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47-456: The Seibu Shinjuku Line ( 西武新宿線 , Seibu-Shinjuku-sen ) is a Japanese railway line owned by the private railway operator Seibu Railway , connecting Seibu Shinjuku Station in Shinjuku, Tokyo with Hon-Kawagoe Station in Kawagoe, Saitama . The Shinjuku Line is one of two main lines of the Seibu Railway system along with the Ikebukuro Line . The two main lines cross at Tokorozawa Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama . The line serves

94-620: A blue colored line on unpainted stainless steel or aluminium bodies. The Ikebukuro Line group includes the Ikebukuro Line and its branches. The Shinjuku Line group includes the Shinjuku Line and its branches, as well as the Tamagawa Line, which is not a branch of the Shinjuku Line but had been owned by the Shinjuku Line's operator before its merger with the Ikebukuro Line operator. Until May 31, 2017, this list included

141-483: A difficult problem for JNR. Since public workers were prohibited to strike , they carried out "work-to-rule protests" that caused trains to be delayed. On March 13, 1973, train delays caused by such protests resulted in a riot of angered passengers at Ageo Station in Saitama Prefecture. From November 26, 1975, to December 3, 1975, major labor unions of JNR conducted an eight-day-long illegal "strike for

188-718: A directive of the U.S. General HQ in Tokyo , JGR was reorganized into Japanese National Railways, a state-owned public corporation . JNR enjoyed many successes, including the inauguration of high-speed Shinkansen service along the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line on October 1, 1964. However, JNR was not a state-run corporation; its accounting was independent from the national budget. Rural sections without enough passengers began to press its management, pulling it further and further into debt. In 1983, JNR started to close its unprofitable 83 local lines (the closure continued three years after

235-568: A few levels from the elevated Seibu Shinjuku line platform to the underground Tozai line platform. The transfer is considerably crowded during the rush hour, as Takadanobaba is the busiest station on the entire Seibu Shinjuku Line. On March 9, 2015, the Nakano Ward Council released a proposal for through operations between the Seibu Shinjuku Line and Tokyo Metro Tozai Line by constructing an underground connection between

282-557: A new underground station between Seibu-Shinjuku and the Metro Promenade. This plan was indefinitely postponed in 1995 due to costs and a decline in passenger ridership versus previous projections. Seibu was also a bidder to acquire the former JR freight terminal site in 1989, where they planned to build a new underground terminal; Takashimaya won the bid and constructed the Takashimaya Times Square complex on

329-754: A product of a 1945 merger between the former Seibu Railway and the Musashino Railway , which was founded in 1912 to operate what is now known as the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. The merger was largely orchestrated by Yasujirō Tsutsumi , a real estate developer who opened the Tamako Railway (now the Seibu Tamako Line ) in 1928, became a major shareholder in the Musashino Railway and merged the two in 1940. In 1944,

376-522: A public corporation, JNR experienced a series of mysterious incidents as follows. Although the police at that time treated them as terrorism by the communists , doubts have been raised as to the validity of this conclusion. In later years, JNR was a target of radical leftists . On October 21, 1968, groups of extremist students celebrating "International Antiwar Day" occupied and vandalized Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. They criticized JNR's collaboration in

423-824: Is now known as the Seibu Kokubunji Line . Its northward extension to Kawagoe, the first part of what is now the Seibu Shinjuku Line, opened in 1895. Following several mergers and name changes between 1920 and 1922, the Kawagoe Railway became part of the Seibu Railway. In 1927, Seibu Railway built its new dual track, electrified at 1,500 V DC, Murayama Line between Takadanobaba Station on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo and Higashi-Murayama Station to compete with Musashino Railway ( 武蔵野鉄道 , Musashino Tetsudō ) (present-day Seibu Ikebukuro Line ) and

470-550: The Ahina Line ( 安比奈線 ) . Prior to the formal closure, the 3.2 km (2.0 mi) freight line between Minami-Ōtsuka Station and Ahina Station had suspended operation since 1963. As of 1 April 2015 , Seibu operates a fleet of 1,274 electric multiple unit (EMU) vehicles. Several Tokyu 9000 and Odakyu 8000 series trains (100 vehicles in total) are expected to be transferred from their original operators from 2024 in use primarily on Seibu's branch lines such as

517-611: The Haijima Line . There are also occasional through services to Seibukyūjō-mae Station in order to bring fans to the Seibu Dome for Saitama Seibu Lions baseball games. The Seibu Shinjuku Line is one of the few major commuter rail lines in Tokyo that does not have through service to the Tokyo Metro or Toei Subway network. Through service onto the Seibu Kokubunji Line has been suspended since 19 March 2019 because of

