Tokyo Metro Tozai Line

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Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
A Tozai Line 15000 series train
Overview
Other name(s)	T
Native name	東京メトロ東西線
Owner	Tokyo Metro
Line number	5
Locale	Tokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini	Nakano or Mitaka Nishi-Funabashi or Tsudanuma or Toyo-Katsutadai
Stations	23
Color on map	Sky blue (#009BBF)
Service
System	Tokyo subway
Operator(s)	Tokyo Metro
Depot(s)	Fukagawa, Gyōtoku
Rolling stock	Tokyo Metro 05/05N series Tokyo Metro 07 series Tokyo Metro 15000 series Tōyō Rapid 2000 series JR East E231-800 series
Daily ridership	1,642,378 (2017)[1]
History
Opened	23 December 1964; 59 years ago (1964-12-23)
Technical
Line length	30.8 km (19.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	200 m (660 ft)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Train protection system	New CS-ATC
Maximum incline	4.0%
Route map Legend Chūō Line (Rapid) Mitaka JR East Chūō–Sōbu Line 0.0 Nakano Toei Oedo Line 2.0 Ochiai Kanda River Yamanote Line Seibu Shinjuku Line 3.9 Takadanobaba Fukutoshin Line 5.6 Waseda 6.8 Kagurazaka Yūrakuchō Line │ Toei Oedo Line Namboku Line Imperial Palace moat Chūō–Sōbu Line Chūō Line (Rapid) 8.0 Iidabashi 8.7 Kudanshita Toei Shinjuku Line Hanzōmon Line   Imperial Palace moat   9.7 Takebashi Imperial Palace moat │ Hanzōmon Line Toei Mita Line Chiyoda Line 10.7 Ōtemachi Marunouchi Line Sōbu Line (Rapid) Chūō Line (Rapid) Yamanote Line Tōhoku Shinkansen Hanzōmon Line Ginza Line 11.5 Nihombashi Toei Asakusa Line 12.0 Kayabachō Hibiya Line Kamejima River Sumida River Ōshima River Kawanishi tributary Toei Oedo Line 13.8 Monzen-Nakachō Heikyū River 14.9 Kiba Dai-Yoko River Sōbu Main Line │ Fukagawa Depot and workshop 15.8 Tōyōchō Shiohama Canal JR Freight Sōbu Main Line Etchūjima Freight Branch 17.0 Minami-Sunamachi   Arakawa River Arakawa-Nakagawa Bridge Naka River 19.7 Nishi-Kasai 20.9 Kasai Old Edo River Tokyo Chiba 22.8 Urayasu 24.0 Minami-Gyōtoku 25.5 Gyōtoku 26.8 Myōden Gyōtoku Depot Edo River 28.9 Baraki-Nakayama Shinma River 30.8 Nishi-Funabashi Musashino Line Tōyō Rapid Railway Line Tsudanuma Chūō–Sōbu Line │ Sōbu Line (Rapid) Tōyō-Katsutadai

The Tokyo Metro Tozai Line (東京メトロ東西線, Tōkyō Metoro Tōzai-sen) is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. Its name translates to "East-West Line". The line runs between Nakano in Nakano-ku, Tokyo and Nishi-Funabashi in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. The Tōzai Line was referred to as Line 5 during the planning stages; the seldom-used official name is Line 5 Tōzai Line (5号線東西線, Go-gō-sen Tōzai-sen). The line carries an average of 1,642,378 passengers daily (2017), making it the busiest line on the Tokyo Metro network.^[1] On maps, diagrams and signboards, the Tōzai Line is shown using the color "sky blue" and its stations are given numbers using the letter "T".