F Liner


F Liner is the name for the fastest through service train among five railway companies: the Tobu Railway, Seibu Railway, Tokyo Metro, Tokyu Corporation and Yokohama Minatomirai Railway.
This name is trademarked by the aforementioned five companies.

Service pattern

The name "F Liner" is given to trains under the two route systems explained below. The service type of trains may change once across boundary stations for two different lines. Therefore, systematically, the name "F Liner" will be added before the service type; this means all F Liner trains are referred to as "F Liner, ". For instance: Within the Fukutoshin Line → "F Liner, Express", bound for Motomachi-Chūkagai; Within the Toyoko Line → "F Liner, Limited Express", bound for Shinrin-Kōen.
  1. Seibu Line system: Hannō / Kotesashi - Motomachi-Chūkagai
  2. * Seibu Yurakucho Line and Ikebukuro Line: Rapid Express
  3. * Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Express
  4. * Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Line: Limited Express
  5. Tōbu Line system: Ogawamachi / Shinrin-Kōen - Motomachi-Chūkagai
  6. * Tōbu Tōjō Line: Rapid Express
  7. * Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Express
  8. * Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Line: Limited Express
Within the Fukutoshin Line, the Tōyoko Line and the Minatomirai Line, four F Liner trains operate every hour at 15-minute intervals during daytime: two operate on the Tōbu Line system from/to Shinrin-Kōen, and the other two operate on the Seibu Line system, with one operating from/to Hannō, and the other from/to Kotesashi, each operating at 1-hour intervals. For northbound trains on weekend mornings, only one F Liner train operates every hour which terminates at Hannō.
The longest distance travelled for an F Liner journey is, from Ogawamachi to Motomachi-Chūkagai.
From 18 March 2023, F Liner services now operate as Rapid Express services on the Tobu Tojo Line instead of Express services, skipping Shiki and Fujimino. Previously, F Liner trains did not operate as the fastest possible through service on the Tojo Line, as faster Rapid Express through services ran alongside the F Liner's Express services.

Stations served

; Legend
CompanyRouteService typeStation No.StationJapaneseSeibu Line systemTōbu Line system
Seibu Railway'
Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line		Rapid ExpressHannō飯能●
Seibu Railway'
Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line		Rapid ExpressIrumashi入間市●
Seibu Railway'
Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line		Rapid ExpressKotesashi小手指●
Seibu Railway'
Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line		Rapid ExpressTokorozawa所沢●
Seibu Railway'
Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line		Rapid ExpressHibarigaokaひばりヶ丘●
Seibu Railway'
Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line		Rapid ExpressShakujii-Kōen石神井公園●
Seibu Railway'
Yurakucho & Ikebukuro Line		Rapid ExpressNerima練馬●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Ogawamachi小川町∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Musashi-Ranzan武蔵嵐山∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Tsukinowaつきのわ∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Shinrin-Kōen森林公園∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Higashi-Matsuyama東松山∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Takasaka高坂∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Kita-Sakado北坂戸∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Sakado坂戸∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Wakaba若葉∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Tsurugashima鶴ヶ島∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Kasumigaseki霞ヶ関∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Kawagoeshi川越市∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Kawagoe川越∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Asakadai朝霞台∥●
Tobu Railway'
Tōjō Line		Rapid Express'Wakōshi和光市∥●
Tokyo Metro'
Fukutoshin Line		Express'Wakōshi和光市∥●
Tokyo Metro'
Fukutoshin Line		ExpressKotake-Mukaihara小竹向原●●
Tokyo Metro'
Fukutoshin Line		ExpressIkebukuro池袋●●
Tokyo Metro'
Fukutoshin Line		ExpressShinjuku-Sanchōme新宿三丁目●●
Tokyo Metro'
Fukutoshin Line		ExpressMeiji-Jingumae 'Harajuku'明治神宮前〈原宿〉●●
Tokyo Metro'
Fukutoshin Line		Express'Shibuya渋谷●●
Tokyu Corporation'
Tōyoko Line		Limited Express'Shibuya渋谷●●
Tokyu Corporation'
Tōyoko Line		Limited Express'Naka-Meguro中目黒●●
Tokyu Corporation'
Tōyoko Line		Limited Express'Jiyūgaoka自由が丘●●
Tokyu Corporation'
Tōyoko Line		Limited Express'Musashi-Kosugi武蔵小杉●●
Tokyu Corporation'
Tōyoko Line		Limited Express'Kikuna菊名●●
Tokyu Corporation'
Tōyoko Line		Limited Express'Yokohama横浜●●
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway
Minatomirai Line		Limited Express'Yokohama横浜●●
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway
Minatomirai Line		Limited ExpressMinatomiraiみなとみらい●●
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway
Minatomirai Line		Limited ExpressMotomachi-Chūkagai元町・中華街　●●

Rolling stock

Regularly, all F Liner trains are operated in 10-car sets.
The F in F Liner stands for 3 English words starting with the letter F, which are: