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The is a subway line. Part of the Tokyo Metro system, the 28.3 km line connects Wakōshi Station in the city of Wakō, Saitama Prefecture and Shin-Kiba Station in Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan. In the numbering scheme of the Tokyo subways, it is Line 8. On maps, its color is gold, often taken as yellow; stations on the Yūrakuchō Line carry the letter 'Y' and a two-digit number.

Contents

History

Future developments

Facts

Rolling stock

Tōkyō Metro

Trains owned by other operating companies

Stations

Train depots

History

★ October 301974: Ikebukuro - Ginza-itchōme section opens.

★ March 271980: Ginza-itchōme - Shintomichō section opens.

★ June 241983: Chikatetsu Narimasu - Ikebukuro section opens.

★ August 251987: Wakōshi - Chikatetsu Narimasu section opens. Through service to Tōbu Tōjō Main Line begins.

★ June 81988: Shintomichō - Shin-kiba section opens. Current line complete.

★ March 181993: New 07 series trains enter service.

★ December 71994: Quadruple-track section from Kotake-Mukaihara to Ikebukuro opens. Through service to Seibu Yūrakuchō Line begins.

★ October 312005: Women-only cars introduced.

★ September 1 2006: New 10000 series trains enter service.

Future developments

The 3.2 km quadruple-track segment between Kotake Mukaihara Station and Ikebukuro Station will eventually become part of Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.
A new branch from Toyosu station heading north via Kameari Station (on the Jōban Line) to Noda in northwestern Chiba is also being planned.

Facts

★ Length: 28.3 km

★ Gauge: 1,067 mm

★ Number of stations: 24

★ Double track section: Entire line

★ Power supply: 1,500 V DC overhead

★ Train protection system: Automatic (Eidan CS-ATC)

Rolling stock

Tōkyō Metro

★ 7000 series (from 1974)

★ 07 series 10-car trains x 2 (from 1992)

★ 10000 series 10-car trains (from September 2006)

Trains owned by other operating companies

★ Seibu 6000 and 6050 series 10-car trains (Not all sets are permitted to run on Yūrakuchō Line tracks)

★ Tōbu 9000 series 10-car trains x 8

★ Tōbu 9050 series 10-car trains x 2

★ Tōbu 50070 series 10-car trains (from July 2007)

Stations

Station number	Station name	Connecting lines	Location
Y-01	和光市	Tōbu Railway: Tōjō Main Line (through trains)	Wakō	Saitama
Y-02	地下鉄成増	Tōbu Railway: Tōjō Main Line (At Narimasu Station)	Itabashi	Tokyo
Y-03	地下鉄赤塚	Tōbu Railway: Tōjō Main Line (At Shimo-Akatsuka Station)	Nerima
Y-04	平和台
Y-05	氷川台
Y-06	小竹向原	Seibu Railway: Yūrakuchō Line (through trains)
Y-07	千川		Toshima
Y-08	要町
Y-09	池袋	JR East: Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro: Marunouchi Line '(M-25)' Tōbu Railway: Tōjō Main Line Seibu Railway: Ikebukuro Line
Y-10	東池袋	Toden: Arakawa Line
Y-11	護国寺		Bunkyo
Y-12	江戸川橋
Y-13	飯田橋	JR East : Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro : Tōzai Line '(T-06)', Namboku Line '(N-10)' Toei: Ōedo Line '(E-06)'	Shinjuku
Y-14	市ヶ谷	JR East: Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro: Namboku Line '(N-09)' Toei: Shinjuku Line '(S-04)'	Chiyoda
Y-15	麹町
Y-16	永田町	Tokyo Metro: Hanzōmon Line '(Z-04)', Namboku Line '(N-07)', Marunouchi Line (At : 'M-13'), Ginza Line (Akasaka-mitsuke Station: 'G-05')
Y-17	桜田門
Y-18	有楽町	JR East: Yamanote Line, Keihin Tōhoku Line Toei: Mita Line (At : 'I-08') Tokyo Metro: Hibiya Line (Hibiya Station: 'H-07'), Chiyoda Line (Hibiya Station: 'C-09')
Y-19	銀座一丁目		Chūō
Y-20	新富町
Y-21	月島	Toei: Ōedo Line
Y-22	豊洲	New Transit Yurikamome	Kōtō
Y-23	辰巳
Y-24	新木場	JR East: Keiyō Line Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit

Train depots

★ Wakō Depot (和光検車区)

★ Shin-Kiba Depot (新木場検車区)
Responsible for minor examinations. For major examinations, trains run to Ayase Works (綾瀬工場) on the Chiyoda Line via an underground connecting line.

★ Shin-Kiba Car Renewal(新木場CR)

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★ This is a factory which specializes in refurbishment work. Chiyoda Line and Hanzōmon Line trains are also refurbished here.