Setagaya Line
A Tokyu 300 series trainset in November 2005
Overview
Native name	世田谷線
Status	Operational
Owner	Tokyu Corporation
Locale	Setagaya, Tokyo
Termini	Sangen-jaya Shimo-takaido
Stations	10
Service
Type	Light rail (tramway)
Operator(s)	Tokyu Corporation
Rolling stock	Tokyu 300 series
Daily ridership	57,541 (2017)[1]
History
Opened	January 18, 1925 (1925-01-18)
Technical
Line length	5 km (3.1 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Operating speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Route map Legend km 0.0 Sangen-jayaDT 0.3 Nishi-taishidō 0.9 Wakabayashi 1.4 Shōin-jinja-mae 1.8 Setagaya 2.2 Kamimachi 2.7 Miyanosaka 3.4 Yamashita 4.2 Matsubara 5.0 Shimo-takaido This diagram: view talk edit

TheSetagaya Line (Japanese:世田谷線,Hepburn:Setagaya-sen) is alight rail line in Tokyo, Japan, operated byTokyu Corporation. It connectsSangen-jaya toShimo-takaido inSetagaya, Tokyo.^[1]

Unlike other Tokyu lines that areheavy rail commuter lines, the Setagaya Line is governed under theTramways Act (軌道法,kidou-hou) of theJapanese government. Despite this, the entire line is located on its ownright-of-way because it is a branch line ofthe former Tamagawa Line (玉川線), which is not the same line as the present-dayTōkyū Tamagawa Line.^[2]

The Setagaya Line was opened by the Tamagawa Electric Railway (玉川電気鉄道,Tamagawa Denki Tetsudō; "Tamaden") in 1923, running on surface streets betweenShibuya and theTama River. Since the railway merged with Tokyu in 1938, the balance of the line closed in 1969, leaving this isolated section as the sole Tokyu line to use1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge.^[2]

The Setagaya Line and theToden Arakawa Line (the only surviving line of the formerTokyo Toden network) are the only railway lines inTokyo proper to be legally classified astramways (軌道,kidō).^[3]

The line had its ownsmart card system called Setamaru, which cannot be used on other Tokyu lines. Since March 2007, thePASMO contactless card has also been accepted on the Setagaya and other Tokyu lines. The smart card system was abolished and merged with PASMO in 2012.^[4]

On the line, there is a pair of themed trains in operation, called the “Kofuku-no-Manekineko Densha” (the beckoning cat of good fortune train), to honour theGotoku-ji temple, that is located between the Yamashita and the Miyanosaka stops.^[5]

The line was opened in 1925 as a branch line of the Tōkyū Tamagawa Line. Most of the Tamagawa line was closed and replaced by subways in 1969, although the line was renamed to Setagaya Line and kept in service. Although most of the line was closed due to it running on roads, causing traffic congestions, Setagaya line barely had any sections running on roads, contributing to it staying open.^[6] The line was separated from other lines owned by Tokyu until theDen-en-toshi Line opened in 1977.^[7]

Trains service the line from 4am to 0am, with an interval of 5-20 minutes. All trains stop at all stations.^[8]

All stations are located inSetagaya.

No.	Picture	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers
SG01		Sangen-jaya	三軒茶屋	0.0	DT03Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
SG02		Nishi-taishidō	西太子堂	0.3
SG03		Wakabayashi	若林	0.9
SG04		Shōin-jinja-mae	松陰神社前	1.4
SG05		Setagaya	世田谷	1.8
SG06		Kamimachi	上町	2.2
SG07		Miyanosaka	宮の坂	2.7
SG08		Yamashita	山下	3.4	Odakyū Odawara Line (Gōtokuji)
SG09		Matsubara	松原	4.2
SG10		Shimo-takaido	下高井戸	5.0	KOKeiō Line

Reference:^[9]

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