On May 1st, Tokyu Railways celebrated the 100th anniversary of their Setagaya line. In commemoration, Tokyu held many events locally.
Let me review the Setagaya line. It’s a route based on Tramways Act. Connecting Sangenjaya on the Tokyu-Denentoshi line and Shimo-Takaido on the Keio line. The total operating length is 5.0 kilometers and the whole route is a double track. The electric system is 600 V DC. The gauge size is 1,372 millimeters. The Setagaya line was originally opened in 1925 as a branch route of the Tamagawa line (hereafter Tamaden). The main route, Tamaden, was opened in 1907 connecting Shibuya and Futako-tamagawa via Sangenjaya. Tamaden was constructed as a shared track on National Highway No.246, so that unfortunately abolished in 1969 due to heavy traffic jams. On the other hand, the Setagaya line was constructed as an exclusive track, so that only the branch route (Setagaya line) was survived.
One of the 100th anniversary events is special memorial stickers on the trams. Please look at the top photo. It’s Set 305 of the electric car 300 series displaying the special rounded memorial sticker on the front. It’s definitely beautiful but wait a moment. Something is lacking. Speaking of the 300 series, why don’t I shoot Tamaden-colored Set 301 as well? As I posted before, Set 301 is the representative tramcar on the Setagaya line. That’s why I again visited Yamashita stop at a later date and shot the Set 301 (see the photo below). Rail-fans are sticklers for detail of their photo subjects, aren’t they?
