Seibu Yamaguchi Line

The Yamaguchi Line (山口線, Yamaguchi-sen) of Seibu Railway is a 2.8 km manually-driven rubber-tyred people mover that runs between Seibu-Yūenchi in Higashimurayama, Tokyo and Seibu-Kyūjōmae Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama in Japan. The line has an official nickname Leo Liner, after 'Leo', the hero of Kimba the White Lion, who is also the mascot of Saitama Seibu Lions baseball team. The line is the only people mover that is operated by major private railway companies.

Seibu Yamaguchi Line
Leo Liner
Overview
Native name	山口線
Termini	Seibu-Yūenchi Seibu-Kyūjōmae Station
Stations	3
Service
Type	People mover
System	Seibu Railway
History
Opened	1950 (1950)
Technical
Line length	2.8 km (1.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)

History

In 1950, the predecessor of the line opened as an attraction ride called Fantasy Train (おとぎ列車, Otogi Ressha), running through the amusement area developed by Seibu Railway and its allies. Battery-powered locomotives were used at the time, running on 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge track. In 1952, it legally became a train line, with the official name Seibu Yamaguchi Line. In 1984, the steam and battery powered railway closed, The next year, the new people mover line opened, mostly along the same route.

Basic data

Length: 2.8 km / Approx. 1.7 mi.
Stations: 3
Track: single
Electric: 750 V (three-phase)

Service

All trains stop at all stations.

Stations

No.	Station name	Japanese	Transfers	Nearest facilities	Location
SY01	Seibu-Yūenchi	西武遊園地	Seibu Tamako Line	Seibuen Golf Course,[Note 1] Seibuen Keirin Course,[1][Note 1] Tama Lake (Murayama Reservoir)	Higashimurayama, Tokyo
SY02	Yūenchi-Nishi	遊園地西		Seibuen Amusement Park[Note 2]	Tokorozawa, Saitama
SY03	Seibu-Kyūjōmae	西武球場前	Seibu Sayama Line	Seibu Dome, Sayama Lakeside Cemetery, Sayama Ski Resort, Seibu Dome Tennis Court, "Unesco Village" (Lily Park)[2]	Tokorozawa, Saitama

Seibuen Station on Seibu Seibuen Line is closer.
Also accessible from Seibu-Yūenchi Station.

References

西武園競輪場オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese).
"(untitled)". Seibu Group. Archived from the original on February 21, 2007.

External links

Seibu Railway (in Japanese)

Seibu railway lines
Ikebukuro Line group	■ Ikebukuro ■ Sayama ■ Seibu Chichibu ■ Seibu Yūrakucho ■ Toshima
Shinjuku Line group	■ Haijima ■ Kokubunji ■ Seibu-en ■ Shinjuku ■ Tamagawa ■ Tamako
People mover	■ Yamaguchi
Related lines	Daiyūzan Line Hakone Komagatake Ropeway Jukkokutōge Cable Car Sunzu Line
Major stations	Hannō Hon-Kawagoe Ikebukuro Kokubunji Nerima Seibu-Shinjuku Takadanobaba Tokorozawa

Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	Yamanote Keihin-Tōhoku - Negishi Chūō-Sōbu Local Chūō Rapid Yokosuka - Sōbu Rapid Utsunomiya & Takasaki - Tōkaidō Ueno–Tokyo Saikyo Shonan–Shinjuku Jōban Rapid Jōban Local Keiyō
Tokyo Metro lines	Chiyoda Fukutoshin Ginza Hibiya Marunouchi Namboku Tōzai Yūrakuchō Hanzōmon
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Yokohama Municipal	Blue Green
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Keikyu	Keikyū Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keiō New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibu-en Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tokyu	Den-en-toshi Ikegami Meguro Oimachi Tokyu Tamagawa Toyoko Kodomonokuni
Other commuter rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Trams	Enoden Setagaya Arakawa
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail Ueno Zoo Monorail
People movers	New Shuttle Kanazawa Seaside Nippori-Toneri Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka Yurikamome
Hinterland	Chichibu Main Line Fujikyuko Line
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway
Bus services and hubs	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Tokyo City Air Terminal (& Bus) Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan (east)
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Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
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Construction projects	Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line & Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line
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