Seibu Railway

The Seibu tetsudō K. K. (Japanese西武 鉄 道 株式会社. Seibu tetsudō kabushiki kaisha, Eng. Seibu Railway Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese railway company.

Seibu tetsudō is with the hotel chain Prince Hotels is a subsidiary and the core of the Seibu Seibu Holdings of the Group. In the 1990s, the company made ​​headlines when her owner Yoshiaki Tsutsumi fell under the suspicion of having falsified the balance sheets.

Railway

Seibu Railway operates west of Tokyo around a 179.8 km long railway network. The twelve lines operated by it are comparable to S-Bahn trains. The lines are operated:

  • Ikebukuro lines: Ikebukuro Line (池袋 线): Ikebukuro - Tokorozawa - Hanno - Agano ( 57.8 km ): direct connection to the Tōkyō Metro Yurakucho Line Yurakucho Seibu on the line
  • Chichibu Line (西武 秩 父 线): Agano - Seibu Chichibu ( 19.0 km )
  • Yurakucho Line (西武 有 楽 町 线): Nerima - Kotake - mukaihara (2,6 km): connects the Ikebukuro line with the Tōkyō Metro Yurakucho Line
  • Toshima- line (豊 岛 线): Nerima - Toshimaen (1.0 miles)
  • Sayama Line (狭 山 线): Nishi- Tokorozawa - Seibu kyujo -mae (4.2 miles)
  • Shinjuku Line (新宿 线): Seibu -Shinjuku - Takadanobaba - Tokorozawa - Hon - Kawagoe ( 47.5 km )
  • Seibuen line (西武 园 线): Higashi- Murayama - Seibu -en (2,4 km )
  • Haijima line (拝 岛 线): Kodaira - Haijima (14,3 km )
  • Tamako Line (多 摩 湖 线): Kokubunji - Hagiyama - Seibu Yuenchi (9.2 miles)
  • Kokubunji Line (国 分 寺 线): Higashi- Murayama - Ogawa - Kokubunji (7,8 km )
  • Ahina line (安比奈 线): Minami- Otsuka - Ahina (3.2 km, currently not operated freight line )
  • Tamagawa Line (多摩川 线): Musashisakai - Koremasa (8,0 km )

Leoliner

In addition, it operates between the railway stations Seibu KYUJO -mae ( Seibu Stadium ) and Seibu Yuenchi ( Seibu Amusement Park ) the People Mover Yamaguchi line. The trains are named Leo liner, which is due to the fact that a white lion, which goes back to the character Kimba the White Lion, the logo of the Seibu Lions is. Used the Automated Guided Transport System, or AGT system. The trains are held laterally mounted rails on the road. The road itself is made of concrete and the trains are rubber wheels.

The line was opened on 25 April 1985, replaced a steam-powered train. She is a total of 2.8 kilometers long and connects the termini of two other routes of Seibu Railway Company with only one intermediate stop. In the mid -lane track is a passing loop. Of the 2.8 km radius, 355 m in five tunnel sections.

Along the route there are numerous attractions that visitors from the nearby Tokyo and the surrounding area attract.

The trains running on the route trains are 34 meters long and consist of four 8,500 mm long and 2,900 mm wide car. The train has a total of 302 ( 71-80-80-71 ) seats. They are operated with 750 volts DC. In order to reach a top speed of 50 km / h

Seibu Ikebukuro Line Ikebukuro Station Shinjuku Station Takadanobaba Station Kokubunji Station Musashi-Sakai Station April 25
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