Tōkyū Ikegami Line

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The Tokyu Ikegami Line (東急池上線, Tōkyū Ikegami-sen^?) is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. It runs through Tokyo, extending from Gotanda Station in Shinagawa to Kamata Station in Ōta.

New 3-car 7000 series EMUs were introduced in December 2007, with a total of 19 sets due to be delivered by 2011.^[1]

Station list

Station No.	Station name	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location (ward)
IK01	Gotanda	0.0	Yamanote Line Toei Asakusa Line	Shinagawa
IK02	Ōsaki-Hirokōji	0.3
IK03	Togoshi-Ginza	1.4
IK04	Ebara-Nakanobu	2.2
IK05	Hatanodai	3.1	Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
IK06	Nagahara	3.7		Ota
IK07	Senzoku-Ike	4.3
IK08	Ishikawadai	4.9
IK09	Yukigaya-Ōtsuka	5.6
IK10	Ontakesan	6.4
IK11	Kugahara	7.1
IK12	Chidorichō	8.0
IK13	Ikegami	9.1
IK14	Hasunuma	10.2
IK15	Kamata	10.8	Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tōkyū Tamagawa Line

Rolling stock used

1000 series 3-car sets (since 1990)
7000 series 3-car sets (since December 2007)
7600 series 3-car sets (since 1986)
7700 series 3-car sets

7000 series EMU
7600 series EMU, November 2006

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The line first opened on 6 October 1922 as a 1.8 km line between Kamata and Ikegami. On 4 May 1923, this was extended 3.7 km from Ikegami to Yukigaya.

1926-08-06: Keidai Ground-mae Station opens (now Chidorichō Station).
1927-08-19: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station opens between Yukigaya and Ontakesan.
1927-08-28: Section opens between Yukigaya and Kirigaya (now closed), located between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Togoshi-Ginza (4.7 km).
1927-10-09: Line opens between Kirigaya and Ōsaki-Hirokoji (0.6 km).
1928-04-13: Ishikawa Station renamed Ishikawadai, and Suehiro Station renamed Higashi-Chōfu (now Kugahara).
1928-06-17: Line opens between Ōsaki-Hirokoji and Gotanda (0.3 km), completing line.
1933-06-01: Chōfu-Ōtsuka Station combined with Yukigaya Station and renamed Yukigaya-Ōtsuka; Ontakesan-mae Station renamed Ontakesan.
1936-01-01: Higashi-Chōfu Station renamed Kugahara; Keidai Ground-mae Station renamed Chidorichō.
1951-05-01: Hatagaoka Station moved to Hatanodai Station on Ōimachi Line.
1953-08-12: Kirigaya Station closes.

The line voltage was raised from 600 V to 1,500 V DC from 10 August 1957.

The 3000 series trains were withdrawn on 18 March 1989.

On 19 March 1989, Ebara-Nakanobu Station was moved underground.

From 16 March 1998, wanman driver-only operation commenced on the line.

Former connecting lines

Yukigaya-Otsuka station - A 1km 1067mm gauge line, electrified at 600 VDC, to Shin-Okusawa operated between 1928 and 1935, providing a connection to Okusawa on the Tokyu Meguro Line.