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564-611: The Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency , the successor body to the JNR Settlement Corporation. The agency said it would pay 20 billion yen, approximately 22 million yen per worker, to 904 plaintiffs. However, as the workers were not reinstated, it was not a full settlement. Between 1950 and 1965, JNR indirectly owned a professional baseball team named Kokutetsu Swallows ( 国鉄スワローズ , Kokutetsu Suwarōzu ) . Swallow

611-616: The Japanese National Railways Chūō Main Line, the route being in the middle of the two. The rest of the line was electrified at the same time. The Higashi-Murayama to Tokorozawa section was double-tracked between 1950 and 1958, with the Tokorozawa to Irimagawa section double-tracked between 1967 and 1975. The rest of the line (except for the section between the Wakita Junction and Hon-Kawagoe Station)

658-508: The Kokubunji and Chichibu lines, thus bringing down energy consumption as they replace some of Seibu's oldest vehicles. Single fare (Adult) Japanese National Railways The Japanese National Railways ( 日本国有鉄道 , Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō or Nippon Kokuyū Tetsudō ) abbreviated JNR or Kokutetsu ( 国鉄 ) , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. As of June 1, 1949,

705-669: The Prince Hotels chain, acquired the baseball team now known as the Saitama Seibu Lions , in addition to continuing its core real estate business throughout the Tokyo area. Seibu Railway had its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1949 but remained under the control of Tsutsumi through Kokudo. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012. Tsutsumi registered Seibu Railway shares owned by Kokudo in

752-689: The Railway Nationalization Act of 1906 and placed under the control of the Railway Institute. Later, the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications took over control of the network. The ministries used the name Japanese Government Railways (JGR) to refer their network in English. During World War II , many JGR lines were dismantled to supply steel for the war effort. On June 1, 1949, by

799-495: The Tokyo metropolitan government, under the administration of Shigeo Ōdachi , hired the Seibu Railway and the Musashino Railway to provide a coordinated service to transport night soil from central Tokyo to outlying disposal areas. At the time, night soil was generally transported by truck to Tokyo Bay and disposed of by dumping there, but the progress of World War II led to gasoline and personnel shortages which made this system unsustainable. The sewage service continued through

846-473: The Vietnam War by operating freight trains carrying jet fuel for U.S. military use. On November 29, 1985, militants supporting a radical sect of JNR's labor union objecting to the privatization of JNR damaged signal cables at 33 points around Tokyo and Osaka to halt thousands of commuter trains and then set fire to Asakusabashi Station in Tokyo. As such, relationships with labor unions were always

893-562: The American occupation until 1951. As a result of this service cooperation, Seibu Railway merged with Musashino Railway to form the current Seibu Railway, effective in September 1945. Tokyu Group president Keita Goto had an intense personal rivalry with Tsutsumi, and unsuccessfully attempted to block both Tsutsumi's takeover of the Musashino Railway and its merger with the Seibu Railway. The former Seibu network based around Shinjuku and

940-518: The JNR Settlement Corporation, later stated that their help in finding work consisted of giving him photocopies of recruitment ads from newspapers. This period ended in April 1990, and 1,047 were dismissed. This included 64 Zendoro members and 966 Kokuro members. Twenty-three years after the original privatization, on June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court settled the dispute between the workers and

987-529: The JR companies. There was substantial pressure on union members to leave their unions, and within a year, the membership of the National Railway Workers' Union (Kokuro) fell from 200,000 to 44,000. Workers who had supported the privatization, or those who left Kokuro, were hired at substantially higher rates than Kokuro members. There was a government pledge that no one would be "thrown out onto

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1034-584: The Miyajima Ferry remains active as of 2023. A number of unions represented workers at JNR, including the National Railway Workers' Union (Kokuro), the National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union (Doro), and Doro-Chiba, a break-away group from Doro. The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by 17 private companies that were nationalized following

1081-518: The Shinjuku Line is between Higashi-Murayama Station and Hon-Kawagoe Station. This section was built by the Kawagoe Railway ( 川越鉄道 , Kawagoe Tetsudō ) to serve as a freight feeder for the Kōbu Railway ( 甲武鉄道 , Kōbu Tetsudō ) between Shinjuku and Tachikawa (now known as the Chūō Main Line ). The initial Kawagoe Railway route opened between Kokubunji and Kumegawa in 1894; this portion

1128-480: The company with a share of around 15%. Tsutsumi refused to respond to the Cerberus tender offer at the urging of Seibu management. As of June 2017, Seibu's routes total 176.6 km (109.7 mi). They fall into two separate groups. Tokorozawa Station is the crossing point of Ikebukuro Line and Shinjuku Line . Seibu Railway is well known for its bright yellow colored trains. However, more recent trains have

