Ogose Kanbai headboard for one day during March. The Ogose Line switched to driver-only operation from the start of the revised timetable on 14 June 2008. The start of driver-only operation also involved the installation of platform edge sensors at all stations on the Ogose Line. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines. Tobu Tojo Line and Ogose Line stations were numbered prefixed with the letters "TJ". Former connecting lines A freight-only line serving the Nippon Cement works in Hidaka operated from 1963 until 1984, using a spur track which branched off from the line at Nishi-Ōya Junction, to the east of Nishi-Ōya Station. See also List of railway lines in Japan References External links Ogose Line Rail transport in Saitama Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1932 1932 establishments in Japan