The Daishi Line (大師線) is a line run by Tobu Railway (東武鉄道). It runs from Nishi-Arai Station to Daishimae Station in Adachi ward, Tokyo, and has no stations between its two ends.
History
On 5 May 1924 a railway licence was granted for a steam line from Nishi-Arai village to Kami-Itabashi village. On 20 December 1931 the Nishi-Ita Line (西板線) opened for passengers between Nishi-Arai and Daishimae, a distance of 1.1 km. On 22 July 1932 permission was granted to drop the planned section from Shikahama (鹿浜) in Kōhoku village to Kami-Itabashi.
On 20 May 1945 the whole line was suspended. On 21 May 1947 service resumed on the whole line, and the line was renamed the Daishi Line.
On 1 December 1968 Daishimae station was moved to make way for the widening of Ring Road 7 (環七通り). The move shortened the line by 0.1 km. On 26 July 1991 the line was raised onto an elevated track, and all level crossings on the line were removed. On 19 March 2003 one-man operation began.
On 1 March 2026 a ticket gate, automatic ticket machines and an automatic fare adjustment machine were added at Daishimae station, and the connecting ticket gate at Nishi-Arai was abolished.
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Written by an AI from the line's history on Japanese Wikipedia, nothing else, and checked by a program for dates and numbers that are not in those facts. It can still be wrong. Adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; this text is shared under the same licence.