Fukutoshin Line

Fukutoshin Line
A Fukutoshin Line 17000 series train
Overview
Other nameF
Native name副都心線
Owner Tokyo Metro
Line number13
LocaleTokyo
Termini
Stations16
Color on map     Brown
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemTokyo subway
Operator(s)Tokyo Metro
Depot(s)Wakō
Rolling stock
Daily ridership363,654
History
Opened7 December 1994 (1994-12-07)
Last extension2008
Technical
Line length20.2 km (12.6 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius160.4 m (526 ft)
ElectrificationOverhead line1,500 V DC
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
SignallingCab signalling, closed block
Train protection systemNew CS-ATC, ATO
Maximum incline4.0%
Route map

TJ
Wakō Depot
F01
Wakōshi
TJ
F02
Chikatetsu-narimasu
F03
Chikatetsu-akatsuka
F04
Heiwadai
F05
Hikawadai
F06
Kotake-Mukaihara
F07
Senkawa
F08
Kanamechō
JY/JA/JS
F09
Ikebukuro
JY/JA/JS
F10
Zōshigaya
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Arakawa Line
F11
Nishi-waseda
F12
Higashi-shinjuku
S
F13
Shinjuku-sanchōme
F14
Kita-sandō
F15
Meiji-jingūmae
JY/JA/JS
G/Z
F16
Shibuya
DT/IN
JY/JA/JS
Through to the TY Tokyu Tōyoko Line

The Fukutoshin Line (副都心線, Fukutoshin-sen), formally the No. 13 Fukutoshin Line (13号線副都心線, Jū-san-gō-sen Fukutoshin-sen), is a 20.2-kilometer (12.6 mi) 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 passengers daily in 2017, the lowest of all Tokyo Metro lines and roughly one third of its sister Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (1,124,478).

Fukutoshin is Japanese for "secondary city center", and the Fukutoshin Line connects three of Tokyo's secondary city centers: Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya. Prior to its opening, only JR East had rail service between the three (on the Yamanote Line, the Saikyō Line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line).