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The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (東京地下鉄有楽町線, Tōkyō Chikatetsu Yūrakuchō-sen^?) is a subway line. Part of the Tokyo Metro system, the 28.3 km line connects Wako-shi Station in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture and Shin-Kiba Station in Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan. In the numbering scheme of the Tokyo subways, it is Line 8. On maps, its color is gold, often taken as yellow; stations on the Yurakucho Line carry the letter Y and a two-digit number.

Contents 1 History 2 Future Developments 3 Facts 4 Rolling stock 4.1 Tōkyō Metro 4.2 Trains owned by other operating companies 5 Stations 6 Train depots

• October 30, 1974: Ikebukuro - Ginza-itchōme section opens.
• March 27, 1980: Ginza-itchōme - Shintomichō section opens.
• June 24, 1983: Chikatetsu Narimasu - Ikebukuro section opens.
• August 25, 1987: Wakōshi - Chikatetsu Narimasu section opens. Through service to Tōbu Tōjō Main Line begins.
• June 8, 1988: Shintomichō - Shin-kiba section opens. Current line complete.
• March 18, 1993: New 07 series trains enter service.
• December 7, 1994: Quadruple-track section from Kotake-Mukaihara to Ikebukuro opens. Through service to Seibu Yūrakuchō Line begins.
• October 31, 2005: Women-only cars introduced.
• September 1, 2006: New 10000 series trains enter service.

The 3.2 km quadruple-track segment between Kotake Mukaihara Station and Ikebukuro Station will eventually become part of Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.

A new branch from Toyosu station heading north via Kameari Station (on the Joban Line) to Noda in northwestern Chiba is also being planned.

• Length: 28.3 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Number of stations: 24
• Double track section: Entire line
• Power supply: 1,500 V DC overhead
• Train protection system: Automatic (Eidan CS-ATC)

This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

• Now periodical Train are 10-car

• 7000 series (from 1974 ･ current event so information of sets see the 7000 series page)
• 07 series 10-car trains x 2 (from 1992)
• 10000 series 10-car trains (from September 2006)

• Tōbu 9000 series 10-car trains x 8
• Tōbu 9050 series 10-car trains x 2
• Seibu 6000 and 6050 series 10-car trains (Not all sets are permitted to run on Yūrakuchō Line tracks)

Station number	Station name	Connecting lines	Location
Y-01	Wakō-shi 和光市	Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line (through trains)	Wako	Saitama
Y-02	Chikatetsu-narimasu 地下鉄成増	Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line (At Narimasu Station)	Itabashi	Tokyo
Y-03	Chikatetsu-akatsuka 地下鉄赤塚	Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line (At Shimo Akatsuka Station)	Nerima
Y-04	Heiwadai 平和台
Y-05	Hikawadai 氷川台
Y-06	Kotake-mukaihara 小竹向原	Seibu Railway : Yurakucho Line (through trains)
Y-07	Senkawa 千川		Toshima
Y-08	Kanamechō 要町
Y-09	Ikebukuro 池袋	JR East : Yamanote Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro : Marunouchi Line (M-25) Tōbu Railway : Tōjō Main Line Seibu Railway : Ikebukuro Line
Y-10	Higashi-ikebukuro 東池袋	Toden : Arakawa Line
Y-11	Gokokuji 護国寺		Bunkyo
Y-12	Edogawabashi 江戸川橋
Y-13	Iidabashi 飯田橋	JR East : Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro : Tozai Line (T-06), Namboku Line (N-10) Toei : Oedo Line (E-06)	Shinjuku
Y-14	Ichigaya 市ヶ谷	JR East : Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro : Namboku Line (N-09) Toei : Shinjuku Line (S-04)	Chiyoda
Y-15	Kōjimachi 麹町
Y-16	Nagatachō 永田町	Tokyo Metro : Hanzomon Line (Z-04), Namboku Line (N-07), Marunouchi Line (At Akasaka-mitsuke Station : M-13), Ginza Line (Akasaka-mitsuke Station: G-05)
Y-17	Sakuradamon 桜田門
Y-18	Yūrakuchō 有楽町	JR East : Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line Toei : Mita Line (At Hibiya Station: I-08) Tokyo Metro : Hibiya Line (Hibiya Station: H-07), Chiyoda Line (Hibiya Station: C-09)
Y-19	Ginza-itchōme 銀座一丁目		Chūō
Y-20	Shintomichō 新富町
Y-21	Tsukishima 月島	Toei : Oedo Line
Y-22	Toyosu 豊洲	New Transit Yurikamome	Kōtō
Y-23	Tatsumi 辰巳
Y-24	Shin-kiba 新木場	JR East : Keiyo Line Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit

• Wako Depot (和光検車区)
• Shin-Kiba Depot (新木場検車区)

Responsible for minor examinations. For major examinations, trains run to Ayase Works (綾瀬工場) on the Chiyoda Line via an underground connecting line.

• Shin-Kiba Car Renewal(新木場CR)
  • This is a factory which specializes in refurbishment work. Chiyoda Line and Hanzo-Mon Line trains are also refurbished here.

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