Tōhō Line

Tōhō Line
A 7000 series EMU at Fukuzumi Station
Overview
Native name	東豊線
Type	Rubber-tyred metro
System	Sapporo Municipal Subway
Locale	Sapporo, Hokkaido
Termini	Sakaemachi Fukuzumi
Stations	14
Operation
Opened	1988
Owner	Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
Rolling stock	7000 series EMUs
Technical
Line length	13.6 km (8.5 mi)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary

The Tōhō Line (東豊線 Tōhō-sen) is a rubber-tyred metro line in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau. It is part of the Sapporo Municipal Subway system. It runs from Sakaemachi Station in Higashi-ku to Fukuzumi Station in Toyohira-ku. The Tōhō Line color on maps is sky blue. Its stations carry the letter "H" followed by a number.

Station list

• All stations are located in Sapporo.
• The entire line is underground.

Station No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
H01	Sakaemachi	栄町	-	0.0		Higashi-ku
H02	Shindō-Higashi	新道東	0.9	0.9
H03	Motomachi	元町	1.2	2.1
H04	Kanjō-Dōri-Higashi	環状通東	1.4	3.5
H05	Higashi-Kuyakusho-Mae	東区役所前	1.0	4.5
H06	Kita-Jūsan-Jō-Higashi	北13条東	0.9	5.4
H07	Sapporo	さっぽろ	1.3	6.7	Namboku Line (N06) Hakodate Main Line (01)	Chūō-ku
H08	Ōdōri	大通	0.6	7.3	Namboku Line (N07) Tōzai Line (T09) Sapporo Streetcar Ichijō Line (Nishi-Yon-Chōme)
H09	Hōsui-Susukino	豊水すすきの	0.8	8.1	Sapporo Streetcar: Yamahana Line (Susukino)
H10	Gakuen-Mae	学園前	1.4	9.5		Toyohira-ku
H11	Toyohira-Kōen	豊平公園	0.9	10.4
H12	Misono	美園	1.0	11.4
H13	Tsukisamu-Chūō	月寒中央	1.2	12.6
H14	Fukuzumi	福住	1.0	13.6

Rolling stock

• 7000 series 4-car EMUs (since 1988)
• 9000 series 4-car EMUs (since May 2015)

The line is operated using a fleet of 20 four-car 7000 series EMUs (sets 7101 to 7120) ^[1]

The first of a fleet of 20 new 9000 series four-car EMUs was introduced on the Tōhō Line in May 2015.^[2] Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe, the first trainset was unveiled to the media in November 2014.^[3] All 20 trains are scheduled to be in service by fiscal 2016, replacing the fleet of 7000 series trains.^[2]

• 
  9000 series set 9001 in May 2015

History

The Sakaemachi – Hōsui-Susukino section opened on December 2, 1988. The Hōsui-Susukino – Fukuzumi section opened on October 14, 1994.

The SAPICA contactless smart card was introduced on January 30, 2009.

Future developments

Platform edge doors are to be installed at all Tōhō Line stations by fiscal 2016.^[3]

References

1. 私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 4. ISBN 978-4-330-48414-3.
2. 札幌市営地下鉄東豊線で9000形が営業運転を開始 [9000 series enters service on Sapporo Municipal Subway Toho Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
3. 札幌市交通局、東豊線新型車両9000形の外観を公開 - デビューは2015年4月頃 [Sapporo City Transportation Bureau unveils new 9000 series trains for Toho Line - Debuting around April 2015]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

External links

• Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (Japanese)