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Overview | |
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Status | Operational |
Locale | Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture |
First service | 26 March 2016 |
Current operator(s) | |
Route | |
Termini |
Motomachi-Chūkagai |
Line(s) used |
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Technical | |
Rolling stock | See § Rolling stock |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead |
F Liner (Fライナー, Efu Rainā) is the name for the fastest through service train among five railway companies: the Tobu Railway, Seibu Railway, Tokyo Metro, Tokyu Corporation and Yokohama Minatomirai Railway. [1] [2]
This name is trademarked by the aforementioned five companies (No. 5885630). [3]
The name "F Liner" is given to trains under the two route systems explained below. The service type of trains may change once across boundary stations for two different lines. [2] Therefore, systematically, the name "F Liner" will be added before the service type; this means all F Liner trains are referred to as "F Liner, (Service type on current line)". For instance: Within the Fukutoshin Line → "F Liner, Express", bound for Motomachi-Chūkagai; Within the Toyoko Line → "F Liner, Limited Express", bound for Shinrin-Kōen.
Within the Fukutoshin Line, the Tōyoko Line and the Minatomirai Line, four F Liner trains operate every hour at 15-minute intervals during daytime: two operate on the Tōbu Line system from/to Shinrin-Kōen, and the other two operate on the Seibu Line system, with one operating from/to Hannō, and the other from/to Kotesashi, each operating at 1-hour intervals. For northbound trains on weekend mornings, only one F Liner train operates every hour which terminates at Hannō. [4]
The longest distance travelled for an F Liner journey is 100.1 kilometres (62.2 mi), from Ogawamachi to Motomachi-Chūkagai.
From 18 March 2023, F Liner services now operate as Rapid Express services on the Tobu Tojo Line instead of Express services, skipping Shiki and Fujimino. [5] Previously, F Liner trains did not operate as the fastest possible through service on the Tojo Line, as faster Rapid Express through services ran alongside the F Liner's Express services.
Company | Route | Service type | Station No. | Station | Japanese | Seibu Line system | Tōbu Line system |
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Seibu Railway |
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Rapid Express | SI26 | Hannō | 飯能 | ● | |
SI23 | Irumashi | 入間市 | ● | ||||
SI19 | Kotesashi | 小手指 | ● | ||||
SI17 | Tokorozawa | 所沢 | ● | ||||
SI13 | Hibarigaoka | ひばりヶ丘 | ● | ||||
SI10 | Shakujii-Kōen | 石神井公園 | ● | ||||
SI06 | Nerima | 練馬 | ● | ||||
Tobu Railway | TJ | Rapid Express | TJ33 | Ogawamachi | 小川町 | ∥ | ● |
TJ32 | Musashi-Ranzan | 武蔵嵐山 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ31 | Tsukinowa | つきのわ | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ30 | Shinrin-Kōen | 森林公園 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ29 | Higashi-Matsuyama | 東松山 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ28 | Takasaka | 高坂 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ27 | Kita-Sakado | 北坂戸 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ26 | Sakado | 坂戸 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ25 | Wakaba | 若葉 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ24 | Tsurugashima | 鶴ヶ島 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ23 | Kasumigaseki | 霞ヶ関 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ22 | Kawagoeshi | 川越市 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ21 | Kawagoe | 川越 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ13 | Asakadai | 朝霞台 | ∥ | ● | |||
TJ11F01 | Wakōshi | 和光市 | ∥ | ● | |||
Tokyo Metro | F | Express | |||||
SI37F06 | Kotake-Mukaihara | 小竹向原 | ● | ● | |||
F09 | Ikebukuro | 池袋 | ● | ● | |||
F13 | Shinjuku-Sanchōme | 新宿三丁目 | ● | ● | |||
F15 | Meiji-Jingumae 'Harajuku' | 明治神宮前〈原宿〉 | ● | ● | |||
F16TY01 | Shibuya | 渋谷 | ● | ● | |||
Tokyu Corporation | TY | Limited Express | |||||
TY03 | Naka-Meguro | 中目黒 | ● | ● | |||
TY07 | Jiyūgaoka | 自由が丘 | ● | ● | |||
TY11 | Musashi-Kosugi | 武蔵小杉 | ● | ● | |||
TY16 | Kikuna | 菊名 | ● | ● | |||
TY21
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Yokohama | 横浜 | ● | ● | |||
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway |
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Minatomirai | みなとみらい | ● | ● | |||
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Motomachi-Chūkagai | 元町・中華街 | ● | ● |
Regularly, all F Liner trains are operated in 10-car sets.
The F in F Liner stands for 3 English words starting with the letter F, which are:
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
Fライナーの種別を急行から快速急行に変更することで、新宿、渋谷、横浜方面への速達性向上を図ります[By changing the service of F Liner trains from Express to Rapid Express, we will improve travel times to Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Yokohama.]