Saitama Rapid Railway Line

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Saitama Railway line
A Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series EMU in September 2005
Overview
Owner	Saitama Railway Corporation
Locale	Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture
Termini	Akabane-Iwabuchi Urawa-Misono
Stations	8
Website	s-rail.co.jp/index.html
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Depot(s)	Urawa-Misono
History
Opened	28 March 2001
Technical
Line length	14.6 km (9.1 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	248 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead line
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

The Saitama Railway Line (埼玉高速鉄道線, Saitama Kōsoku Tetsudō sen) is a mostly underground rapid transit line in Japan operated by the third sector operating company Saitama Railway Corporation. Funded by Saitama Prefecture, local municipal governments, and Tokyo Metro, it forms a continuation of the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, starting at Akabane-iwabuchi Station in Tokyo and ending at Urawa-Misono Station in Saitama.^[1] The line is used as the main means of transportation to Saitama Stadium 2002. On 27 November 2015, the route was nicknamed the "Saitama Stadium Line". The line symbol used in the station numbering is "SR".