had regular service. Now they rebuilding the connection, one flight higher than the original one. The map at http://www.jreast.co.jp/e-info/map_a4ol.pdf shows the JR East lines. The Shonan Shinjuku line already has the destinations that you have mentioned, over 100 km from Shinjuku, and including also the shorter distance Saikyo line (Kawagoe to Rinkai line through service) it looks a complex enough operation already. On the east side there is an obvious gap between Ueno (where the Joban line and a branch of the Shonan Shinjuku terminates) and Tokyo (where another branch of the Shonan Shinjuku line terminates). Through running should reduce the need for terminal capacity and provide a one-seat ride from the north to Tokyo and from the south to Ueno. I hope they can make it all work! |
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