1175-449: The date of establishment of JNR, it operated 19,756.8 km (12,276.3 mi) of narrow gauge ( 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in )) railways in all 46 prefectures of Japan. This figure expanded to 21,421.1 km (13,310.5 mi) in 1981 (excluding Shinkansen), but later reduced to 19,633.6 km (12,199.8 mi) as of March 31, 1987, the last day of JNR. JNR operated both passenger and freight services. Shinkansen ,

1222-467: The debt has risen to ¥30 trillion ($ 491 billion in 2021 dollars). Many lawsuits and labor commission cases were filed over the decades from the privatization in 1987. Kokuro and the National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union (Zendoro), both prominent Japanese railway unions, represented a number of the JNR workers. Lists of workers to be employed by the new organizations were drawn up by JNR and given to

1269-463: The east side of Shinjuku Station . This plan was later scrapped due to insufficient space to handle trains longer than six cars. Seibu-Shinjuku Station was expanded to include a high-rise hotel in 1977. From the start of the revised timetable on 30 June 2012, the Haijima rapid ( 拝島快速 , Haijima kaisoku ) and Rapid Express ( 快速急行 , Kaisoku Kyūkō ) services were abolished. Station numbering

1316-517: The former Musashino network based around Ikebukuro remain operationally separated today. In 1986, Seibu Railway moved its headquarters from the Ikebukuro area to Tokorozawa, Saitama , where the two main Seibu lines intersect. Tsutsumi became the controlling shareholder in Seibu Railway following the merger through his holding company Kokudo Corporation. After gaining control of Seibu, Kokudo developed

1363-640: The height of the Japanese asset bubble . He was arrested on securities fraud charges in March 2005. On December 21, 2005, Seibu Railway was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. A reorganization of the group, completed in February 2006, created Seibu Holdings to act as a holding company for both the railway and Prince Hotels . Cerberus Capital Management , an American investment fund, became

1410-472: The largest shareholder in Seibu Holdings with a 29.9% share of the new company. In late 2012 and early 2013, Cerberus proposed that Seibu Railway abolish five non-core lines, along with other restructuring measures throughout the Seibu Holdings group, but management refused to implement these changes. Cerberus then executed a tender offer to increase its stake to 35% as of June 2013, giving Cerberus

1457-517: The line from Nogata to Iogi Stations and from Iogi to Seibu-Yagisawa Stations. Proposals are being done to for grade separating the line from Tanashi to Hanakoganei Stations and from Takadanobaba to Nakai Stations. This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages Seibu Railway "Seibu Railway" was originally the name of a tram service between Shinjuku and Ogikubo, which

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1504-576: The line: Local, Semi Express, Express, Commuter Express, Rapid Express, Haijima Liner, and Koedo limited express, as shown below. Limited Express trains use Seibu 10000 series EMUs, and a supplementary limited express ticket is required. In addition, operation of the all-seat reserved train "Haijima Liner" using the Seibu 40000 series EMU started from March of 2018. The "Haijima Liner" operates from Seibu-Shinjuku to Haijima on weekends and in both directions on weekdays. There are regular through operations to

1551-563: The names of various affiliated individuals, often without their permission, so that the true ownership of the company was not readily apparent. Following the death of Tsutsumi in 1964, his third son Yoshiaki Tsutsumi inherited control of Kokudo and continued the practice of falsifying shareholder records. His holdings in Kokudo and Seibu led to his being deemed the "world's richest man" by Forbes magazine for four consecutive years from 1987 to 1990, with estimated net worth of $ 15–20 billion during

1598-440: The power to veto shareholder resolutions. Cerberus had aimed to raise its stake to 44%, bringing it closer to an outright majority, but Seibu management engaged in a massive campaign to thwart the tender offer, including advertising within Seibu trains to passengers who owned stock. The East Japan Railway Company and several financial institutions also planned a support scheme to keep Cerberus from acquiring control of Seibu, but it

1645-591: The privatization). By 1987, JNR's debt was over ¥27 trillion ($ 442 billion at 2021 exchange rates) and the company was spending ¥147 for every ¥100 earned. Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone , an avowed advocate of privatization , strongly supported breaking up JNR and in August 1982 launched the JNR Reform Commission to officially begin the process. By an act of the Diet of Japan , on April 1, 1987, JNR

