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Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...

in Tokyo. The line is in central Tokyo, a short 3.4 km branch off the

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at , southbound to with connections to the

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Operations

All trains are two-car 8000 series formations operating as all-stations "Local" services, with no through trains to the Tobu Skytree Line.

Stations

Rolling stock

Services on the line are operated using a fleet of two-car 8000 series

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trains.

Revival liveries

From 23 March 2016, two-car set 8577, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the "international orange" and "medium yellow" livery carried by 7300 and 7800 series trains between 1958 and 1964. From 16 February 2017, two-car set 8568, used on the Tobu Kameido Line and Tobu Daishi Line, received the green and "jasmine white" livery carried experimentally by one 7860 series train in the 1950s. File:Tobu 8000 series set 8577 Nishiarai Station 20160416.JPG, Orange-liveried 8000 series set 8577 in April 2016 File:Tobu-railway-8568F-20170219-134904.jpg, Green-liveried 8000 series set 8568 in February 2017

History

The line opened on 5 April 1904. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Kameido Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TS".

References

External links

Tobu Railway Kameido Line information page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tobu Kameido Line Kameido Line Railway lines in Tokyo Railway lines opened in 1904 1904 establishments in Japan