Wires in Front of Ikebukuro Substation
These are wires connecting Ikebukuro Substation and the power lines shown in “Entangled Power Lines above JR Saikyo Line Track.”
There are several signs under the power wires. The letters on them say “Yama-Freight Up,” “Yama-Feight Down,” “Yama Electric Up,” “Yama Electric Down,” “Aka Electric Up,” and “Aka Electric Down.” Yama Freight means Yamanote Freight Line, Yama Electric means Yamanote EMU. It took some time until I found “Aka (it means red in Japanese)” meant “Akabane EMU.” The line between Ikebukuro and Akabane was called Akabane Line, but the name does not exist now. When it was extended and became a line between Shinjuku and Omiya in 1985, it was renamed to Saikyo Line.
Wires in Front of Ikebukuro Substation
These are wires connecting Ikebukuro Substation and the power lines shown in “Entangled Power Lines above JR Saikyo Line Track.”
There are several signs under the power wires. The letters on them say “Yama-Freight Up,” “Yama-Feight Down,” “Yama Electric Up,” “Yama Electric Down,” “Aka Electric Up,” and “Aka Electric Down.” Yama Freight means Yamanote Freight Line, Yama Electric means Yamanote EMU. It took some time until I found “Aka (it means red in Japanese)” meant “Akabane EMU.” The line between Ikebukuro and Akabane was called Akabane Line, but the name does not exist now. When it was extended and became a line between Shinjuku and Omiya in 1985, it was renamed to Saikyo Line.