Yokohama Line

Yokohama Line

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

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

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]

Former

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]

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

  1. ↑ Saka, Masayuki (August 2014). 東京メガループ　車両・路線の沿革と現況 [Tokyo Megaloop: History and current situation of trains and line]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 43 no. 364. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–39.
  2. ↑ Aizawa, Masao (1996). Hamasen chimei arekore yokohama-hen. 230 Club Shinbunsha. ISBN 978-4-931353-24-4.
  3. ↑ "E233系6000番台が営業運転を開始" [E233-6000 series enter revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "横浜線開業１００周年～その１：　バトンタッチしてきた車両たち". Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 49 no. 574. February 2009. pp. 94–97.
  5. ↑ "JR東日本　横浜線にE233系6000番代を投入" [JR East to introduce E233-6000 series on Yokohama Line]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 42 no. 356. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. December 2013. p. 60.
  6. ↑ 横浜線用の205系が営業運転を終了 [End of 205 series revenue operations on Yokohama Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "横浜線開業１００周年～その２：　開業から現在までの他線との接続の歴史". Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 49 no. 574. February 2009. pp. 98–99.
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