Blue Line (Yokohama)

Blue Line
A 3000A series train in July 2015
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Yokohama Municipal Subway
Locale	Yokohama
Termini	Shōnandai Azamino
Stations	32
Daily ridership	513,897 daily (FY2014)
Line number	1 & 3
Operation
Opened	December 16, 1972
Owner	Yokohama Municipal Subway
Depot(s)	Kaminagaya, Nippa
Rolling stock	3000 series
Technical
Line length	40.4 km (25.1 mi) (Line 1: 19.7 km, Line 3: 20.7 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	750 V DC, third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

The Yokohama Blue Line (ブルーライン, Burū Rain) is a 40.4 km (25.1 mi) line in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system of Yokohama, Japan, operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Line 3 runs from Azamino to Kannai, and Line 1 runs from Kannai to Shōnandai. All the trains join these two lines. This is the second-longest subway line in Japan at 40.4 km after the 40.7 km long Toei Ōedo Line in Tokyo.

Station list

• Local trains stop at all stations.
• Rapid trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".

Rolling stock

• 3000 series 37 x six-car EMUs (since 1992)

As of 1 April 2016, the line is operated using a fleet of 37 six-car 3000 series EMUs based at Kaminagaya Depot.^[1] The fleet is subdivided into eight first-batch 3000A series sets (numbered 24 to 31), seven second-batch 3000N series sets (numbered 32 to 38), fourteen third-batch 3000R series sets (numbered 39 to 52), and eight fourth-batch 3000S series sets (numbered 53 to 60).^[1]

One fifth-batch 3000V series six-car set is scheduled to be introduced on the line in spring 2017.^[2]

• 

  3000A series set 30 in September 2010

• 

  3000N series set 32 in September 2010

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  3000R series set 46 in September 2010

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  3000S series set 58 in September 2010

Former

• 1000 series 14 x 6-car EMUs (from December 1972 until November 2006)
• 2000 series 9 x 6-car EMUs (from 1984 until November 2006)

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  Preserved 1000 series EMU set 01 in October 2014

• 

  2000 series set 15 in March 2004

History

A train celebrating the extensions to Shin-Yokohama and Maioka in March 1985

The first section of the line opened between Isezakichōjamachi and Kami-Ōoka on December 16, 1972. The subsequent progress of the line was as follows:

• September 4, 1976: The line is extended in both directions. It now runs between Kami-Nagaya and Yokohama. Through service begins between lines 1 and 3.
• March 14, 1985: The line is extended in both directions again. It now runs between Maioka and Shin-Yokohama.
• May 24, 1987: The line is extended from Maioka to a temporary Totsuka Station.
• August 27, 1989: The permanent Totsuka Station opens.
• March 18, 1993: The line is extended from Shin-Yokohama to Azamino.
• August 29, 1999: The line is extended from Totsuka to Shōnandai. Shin-Yokohama-Kita Station becomes Kita-Shin-Yokohama Station.

From July 2015, limited-stop "Rapid" services were introduced on the line, with approximately two services operating per hour during the daytime off-peak. Journey times over the entire length of the line were reduced by up to 10 minutes from the 1 hour 7 minutes taken by all-stations services.^[3]

References

External links

• Official website

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