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Prefectures on this page: Chiba  
Tōyō Kōsoku 東葉高速鉄道  Tōyō Kōsoku Tetsudō     Tōyō Rapid Railway

Tōyō Kōsoku 東葉高速線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Sakura
Tsukada Kita-Narashino Funabashi
OpenedApril 27, 1996Fastest train18 min
TracksDouble trackAverage speed54 km/h
the name "Tōyō" is derivated from "Tōkyō" and "Chiba". "Tō" is obvious, but how do you get "yō" out of Chiba? The trick is that the same sign could be read in two ways - "ba" in "kun" reading - the native Japanese one - and "yō" in "on" reading - the Chinese-derived one!
Hisakyu's page with station photos and more information   
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Nishi-Funabashi Tōkyō Metro: Tōzai, JR East: Musashino, JR East: Keiyō (Kōya branch),
JR East: Sōbu Hon (Tōkyō - Chiba), JR East: Keiyō (Futamata branch) 		0.0 Funabashi-shi Chiba
Map Map Kita-Narashino Shin-Keisei: Shin-Keisei 8.1 Funabashi-shi
Map Map Yachiyo-Midorigaoka
11.0 Yachiyo-shi
Map Map Tōyō-Katsutadai Keisei: Hon [Katsutadai] 16.2 Yachiyo-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Sep 17, 2009
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Tōyō Rapid
Tōyō kaisoku
東葉快速 		Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai318 min54 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速 		Mitaka - JR Chūō Line - Nakano - Tōkyō Metro Tōzai Line - Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai121h1843 km/h
Nakano - Tōkyō Metro Tōzai Line - Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai591h0345 km/h
Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai921 min46 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通 		Mitaka - JR Chūō Line - Nakano - Tōkyō Metro Tōzai Line - Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai111h3038 km/h
Nakano - Tōkyō Metro Tōzai Line - Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai291h1239 km/h
Nakano - Tōkyō Metro Tōzai Line - Nishi-Funabashi - Yachiyo-Midorigaoka31h0737 km/h
Tōyōchō - Tōkyō Metro Tōzai Line - Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai543 min44 km/h
Nishi-Funabashi - Tōyō-Katsutadai1221 min46 km/h
Yachiyo-Midorigaoka - Tōyō-Katsutadai157 min45 km/h

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This page is updated Nov 2, 2011