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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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. The line is part of the Seibu Shinjuku group of railway lines that connects suburban areas of western Tokyo to Seibu and

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main lines that extend to central Tokyo. The line is named after the , a major reservoir supplying water to Tokyo, located close to the terminus of the line at . Since July 2008, recorded announcements on trains have been provided in English in addition to Japanese and, as part of Seibu Railway's ongoing refurbishment programme, signage and maps at stations are also bilingual.

Stations

Operation

All services on this line operate as all-stations services, mainly for the full length of the line between and stations, with other services terminating at starting from the middle station, . The line is single track except at and Hagiyama station, where services in operation routinely pass each other.

Connections

This line connects the suburban Seibu lines with the JR Chūō line at Kokubunji. At Hagiyama, there is transfer to the

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. The Seibu Yamaguchi Line, also known as the Leo Liner, connects Tamako Station with Seibuen Amusement park and the

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, home of the

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is listed as a connection to services on the JR Musashino Line at Shin-Kodaira Station, a short walk away. The Tamako Line also provides access to the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry and the International Campus of Hitotsubashi Gakuen University from Hagiyama and Hitotsubashi-Gakuen stations respectively.

History

The Tamako Railway opened the Kokubunji to Hagiyama section in 1928, and extended it to Musashi-Yamato in 1930, electrifying the entire section at 600 V DC at the same time. The company was absorbed into the Seibu Railway system on 12 March 1940.　In 1961, the line was extended to Seibu-yūenchi (now Tamako), and the voltage increased to 1,500 V DC at the same time.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

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