Greetings

Thank you for visiting our website. We, Saitama Railway co., ltd. provide fast and convenient transportation services to the center area of Tokyo for residents of Kawaguchi, Hatogaya and the eastern part of Saitama. Passengers can directly go to the center area of Tokyo without transferring at Akabane-Iwabuchi station as we jointly operate lines with Tokyo Metro “Nanboku-line” and Tokyu “Meguro-line”. In addition, passengers also can easily go not only to the Saitama area but also the eastern and western side of metropolitan area by transferring to JR Musashino-line at Higashi-Kawaguchi station.

We keep our best to offer comfortable transportation services as a new line of life for passengers.

Our efforts

We equip the newest items to assure safety so that the passenger’s can use our transportation services more comfortably.

1. Escalators, elevators and underground bicycle parking lot We equip escalators and elevators at every station so that passengers can move between the ground floor and the underground platform smoothly. Underground bicycle parking lots are provided within 4 stations of Kawaguchi-Motogo, Hatogaya, Araijuku and Higashi-Kawaguchi by municipal governments.
2. Movable fences We equip movable fences at every platform which simultaneously opens and closes with the train doors in order to secure passenger’s safety.
3. One man operation (ATO) Trains are operated by one train driver with the ATO (Automatic Train Operation) system from departure. Controls for acceleration and reduction of speed, stopping at the next station are conducted through this system.
4. Train base A train base is located next to Urawa-Misono station. The general office (60,000㎡ wide) which administers each railway facilities are also located within this base. Trains are detained and serviced there.

Our strengths

We were responsible to establish the main access route to “Saitama Stadium 2002” where the quarter final game of the “FIFA World Cup TM 2002” co-hosted by Japan and the South Korea took place. It takes about 15 minutes from the nearest station of Urawa-Misono to the stadium. The road leading to the stadium is 1.2km long, surrounded by much natural greens, and provided exclusively to pedestrians.

We also contribute to the purification of rivers nearby by equipping water introduction pipes for environment in the tunnels of subway which was the first case in Japan. The water introduction pipes conducts water for environment from Arakawa River for improvement of water quality and secure of flux of Ayase River and Shibakawa River and so on. This action is enhanced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Japan.

Tickets

Passengers may purchase tickets at vending machines of all of the stations. All tickets are valid for transportation from the station of purchase. The vending machines have English guide for purchase. Please note that normal tickets are valid only for the day of purchase.

Fares

1. Passenger Fares（Kilometer and Section system）

（unit：Yen）

Length of Kilometers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Normal Passenger Fares (Adults)	210			260		300		340		380		420		460
Normal Passenger Fares (kids)	110			130		150		170		190		210		230

2. Table of Fares

(1) Table of Fares between stations（unit：kilometer / Yen）

Akabane- Iwabuchi	2.4	4.3	5.9	7.5	10.0	12.2	14.6
210	Kawaguchi- Motogo	1.9	3.5	5.1	7.6	9.8	12.2
260	210	Minami- Hatogaya	1.6	3.2	5.7	7.9	10.3
300	260	210	Hatogaya	1.6	4.1	6.3	8.7
340	300	260	210	Araijuku	2.5	4.7	7.1
380	340	300	260	210	Totsuka- Angyo	2.2	4.6
420	380	340	300	260	210	Higashi- Kawaguchi	2.4
460	420	380	340	340	260	210	Urawa- Misono

(2) Table of Fares of Commuter Pass and Student Pass（unit：kilometer / Yen）

Length of kilometers	Commuter Pass			Student Pass			Notes
	1 month	3 months	6 months	1 month	3 months	6 months
1	8,190	23,350	44,230	6,300	17,960	34,020	210Yen Section
2
3
4	10,140	28,900	54,760	7,800	22,230	42,120	260Yen Section
5
6	11,700	33,350	63,180	9,000	25,650	48,600	300Yen Section
7
8	13,260	37,800	71,610	10,200	29,070	55,080	340Yen Section
9
10	14,820	42,240	80,030	11,400	32,490	61,560	380Yen Section
11
12	16,380	46,690	88,460	12,600	35,910	68,040	420Yen Section
13
14	17,940	51,130	96,880	13,800	39,330	74,520	460Yen Section
15

(3) Discount Rate for commuter and student pass

Commuter pass: 35% Student pass: 50% Please ask our staffs at stations for other fares and tickets.

Corporate Profile

Company Name	Saitama Railway Corporation
Address	Daimon Miyashita 3888, Midori-ku, Saitama-City, Saitama Pref.
Establishment	March 25, 1992
License Obtained	December 17, 1992 （The first grade of railway business license）
Capital	8,275,870 million yen (number of stocks 1,655,174) Authorized capital amount 8,275,870 million yen (number of stocks 1,655,174)
Purpose of Business	The first class of railway business under Railway business law Purchase, sale, lent, intermediation and administration of real estates Plan, design and construction work of general civil engineering and construction Sale of medicines, liquors, processed food, daily miscellaneous goods, tobaccos, postage stamps, revenue stamps. etc. Restaurants and parking lots services Advertising business Travel agency Consultation on business related to urban development, community development, residential land development .etc. Indemnity insurance agency Any business related to the sections above
Business Outlines	Areas of service:Akabane-Iwabuchi － Urawa-Misono Route Length:Total 14.6 km Number of stations: 8 (Akabane-Iwabuchi station is jointly operated with Tokyo Metro) Construction fee:Approximately 258.7 billion yen Commence of operations:March 28, 1991
President	Akio Kondo
Directors	Board of directors: 18 (Chairman Kiyoshi Ueda, Governor of Saitama Prefecture)Inspectors: 3 (*full-time inspector: 1)

History

Saitama Railway co.,ltd. was established on March 25, 1992 as a semi-public joint venture company which constructs and operates the subway line “Tokyo No.7” which belongs to Saitama prefecture (Kawaguchi-city, Hatogaya-city and Saitama-city) and started railway operations on March 28, 2001.

Subway line “Tokyo No.7”

Subway line “Tokyo No.7” is a subway line connecting between Meguro and the eastern part of the former Urawa-city (now Saitama-city). Its construction was completed in 1990 according to reports submitted to the ministry of transportation at that time (July 1985) by a transportation policy deliberative council. The line which belongs to Tokyo Metropolitan Government began its construction in February 1986 by the former Tokyo Underground Railway Company (now Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.) and started operation as a “Nanboku-line (South-North line) in September 1990 between Meguro and Akabane-Iwabuchi.

Saitama Railway line connects between Akabane-Iwabuchi and Urawa-Misono and goes to Hiyoshi (Yokohama-city) by joint operations with Tokyo Metro “Nanboku-line” and Tokyu “Meguro-line”.