Yokohama Line

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Yokohama Line
Yokohama line E233-6000.JPG
A Yokohama Line E233-6000 series EMU
Overview
Native name 横浜線
Type Heavy rail
Locale Kanagawa Prefecture
Termini Hachiōji
Higashi-Kanagawa
Stations 20
Operation
Opened 1908
Operator(s) JR East
Rolling stock E233-6000 series
Technical
Line length 42.6 km (26.5 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map
File:JR Yokohama Line map.svg
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The Yokohama Line (横浜線 Yokohama-sen?) is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as the "Tokyo Mega Loop" (東京メガループ?) around Tokyo, consisting of the Keiyo Line, Musashino Line, Nambu Line, and Yokohama Line.[1] The line's name comes from the section between Nagatsuta and Higashi-Kanagawa that runs through the city of Yokohama. Nicknamed the Hama-sen (浜線?) by locals,[2] the line serves commuters in the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and northeastern suburbs of Yokohama.

Operation

Despite the line's name, only approximately one third of trains run as far as Yokohama Station. Rapid (快速 Kaisoku?) trains operate every 30 minutes during the daytime.

Stations

  • Local trains stop at all stations.
  • Information on the limited express Hama Kaiji service can be found on its page.
  • Rapid trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".
Station Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Through to
Sagami Line		 Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total
Higashi-Kanagawa 東神奈川 - 0.0 ● to Chigasaki via the Sagami Line Keihin-Tohoku Line (through to Yokohama and Ōfuna via the Negishi Line)
Keikyu Main Line (Nakakido)		 Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa
Ōguchi 大口 2.2 2.2 ｜  
Kikuna 菊名 2.6 4.8 ● Tokyu Toyoko Line Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
Shin-Yokohama 新横浜 1.3 6.1 ● Tokaido Shinkansen
Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B25)
Kozukue 小机 1.7 7.8 ｜  
Kamoi 鴨居 3.1 10.9 ●   Midori-ku, Yokohama
Nakayama 中山 2.6 13.5 ● Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (G01)
Tōkaichiba 十日市場 2.4 15.9 ｜  
Nagatsuta 長津田 2.0 17.9 ● Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, Kodomonokuni Line
Naruse 成瀬 2.3 20.2 ｜   Machida Tokyo
Machida 町田 2.7 22.9 ● Odakyu Odawara Line
Kobuchi 古淵 2.8 25.7 ｜   Minami-ku, Sagamihara Kanagawa
Fuchinobe 淵野辺 2.7 28.4 ｜   Chūō-ku, Sagamihara
Yabe 矢部 0.8 29.2 ｜  
Sagamihara 相模原 1.8 31.0 ●  
Hashimoto 橋本 2.8 33.8 ● ● Sagami Line
Keio Sagamihara Line		 Midori-ku, Sagamihara
Aihara 相原 1.9 35.7 ● ●   Machida Tokyo
Hachiōji-Minamino 八王子みなみ野 2.9 38.6 ● ●   Hachiōji
Katakura 片倉 1.4 40.0 ● ● Keiō Takao Line (Keiō-Katakura)
Hachiōji 八王子 2.6 42.6 ● ● Chuo Main Line, Hachiko Line
Keio Line (Keiō-Hachiōji)

Rolling stock

Yokohama Line services are operated using a fleet of 28 8-car E233-6000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, introduced from 16 February 2014.[3] Through trains to and from the Sagami Line are served by 4-car 205-500 series EMUs.[4]

  • Sagami line 205kei.JPG

    Sagami Line 205-500 series EMU, April 2011

  • E233-6000 H017 front.JPG

    Yokohama Line E233-6000 series EMU, January 2014

Former

  • 72 series
  • 103 series (from 2 October 1972 until 26 February 1989)
  • 205 series 8-car EMUs (1988 to August 2014)

8-car 205 series EMU trains were introduced in 1988.[5] In these sets, the second car from the Higashi-Kanagawa end had six pairs of doors on each side to allow rapid boarding and disembarking during peak periods. The last 205 series set on the Yokohama Line ran on 23 August 2014.[6]

  • JNR kumoha73001.jpg

    72 series EMU, July 1984

  • 103 series EMU at Fuchinobe Station, circa 1988

  • Yokohama line 205kei.JPG

    A Yokohama Line 205 series EMU, April 2011

History

A Yokohama Line 103 series at Higashi-Kanagawa Station marking the first anniversary of JR East, April 1988

The line was opened by the private Yokohama Railway (横浜鉄道 Yokohama Tetsudō?) on 23 September 1908 and leased to the government in 1910.[7] The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917.[7]

The Higashi-Kanagawa to Haramachida (now Machida) section was electrified on 1 October 1932, with the Haramachida to Hachiōji section electrified on 14 April 1941.[7]

The Higashi-Kanagawa to Kozukue section was double-tracked by 1968, extended to Aihara by 1980, and completed to Hachiōji on 6 March 1988.[7]

References

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