F Liner

F Liner (Fライナー, Efu Rainā) is the name for the fastest[lower-alpha 1] through service train among five railway companies: the Tobu Railway, Seibu Railway, Tokyo Metro, Tokyu Corporation and Yokohama Minatomirai Railway.[2][3]

F Liner
The F Liner Logo (Top)
Tokyo Metro 10000 series train on a F Liner service (Bottom)
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleTokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture
First service26 March 2016
Current operator(s)
Route
Start
EndMotomachi-Chūkagai
Line(s) usedSeibu Railway: Seibu Yurakucho Line, Ikebukuro Line

Tobu Railway: Tōbu Tōjō Line
Tokyo Metro: Fukutoshin Line
Tokyu Corporation: Tōkyū Tōyoko Line

Yokohama Minatomirai Railway: Minatomirai Line
Technical
Rolling stockSee rolling stock
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead

This name is trademarked by the aforementioned five companies (No. 5885630).

Service pattern

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.[3] Therefore, systematically, the name "F Liner" will be added before the service type, so that all trains F Liner are then distinctively 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.

  1. Seibu Line system: Hannō / Kotesashi - Motomachi-Chūkagai
  2. Tōbu Line system: Ogawamachi / Shinrin-Kōen - Motomachi-Chūkagai
    • Tōbu Tōjō Line: Express (急行)
    • Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Express (急行)
    • Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Line: Limited Express (特急)

Within the Fukutoshin Line, the Tōyoko Line and the Minatomirai Line, 4 F Liner trains operate every hour at 15-minute intervals during daytime. 2 of which operate on the Tōbu Line system from/to Shinrin-Kōen. The other 2 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 1 F Liner train operates every hour which terminates at Hannō.[4]

The longest distance travelled for an F Liner journey is 100.1km, from Ogawamachi to Motomachi-Chūkagai.

From 16 March 2019, the Tobu Tojo line began a new timetable, where there are 3 F-Liner services that run from Ogawamachi instead of Shinrin-Kōen towards Motomachi-Chūkagai on weekends, departing at 7:54, 8:54 and 9:54. All other F-Liner services that run on the Tobu Tojo line continue to start/end at Shinrin-Kōen station.

Stations served
Legend
  • ● : Stops
  • ∥ : Does not run through here
Company Route Service type Station No. Station Japanese Seibu Line system Tōbu Line system
Seibu Railway

Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line

 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

Tōjō Line

 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 ∥ ●
TJ18 Fujimino ふじみ野 ∥ ●
TJ14 Shiki 志木 ∥ ●
TJ13 Asakadai 朝霞台 ∥ ●
TJ11F01 Wakōshi 和光市 ∥ ●
Tokyo Metro F

Fukutoshin Line

 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

Tōyoko Line

 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 Yokohama 横浜 ● ●
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway

Minatomirai Line

Minatomirai みなとみらい ● ●
Motomachi-Chūkagai 元町・中華街　 ● ●

Rolling stock
LED displays, from left to right: Tokyo Metro 10000 series, Tokyu 5050-4000 series, Seibu 6000 series

Regularly, all F Liner trains are operated in 10-car sets.

Namesake

The F in F Liner stands for 3 English words starting with the letter F, which are:

  • Fast, which this train is envisioned to become
  • Five, referring to through services between 5 railway companies
  • Fukutoshin (副都心), Japanese for secondary city center

See also

Notes & References

Notes
  1. There exists an even faster service type than the Express on the Tōbu Tōjō Line, which is the Rapid Express (快速急行), operating in the morning and at night. Since the Rapid Express is not a part of the F Liner, the F Liner is not the fastest service on the Tōjō Line, strictly speaking.[1]

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

  1. "3月26日（土）東武東上線でダイヤ改正を実施!" [Tōbu Tōjō Line will implement timetable revision on 26 March!] (PDF) (Press release). 東武鉄道株式会社. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  2. "新愛称「Fライナー」、メトロ副都心線系統に来春導入" [New service "F Liner" to be introduced to Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line next spring]. Norimono News (Media Vague). 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  3. "副都心線で運転する、速達性の高い直通列車の愛称名を『Fライナー』といたします。" [The new fast through service train that will operate on the Fukutoshin Line will be named the "F Liner"]. Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  4. "時刻表 | 元町・中華街駅 | みなとみらい線 | 横浜高速鉄道株式会社" [Timetable | Motomachi-Chūkagai Station | Miratomirai Line | Yokohama Minatomirai Railway].
  5. "横浜高速鉄道Y500系が10両編成の運用を代走" [Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series operates temporary service]. railf.jp. 2017-05-06.
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