F Liner

F Liner
	The F Liner Logo (Top); Tokyo Metro 10000 series train on an F Liner service (Bottom)
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture
First service	26 March 2016
Current operator(s)	Tobu Railway; Seibu Railway; Tokyo Metro; Tokyu Corporation; Yokohama Minatomirai Railway
Route
Start	Hannō (Seibu); Ogawamachi (Tōbu)
End	Motomachi-Chūkagai
Line(s) used	Seibu 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 stock	See rolling stock
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead

The F Liner (Fライナー) is the name for the fastest[Note 1] 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).

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[2]. 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.

Seibu Line system: Hannō / Kotesashi - Motomachi-Chūkagai
- Seibu Yurakucho Line and Ikebukuro Line: Rapid Express (快速急行)
- Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Express (急行)
- Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Line: Limited Express (特急)
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.[3]

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
∥ : Doesn't 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	TJ11F01	Wakōshi	和光市	∥	●
			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	F16TY01	Shibuya	渋谷	●	●
			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		TY21	Yokohama	横浜	●	●
				Minatomirai	みなとみらい	●	●
				Motomachi-Chūkagai	元町・中華街	●	●

Rolling stock

LED Display (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.

Tobu 9000 series & 9050 series EMUs, Tobu 50070 series EMUs
Seibu 6000 series EMUs, Seibu 40000 series EMUs
Tokyo Metro 10000 series EMUs, Tokyo Metro 7000 series EMUs (10-car sets only)
Tokyu 5050-4000 series EMUs
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Y500 series EMUs (Temporary 8-car service)[4]

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

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Notes & References

Notes

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.

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References

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

"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.
"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.
"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].
"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.
"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.

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[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.

[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.

[metro788-3] "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.

[6] "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.