History
The people of Ina town, on the branch point of the Tōhoku and Jōetsu Shinkansen high-speed railway lines, opposed the latter being routed through their area, complaining that the town would be divided by the new tracks and beset with noise pollution.
To placate the residents, new railway lines were planned. The AGT Ina Line was the solution reached for the area north of Ōmiya Station, where the potential demand was not large enough to run heavy rail lines economically. (Currently, the line generates an operating profit.) A heavy rail line (the Saikyō Line) was the solution reached for the south of Ōmiya Station.
- 1 April 1980: Operating company Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd. (埼玉新都市交通株式会社, Saitama Shin Toshi Kōtsū Kabushiki-gaisha?) is incorporated.
- 22 December 1983: The section between Ōmiya and Hanuki stations opens.
- 2 August 1990: The remaining section between Hanuki and Uchijuku stations opens.
- 14 October 2007: Ōnari Station is renamed Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station when the Railway Museum (Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan) opens.
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