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NewsTracklaying completed on Sotetsu – Tokyu Link
JAPAN: The completion of tracklaying on the link line connecting the Sotetsu and Tokyu railways was marked with a ceremony at Shin-Yokohama on July 8.
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Sagami Railway (Sotetsu line)
Operates an intensive commuter service on its 24·6 km Yokohama − Yamato − Ebina Sotetsu main line, opened 1926-41, and on the 11·3 km Sotetsu Izumino branch opened 1976, extended to Izumo Chuo in 1990 and to Shonandai in 1999. It also owns the 2·2 km Atsugi freight line, which ...
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Seibu Railway
First line opened 1894. See Tokyo network map. Seibu’s main lines are: Seibu Shinjuku Line (47·5 km) – from Tokyo (Shinjuku) north to Takadanobaba then west to Nakai, Kodaira and Higashi-Muruyama, then north via Tokorozawa to Hon-Kawagoe; the Haijima Line branches west at Kodaira via Ogawa to Haijima (14·3 ...
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Chichibu Railway Co Ltd
First section opened in 1901 between Kumagaya and Yorii, 60 km northwest of Tokyo. The line now extends east from Kumagaya to connect with the Tobu Isesaki Line at Hanyu, and west to Mitsumine-guchi, serving the Nagatoro gorge and Chichibu mountains. Kumagaya and Yorii provide interchange to JR East. Chichibu ...
