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Through Service Between Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Overview and Effects Tokyu Corporation Through Train Services in Large Cities Through Service Between Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Overview and Effects Tokyu Corporation Overview of Through Service Promotional Activities Related to Start of Through Service The Tokyu Toyoko Line started through service to and from the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line on 16 March 2013, creating The huge project involving through services between five a new artery for the greater Tokyo area by linking to the Tobu companies in Greater Tokyo and the relocation of the giant Tojo Line and Seibu Yurakucho and Seibu Ikebukuro lines via Shibuya terminal attracted great public interest and the the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line from Shibuya. As a result, participants—with Tokyu Corporation at the heart—held the railway passengers in greater Tokyo now enjoy shorter travel following events to promote the project: times with no need to change trains at Shibuya. • Track bolt fastening ceremony (morning 15 March)— The start of through services eliminated above-ground Tokyo Metro President Yoshimitsu Oku and Tokyu operations on the Toyoko Line at Shibuya Station, which Corporation President Hirofumi Nomoto fastened bolt in had functioned as a second-story terminal since the line track connected by through service. opened. All functions were moved underground to the Tokyo • Press conference on through service (morning 15 Metro Fukutoshin Line at Shibuya Station that was already March)—Presidents of Tokyo Metro and Tokyu in operation. The former Toyoko Line Shibuya Station had Corporation outlined importance and objectives of undergone major renovations ahead of the 1964 Tokyo through service. Olympics and its impressive design featuring a cylindrical roof and eye- shaped wall panels was a popular Shibuya landmark. Many users Figure 1 Tokyu Toyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line regretted its closing and came to mark the last day of the station’s operation To Ikebukuro on 15 March. JR Yamanote Line Saikyo Line Tokyo Metro The switch involved more than Shonan Shinjuku Line Fukutoshin Line just moving the station functions Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Shinjuku Toei Shinjuku Line underground. The Toyoko Line tracks Shinjuku-sanchome also had to be relocated underground and Tokyu Corporation conducted Yoyogi Kita-sando the relocation construction so as to continue uninterrupted train operations Harajuku Meiji-jingumae (Harajuku) and not inconvenience passengers. The method had only ever been used Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for prior line switchovers by Tokyu Keio Inokashira Line Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line Corporation and involved large-scale Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line work in the Shibuya urban area. Shibuya As a result, the switch was covered extensively by the media due to Daikan-yama the unique conditions, and high Ebisu Naka-meguro technology level. Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line To Shinagawa To Yokohama Tokyu Toyoko Line Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 63 • Mar 2014 6 Through Train Services in Large Cities Track bolt fastening ceremony attended by Tokyo Metro President Yoshimitsu Oku and Tokyu Corporation President Hirofumi Nomoto (Tokyu Corporation) Press conference on through service by Tokyo Metro President Yoshimitsu Oku (right) and Tokyu Corporation President Hirofumi Nomoto (left) (Tokyu Corporation) 7 Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 63 • Mar 2014 Last train arrival at the old Tokyu Toyoko line Shibuya Station (Tokyu Corporation) Greetings and salutes by stationmaster of Shibuya (Tokyu Corporation) • Ceremony commemorating through service (afternoon 15 • Greetings and salutes by stationmaster of Shibuya to March)—Events held by communities along connected users and media after closing former Toyoko Line lines, including stalls serving local delicacies, Yokohama Shibuya Station. (late evening 15 March) Chinatown lion dance, Kawagoe drum performance, and • Construction to switch to underground track near exhibition of booths introducing communities. Daikanyama Station (explained below). Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 63 • Mar 2014 8 Through Train Services in Large Cities Construction to switch to underground track near Daikanyama Station (Tokyu Corporation) Departure ceremony by presidents of five railway companies and stationmaster (Tokyu Corporation) • Departure ceremony (early morning 16 March)— Construction to Switch to Underground Presidents of five lines connected by through service Track Near Daikanyama Station held ribbon cutting ceremony in front of first outbound train from Toyoko Line Shibuya Station. In the construction to switch to underground track at and near Daikanyama Station, about 1200 workers from Tokyu 9 Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 63 • Mar 2014 Figure 2 Overview of Construction to Switch to Underground Track at and near Daikanyama Station Ground plan Switched section (overall length 273 m) Shibuya Yokohama Unchanged Removed section Lifted section Removed section Lowered section Gravel-loweredsection section Profile 1 2 3 4 Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 63 • Mar 2014 10 Through Train Services in Large Cities Corporation and partners worked to switch to track directly New Toyoko Line Shibuya Station under the previous above-ground track for about 273 m from Shibuya level crossing No. 1 to Daikanyama Station The new Toyoko Line Shibuya Station was built jointly by platform. This was done in 3.5 hours between the last train Tokyu Corporation and Tokyo Metro. Tokyu handled the on 15 March and the first train on 16 March. Switching to design and actual construction with architect Tadao Ando the underground track eliminated one level crossing on the commissioned for the design. Toyoko Line (Fig. 2). A variety of new techniques were used by this project to reduce environmental burdens with emphasis placed on Switch details creating the world’s most environment-friendly station based 1 00:54 on 16 March—After last (outbound out-of- on the catchphrase ‘coexistence of people and nature’. service) train passed, disconnection and removal of Conventional stations are ventilated and air conditioned rails, overhead catenary and platforms started. Next, by fans forcing air through ducts but the new Toyoko Line construction girders removed by large cranes positioned Shibuya Station uses natural ventilation based on natural air near station. (Removed section) movements without needing electrical power. As a result, the 2 Daikanyama Station surrounded by dense housing and three-story oval atrium connects the station centre directly shops, so construction girders lifted and lowered using to Shibuya Hikarie building, providing an exhaust path for jacks to secure passage for trains in locations where waste heat from trains and cooler flows. The impressive difficult to position cranes. chichusen underground ‘spaceship’ object has more than Raised construction girders removed gradually after start just visual design aspects, reducing the environmental of through service. (Lifted section and lowered section) burden by means such as promoting natural ventilation by 3 Underground rails and overhead contact lines connected radiative cooling and by alleviating heat build-up. and platforms restored. This elliptical globe described by Tadao Ando as a ‘base 4 After inspections, inbound test-run train arrives at for creation of urban culture floating deep underground’ is Daikanyama from direction of Nakameguro at 04:51 on embedded in the station space and measures 80-m long by 16 March. Test train runs safely, completing switch to 24-m wide. underground track. Three-story oval atrium connecting station center and Shibuya Hikarie (Tokyu Corporation) 11 Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 63 • Mar 2014 Image of future development around Shibuya Station (Tokyu Corporation) change-free travel to Shinjuku and Ikebukuro—where there are many offices and schools—has also increased the choice of routes for commuters. Direct trains on weekend and holiday mornings facilitate easy travel to leisure spots such as Kawagoe and Tokorozawa on the Tobu and Seibu lines. With such increased convenience, Tokyu lines saw a 1.6% year-on-year increase in both commuter and non- commuter passengers from April to June 2013. The number of passengers travelling directly between Shibuya and Yokohama A view of of new Shibuya looking southeast from a large crossing in front of the station (Tokyu Corporation) increased by a huge 13.1%. Popular tourist spots near Yokohama, Jiyugaoka, and Musashi-Kosugi stations‚ where a new commercial facility opened in April 2013, Effect of Through Service as well as other locations on the lines saw large increases in passenger numbers. The average increase for the Toyoko The start of through services has cut the weekday rush- Line as a whole was 1.6%. hour travel time on the Toyoko Line (inbound trains from After the start of the through service, the Toyoko Line Yokohama to Shibuya) by about 2 minutes. Allowing Shibuya Station was no longer viewed as a terminal, but Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 63 • Mar 2014 12 Through Train Services in Large Cities Figure 3 Shibuya Station Central Area Urban Development To Shinjuku Jingu-dori Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Hachiko Square Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Dogenzaka Miyamasuzaka Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line Shibuya Mark City Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Keio Inokashira Line Shibuya Hikarie Route 246 (Aoyama-dori) Metropolitan Expressway Route 3 Shibuya Line Route 246 (Tamagawa-dori) JR Yamanote Line and Saikyo Line Roppongi-dori Meiji-dori Tokyu Toyoko Line Planning Area Building sites To Ebisu even so
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