The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (東京地下鉄有楽町線, Tōkyō Chikatetsu Yūrakuchō-sen) is a subway line. Part of the Tokyo Metro system, the 28.3 km line connects Wako-shi Station in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture and Shin Kiba Station in Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan. In the numbering scheme of the Tokyo subways, it is Line 8. On maps, its color is gold, often taken as yellow; stations on the Yurakucho Line carry the letter Y and a two-digit number.

History

• October 301974: Ikebukuro - Ginza-itchome section opens.
• March 271980: Ginza-itchome - Shintomicho section opens.
• June 241983: Chikatetsu Narimasu - Ikebukuro section opens.
• August 251987: Wakoshi - Chikatetsu Narimasu section opens. Through service to Tōbu Tōjō Main Line begins.
• June 81988: Shintomicho - Shin-kiba section opens. Current line complete.
• March 181993: New 07 series trains enter service.
• December 71994: Quadruple-track section from Kotake-Mukaihara to Ikebukuro opens. Through service to Seibu Yurakucho Line begins.
• October 312005: Women-only cars introduced.
• September 2006: New 10000 series trains enter service.

Future Developments

The 3.2 km quadruple-track segment between Kotake Mukaihara Station and Ikebukuro Station will eventually become part of Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.

A new branch from Toyosu station heading north via Kameari Station (on the Joban Line) to Noda in northwestern Chiba is also being planned.

Rolling stock

• Tokyo Metro 7000 series 10-car trains x 34
• Tokyo Metro 07 series 10-car trains x 3
• Tokyo Metro 10000 series 10-car trains (from September 2006)
• Tobu Railway 9000 series 10-car trains x 8
• Tobu Railway 9050 series 10-car trains x 2
• Seibu Railway 6000 and 6050 series 10-car trains x 25

Facts

• Length: 28.3 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Number of stations: 24
• Multiple-track section: Entire line
• Electric supply: 1,500 V DC overhead
• Train protection system: Automatic (Eidan CS-ATC)

Stations