Tobu Skytree Line
The is a section of the Tobu Isesaki line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line. This section was branded the Tobu Skytree Line on 17 March 2012 in conjunction with the opening of the Tokyo Skytree tower (which Tobu Railway owns). Description. Note that Oshiage Station is officially an extension or part of Tokyo Skytree. The double tracks between Oshiage and Hikifune are thus  the third and fourth tracks of the Tokyo Skytree − Hikifune section. Operation. All-stations "Local" services operate from to , and , and onward to on the Tōbu Nikkō Line. Some peak-hour Local services from Asakusa terminate at Takenotsuka, Kita-Koshigaya, or Kita-Kasukabe. Through trains. The Skytree Line has trains that inter-run with two Tokyo Metro subway lines. One is the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line connected at , with all-station stop "Local" trains only. The other is the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line at Oshiage, running as either local, semi-express or express trains within the subway line and  the Tokyu Denentoshi line. Beyond , the terminus of the Hanzomon Line, nearly all trains continue to and from the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, down to the terminus of . To the north, trains run via the Yagan Railway to the Aizu Railway's Aizutajima Station. Service patterns. Stops and operated sections are as of 2013. Rolling stock. Current. "As of August 2021" History. The former "Skytree Train" and "Kirifuri" limited express, "Rapid", and "Section Rapid" services were discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 21 April 2017.