F Liner

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F Liner
The F Liner Logo (Top)
Tobu 9000 series train on an F Liner service (Bottom)
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleTokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture
First service26 March 2016
Current operators
Route
Termini

Motomachi-Chūkagai
Lines used
Technical
Rolling stockSee § Rolling stock
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 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]

Service pattern

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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.

  1. Seibu Line system: Hannō / Kotesashi - Motomachi-Chūkagai
  2. Tōbu Line system: Ogawamachi / Shinrin-Kōen - Motomachi-Chūkagai
    • Tōbu Tōjō Line: Rapid Express (快速急行)
    • 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, 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.

Stations served

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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

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

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 ● ●
TY21File:MM-01 station number.png Yokohama 横浜 ● ●
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway MM

Minatomirai Line

File:MM-03 station number.png Minatomirai みなとみらい ● ●
File:MM-06 station number.png Motomachi-Chūkagai 元町・中華街　 ● ●

Rolling stock

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File:Tokyometro 10705 fliner 20161009.jpg
LED displays, from left to right: Tokyo Metro 10000 series, Tokyu 5050-4000 series, Seibu 6000 series
File:Tokyu 4606 fliner 20170226.jpg
File:Seibu 6413 fliner 20170226.jpg

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

Former

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Namesake

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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

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Notes & references

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Notes

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References

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

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