The , formally the , is a subway line operated by

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in west-central

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and Wako, Saitama, Japan. The newest line in the Tokyo subway network, it opened in stages between 1994 and 2008. On average, the Fukutoshin Line carried 362,654 passengers daily in 2017, the lowest of all Tokyo Metro lines and roughly one third of its sister

Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line The is a rapid transit, subway line in Japan owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line connects Wakōshi Station in Wakō, Saitama and Shin-Kiba Station in Kōtō, Tokyo. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color "go ...

(1,124,478).

Overview

The Fukutoshin Line is the deepest metro line in Tokyo, with an average depth of . At

Shinjuku-sanchōme Station is a subway station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by the two Tokyo subway operators, Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway. Lines Shinjuku-sanchōme Station is served by the following three subway lines. * Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (stat ...

, the line passes under the

Marunouchi Marunouchi () is an area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, located between Tokyo Station and the Kokyo, Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. Marunouchi is the core ...

and above the

Shinjuku , officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) as well as the Tokyo Metropol ...

lines at a depth of , with a gap of only to the Shinjuku Line tunnel. The deepest section is at the immediately adjacent Higashi-Shinjuku Station, where the line goes down to , partly due to an underground space reservation for a possible future extension of the

Jōetsu Shinkansen The is a high-speed shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo and Niigata, Japan, via the Tōhoku Shinkansen, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Despite its name, the line does not pass through the city of Jōetsu or the ...

to Shinjuku. It is the second Tokyo Metro line to feature express services, after the Tōzai Line; however, unlike the Tōzai Line (where rapid services are only offered on the – section), the Fukutoshin Line offers express services throughout the line, a first for Tokyo Metro. Express trains pass local trains at Higashi-Shinjuku, where additional tracks are installed for this purpose. Local trains stop at all stations. When first opened, the line operated

through services A through service is a concept of passenger transport that involves a vehicle travelling between lines, networks or operators on a regularly specified schedule, on which the passenger can remain on board without alighting. It may be in either of th ...

Kawagoeshi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. Lines Kawagoeshi Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from in Tokyo, with some services inter-runn ...

on the

Tobu Tojo Line 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 ...

and

Hannō Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hannō, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. Lines Hannō Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from in Tokyo, with some services inter-running vi ...

on the

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. From 16 March 2013, the

Tōkyū Tōyoko Line The , a contraction of and formerly until 2 September 2019, is a Japanese ''keiretsu'' or conglomerate headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. While a multinational corporation, its main operation is , a wholly-owned subsidiary operating railways i ...

moved to share the line's Shibuya terminus, and since then through services have operated onto the

Minatomirai Line The Minatomirai 21 Line (みなとみらい21線 ''Minato-mirai-21-sen''), commonly known as the Minatomirai Line (みなとみらい線 ''Minatomirai-sen''), is a subway line in Yokohama, Japan that runs from Yokohama Station to Motomachi-Ch� ...

via the Tōyoko Line, terminating at

Motomachi-Chūkagai Station is an underground railway station on the Minatomirai Line subway in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company. It is numbered "MM06", and its o ...

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. This is a rare instance of a Tokyo Metro train operating on four companies' tracks. Since the opening of the section between Ikebukuro and Shibuya station, the Fukutoshin Line operates as a

one-man operation One-person operation (OPO), also known as driver-only operation (DOO), one-man operation (OMO), single person train operation (SPTO), or one-person train operation (OPTO), similarly to driver-controlled operation, is operation of a train, bus, ...

subway line between

Kotake-Mukaihara Station is a subway station in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. Its station numbers for the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho and Fukutoshin Lines are Y-06 and F-06 respectively. Its station number for the Seibu Yūrakuchō Line is SI37. Lines Kotak ...

and

Shibuya Station is a major railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Keio Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, and Tokyo Metro. It serves as a terminal for six railway lines, five of which are operated by Tokyo Metro ...

where chest-high

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are installed on the station platforms to aid the drivers. From 28 March 2015, one-man operation was extended from Kotake-Mukaihara to

Wakōshi station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Wakō, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway and Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is the only Tokyo Metro station located in Saitama Prefect ...

, making this the third Tokyo Metro line to fully operate as one-man operation, following the Namboku Line and Marunouchi Line. Like most Tokyo Metro lines, the first carriage of the Fukutoshin Line is designated a "women-only car" before and during the morning rush hour. During these hours only women, children of

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age or younger and physically

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passengers (and their

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) may board the first carriage.

Station list

* Express and commuter express trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜". * Local trains stop at all stations.

Rolling stock

Tokyo Metro

7000 series 7000 series may refer to: Japanese trains * Chichibu Railway 7000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) * Echizen Railway 7000 series EMU * Hankyu 7000 series EMU * Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway 7000 series EMU operating for the Kobe Munici ...

trains (until April 2022) * 10000 series 10-car (and occasionally 8-car) trains * 17000 series 8-car and 10-car trains (since 21 February 2021) File:Tokyo-Metro-Series7104.jpg, Tokyo Metro 7000 series File:Tokyo-Metro-Series10110.jpg, Tokyo Metro 10000 series File:Tokyo-Metro Series17000-17188.jpg, Tokyo Metro 17000 series

Other operators

Seibu 6000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan. Twenty-five 10-car sets were manufactured by Tokyu Car Corporation and Hitachi between 19 ...

