Tobu Railway

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Tobu Railway Co, Ltd
東武鉄道株式会社
Type kabushiki kaisha
TYO: 9001
Genre Rail transport
Founded November 1897
Founder(s) Michinari Suenobu
Rokuro Hara
Headquarters 2-18-12 Oshiage Sumida-ku Tokyo, Japan
Area served Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi
Key people Kaichiro Nedu
Services Passenger railway
Total assets ¥1.3 trillion
Owner(s) Yoshizumi Nedu (from 1999)
Employees 4,659 (As of March, 2010)
Website http://www.tobu.co.jp

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (東武鉄道株式会社 Tōbu Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese commuter railway company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. It operates in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, and Gunma Prefectures. It operated freight services until September 30, 2003.

The Tobu Group of which the company stands at the center also is engaged in road transportation (bus/taxi), real estate, and retail.

The name "Tōbu" is formed from the kanji for east (東) and Musashi (武蔵), the initial area served.

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[edit] Railway network

Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's 463.3 km rail system is the second longest in Japan after the Kinki Nippon Railway.

Tobu has two isolated networks which are connected by the Chichibu Railway for ferrying of its railroad cars.

The Tōbu Main Line network has a tree topology starting at Asakusa Station in Tokyo, with the Isesaki line as the trunk, and the Tōbu Kameido Line, Daishi Line, Noda Line, Tōbu Sano Line, Koizumi Line, Tōbu Kiryū Line and Nikkō Line forming the branches, with further branches into the Tōbu Utsunomiya Line and Tōbu Kinugawa Lines. It offers surcharged, seat-reserved limited express services from Tokyo to Nikkō and Kinugawa.

The Tōjō Line runs northwest from Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo to central and western Saitama Prefecture. A branch, the Ogose Line, runs to Ogose from Sakado station.

[edit] Tōbu Main Lines

[edit] Tōbu Tōjō Lines

[edit] Rolling stock

[edit] Express EMUs

[edit] Commuter EMUs

[edit] External links

v · d · eTōbu lines
Tōbu Main lines
Daishi • Isesaki • Kameido • Kinugawa • Kiryū • Koizumi • Nikkō • Noda • Sano • Utsunomiya
Tōbu Tōjō lines
Closed lines
Related lines
Major Stations
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Chūbu region
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■Akabane · ■Chūō (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Hachikō · ■Itsukaichi · ■Jōban · ■Karasuyama  · ■Kawagoe · ■Keihin-Tōhoku · ■Keiyō · ■Mito · ■Musashino · ■Nambu · ■Narita · ■Negishi · ■Nikkō · ■Ōme · ■Ryōmō · ■Sagami · ■Saikyō · ■■Shōnan-Shinjuku · ■Sōbu (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Sotobō · ■Takasaki · ■Tōgane · ■Tōhoku (Utsunomiya) · ■Tōkaidō · ■Tsurumi · ■Uchibō · ■Yamanote · ■Yokohama · ■Yokosuka
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Subway TokyoAsakusa.png Asakusa · Subway TokyoOedo.png Ōedo · Subway TokyoMita.png Mita · Subway TokyoShinjuku.png Shinjuku
Major private lines
Keikyu (Keikyū Main · Airport · Daishi · Kurihama · Zushi) · Keiō (Keiō · Keiō New · Dōbutsuen · Inokashira · Keibajō · Sagamihara · Takao) · Keisei (Keisei Main · Chiba · Chihara · Higashi-Narita · Kanamachi · Narita Sky Access · Oshiage) · Odakyū (Enoshima · Odawara · Tama) · Seibu (Ikebukuro Lines: ■Ikebukuro · ■Sayama · ■Seibu Chichibu · ■Seibu Yūrakucho · ■Toshima · Shinjuku Lines: ■Shinjuku · ■Haijima · ■Kokubunji · ■Seibu-en · ■Tamagawa · ■Tamako) · Sōtetsu (Sōtetsu Main · Izumino) · Tōbu (Tōbu Main lines: Daishi · Isesaki · Kameido · Kinugawa · Kiryū · Koizumi · Nikkō · Noda · Sano · Utsunomiya · Tōjō Lines: Tōjō · Ogose) · Tōkyū (■Den-en-toshi · ■Ikegami · ■Meguro · ■Ōimachi · ■Tōkyū Tamagawa · ■Tōyoko)
Other commuter rail lines
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Monorails: Chiba Monorail · Disney Resort · Shōnan Monorail · Tama Monorail · Tokyo Monorail · People movers: New Shuttle · Seaside · Nippori-Toneri · Yamaguchi · Yūkarigaoka · Yurikamome · Streetcars: ■Enoden · ■Setagaya · ■Toden Arakawa
Cable Cars/Aerial tramways
Major Terminals
Rail: Akihabara · Chiba · Ikebukuro · Kawasaki · Kita-Senju · Ōmiya · Ōtemachi · Shibuya · Shinagawa · Shinjuku · Tachikawa · Tōkyō · Ueno · Yokohama · Airports: Haneda Int'l · Narita Int'l · Chofu · Ibaraki · Ports: Yokohama · Tokyo
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