1692-446: The reconstruction of Higashi-Murayama Station into an elevated station. JC Chuo Rapid Line JB Chuo-Sobu Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line JA Saikyo Line [REDACTED] Keio Line , Keio New Line [REDACTED] Odakyu Odawara Line M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08) S Toei Shinjuku Line (S-01) E Toei Oedo Line Shinjuku (E-27), Shinjuku-nishiguchi (E-01) The oldest section of

1739-681: The site. In 2019, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government officially cancelled the plan. During the 1960s, Seibu unsuccessfully negotiated with the Teito Rapid Transit Authority to offer through service between the Seibu Shinjuku Line and Tozai Line . Seibu's approach was rejected in favor of through operation with the Chuo Main Line . At Takadanobaba station, the interchange between the Seibu Shinjuku Line and Tozai Line involves passing through

1786-554: The street", and so unhired workers were classified as "needing to be employed" and were transferred to the JNR Settlement Corporation , where they could be assigned for up to three years. Around 7,600 workers were transferred in this way, and around 2,000 of them were hired by JR firms, and 3,000 found work elsewhere. Mitomu Yamaguchi, a former JNR employee from Tosu in Saga prefecture who had been transferred to

1833-582: The two lines to remove the transfer between the two lines. In September 2020, Seibu Railway President Kimio Kitamura said during an interview with the Toyo Keizai that there have been many complaints from passengers heading to the city center on the Seibu Shinjuku Line and Seibu is considering various options to address this issue, such as getting through service into the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. Initial work has started on grade separating

1880-416: The western suburbs of Tokyo, connecting them to Shinjuku and other areas of downtown Tokyo. The line is mostly double-track, except for 1.1 km (1200 yards) of single track between Wakita Junction and Hon-Kawagoe Station . While the section from Seibu-Shinjuku to Takadanobaba is elevated, the line runs at ground level through a suburban area until Saginomiya. Seven types of train service are operated on

1927-518: The world's first high-speed railway was debuted by JNR in 1964. By the end of JNR in 1987, four lines had been constructed: JNR operated bus lines as feeders, supplements or substitutions of railways. Unlike railway operation, JNR Bus was not superior to other local bus operators. The JR Bus companies are the successors of the bus operation of JNR. JNR operated ferries to connect railway networks separated by sea or to meet other local demands: Out of three routes assigned to JR companies in 1987, only

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1974-599: Was privatized and divided into seven railway companies, six passenger and one freight, collectively called the Japan Railways Group or JR Group. Long-term liabilities of JNR were taken over by the Japanese National Railway Settlement Corporation . That corporation was subsequently disbanded on October 22, 1998, and its remaining debts were transferred to the national budget's general accounting. By this time

2021-822: Was a symbol of JNR as it is the English equivalent of the Japanese Tsubame , the name of a deluxe train operated by JNR in the 1950s. JNR sold the team to the Sankei Shinbun in 1965, and called the Atoms from 1966 to 1973; the team is now the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and has been owned by the Yakult company since 1970. JNR as a public corporation (from 1949 to 1987) experienced five major accidents (including two shipwrecks of railway ferries) with casualties more than 100: In its very early days as

2068-547: Was double-tracked between 1980 and 1991. In 1952, a dual-track extension from Takadanobaba to Seibu-Shinjuku Station was completed. At this time the line was renamed the Shinjuku Line, integrating the Murayama Line and the northern section of the Kawagoe Line. The new Seibu-Shinjuku terminal was built as a temporary station, as Seibu planned to extend the line to the second floor of what is now known as Lumine Est on

2115-456: Was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Seibu Shinjuku Line stations numbered prefixed with the letters "SS"( S eibu S hinjuku line). From the timetable revision on 14 March 2020, the limited-stop Rapid Express ( 快速急行 , Kaisoku Kyūkō ) was reinstated for weekend and holiday services. In the 1980s, Seibu drew up a plan to build an underground line for express trains between Seibu-Shinjuku and Kami-Shakujii, including

2162-401: Was transferred to the Tokyo metropolitan government in 1951 and eventually closed in 1962. The Seibu Railway was acquired in 1921 by the Kawagoe Railway, which had operated a train service between Kokubunji and Kawagoe since 1894; the merged company kept the "Seibu" name and expanded its main line to Takadanobaba, forming what is now known as the Seibu Shinjuku Line. The current Seibu Railway is

2209-537: Was ultimately not implemented due to a lack of potential financial benefit for the investors. At the June 2013 shareholder meeting, several proposals by Cerberus were voted down, including the election of outside directors and the abolition of non-core lines. As of June 2013 , Yoshiaki Tsutsumi remains a major investor in Seibu Holdings through his 36% investment in NW Corporation, the second-largest shareholder in

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