10-car trains * Seibu 6050 series 10-car trains *

Seibu 40000 series The is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway in Japan since March 2017. a total of 20 ten-car trainsets and 3 eight-car trainsets have been built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries ...

10-car trains (since 25 March 2017) * Seibu 40050 series 10-car trains * Sotetsu 20000 series 10-car trains *

Tobu 9000 series The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since 1981. Operations First entering service in 1981 on the Tobu Tojo Line, this was the first stainless steel EMU ty ...

10-car trains * Tobu 9050 series 10-car trains * Tobu 50070 series 10-car trains *

Tokyu 5000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation since 2002 on many of its commuter lines in the Tokyo area of Japan. Design First introduced in 2002, the design is based on the JR Ea ...

8-car trains * Tokyu 5050 series 8-car trains *

Tokyu 5050-4000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation since 2002 on many of its commuter lines in the Tokyo area of Japan. Design First introduced in 2002, the design is based on the JR Ea ...

10-car trains (since 10 September 2012) * Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series 8-car trains (a Tokyu 5000 series variant) File:Seibu-Series6000-6055F.jpg, Seibu 6000 series File:Seibu 40101 S-Train 20170422.jpg, Seibu 40000 series File:Tobu-Series9103.jpg, Tobu 9000 series File:Tobu-51076 Toyoko-Line.jpg, Tobu 50070 series File:Tokyu-Series5878.jpg, Tokyu 5050 series File:Toukyu 5050kei 4000 Shibuya Hikarie.JPG, Tokyu 5050-4000 series File:Yokohama-Series-Y501.jpg, Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series

History

Construction of Kita-Sando Station at April 6th 2006

''Fukutoshin'' is Japanese for "secondary city center", and the Fukutoshin Line connects three of Tokyo's secondary city centers:

Ikebukuro is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro Station, and several shops, restaurants, and department stores are located within city limits. Transportation At the center of Ikebukuro is ...

and

Shibuya is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in Tokyo, Japan. A major commercial center, Shibuya houses one of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shibuya Station. As of January 1, 2024, Shibuya Ward has an estimated population of 230,60 ...

. Prior to its opening, only

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

had rail service between the three (on the

Yamanote Line The Yamanote Line () is a railway Circle route, loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban centres ...

, the

Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line () is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station (Saitama), Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is a portmant ...

and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line). The new line was conceived to relieve congestion along this busy corridor, and to provide convenient through service between the northwest, the southwest and the central part of Tokyo served by the Yamanote Line. The line was initially planned in 1972 as a run from Shiki to Shinjuku, with the possibility of further extension to Shibuya, and

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. In 1985, a second Ministry of Transportation committee proposed that the line terminate at Shibuya. Part of the northern end of the original plan line became unnecessary following improvements to the

and the beginning of through service from the Yurakucho Line. The original plan for the Fukutoshin Line only contained fifteen stations, however in May 1999 a plan for an additional station "Shin-Sendagaya" (later renamed ) between and was included due to an increase in demand from the area. A segment from Kotake-Mukaihara to

, running parallel to the Yurakucho Line on separate tracks began operation in 1994. This segment was initially known as the , and was operated with no intermediate stops. The newest segment connecting the districts of

and

via , , and (‘Harajuku’) opened for service on 14 June 2008, officially completing the Fukutoshin Line. Service to the and stations, which had been bypassed by the Yūrakuchō New Line, also started on the same day. Technical problems resulted in delays of up to 30 minutes during the Fukutoshin Line's first few days of operation. On 6 March 2010, express services began stopping at on weekends and holidays. From 10 September 2012, 10-car 5050-4000 series sets entered revenue service on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, with inter-running through to the

(via

Seibu Yurakucho Line Seibu may refer to: *Seibu Holdings or a subsidiary thereof **Saitama Seibu Lions **Seibu Railway *Sogo & Seibu **Seibu Department Stores, owned by Sogo & Seibu *Seibu Kaihatsu was a Japanese manufacturer of arcade games. The company was foun ...

) and

. From the revised timetable effective 18 March 2023, through services to and from the Sotetsu Line courtesy of the Tokyu and

Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line The , or , is a private railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of holding company Sōtetsu Holdings, Inc. Sōtetsu Holdings is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; 6.58% of it is owne ...

began operation. This operation sees most express services continuing as far south as

Shōnandai Station is an interchange passenger railway station in located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, jointly operated by private railway companies Odakyu Electric Railway and Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu), and the public Yokohama City Transportation B ...

on the

Sotetsu Izumino Line The , or , is a private railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of holding company Sōtetsu Holdings, Inc. Sōtetsu Holdings is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; 6.58% of it is own ...

by way of the

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References

* ''

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'' July 2008 issue
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External links

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Fukutoshin Line The , formally the , is a subway line operated by Tokyo Metro in west-central Tokyo and Wako, Saitama, Japan. The newest line in the Tokyo subway network, it opened in stages between 1994 and 2008. On average, the Fukutoshin Line carried 362,654 ...

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Overview

Station list

Rolling stock

Tokyo Metro

Other operators

History

See also

References

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