Yokohama Line

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The Yokohama Line (Japanese: 横浜線, Hepburn: 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.^[2] 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,^[3] the line serves commuters in the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and northeastern suburbs of Yokohama.

Native name横浜線

LocaleKanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo

Termini

Stations20

Quick facts Overview, Native name ...

Yokohama Line

A Yokohama Line E233-6000 series EMU

Overview

Native name

横浜線

Locale

Kanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo

Termini

Stations

Service

Type

Heavy rail

Operator

JR East

Rolling stock

E233-6000 series

Daily ridership

840,200 (daily 2015)^[1]

History

Opened

23 September 1908; 118 years ago

Technical

Line length

42.6 km (26.5 mi)

Track gauge

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Electrification

Overhead line, 1,500 V DC

Operating speed

95 km/h (59 mph)

Route map

Legend

Keihin-Tohoku Line

Tōkaidō & Yokosuka lines

Yokohama

0.0

Higashi-Kanagawa

Keihin-Tohoku Line

Tōkaidō Main Line
& Yokosuka Line

2.2

Ōguchi

Terao tunnel

Tokyu Toyoko Line

4.8

Kikuna

Tokaido Shinkansen

6.1

Shin-Yokohama

Yokohama Subway Blue Line

7.8

Kozukue

Shiroyama tunnel

10.9

Kamoi

13.5

Nakayama

15.9

Tōkaichiba

Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line

17.9

Nagatsuta

Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line

Kodomonokuni Line

20.2

Naruse

22.9

Machida

Odakyu Odawara Line

25.7

28.4

29.2

31.0

Sagami Line

Keio Sagamihara Line

33.8

Hashimoto

35.7

Aihara

Aihara tunnel

38.6

Hachiōji-Minamino

40.0

Katakura

Keio Takao Line

Keio Line

42.6

Hachiōji

Chuo Main Line

Keio Line

Hachiko Line

History

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.^[4] The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917.^[4]

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.^[4]

The Higashi-Kanagawa to Kozukue section was double-tracked by 1968, extended to Aihara by 1980, and completed to Hachiōji on 6 March 1988.^[4]

Through service trains from the Sagami Line began on 16 March 1991, when that line was fully electrified.

Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with stations being assigned station numbers between JH13 and JH32.^[5]^[6] Numbers increase towards in the westbound direction towards Hachioji.

Through service operation from the Sagami Line onto the Yokohama Line ended on 11 March 2022.^[7]

Operation

Despite the line's name, only approximately half of all trains run through Yokohama Station via the Keihin–Tōhoku Line. Most of these through service trains terminate at Sakuragichō Station via the Negishi Line, with few trains continuing further west towards Ōfuna Station. Rapid service (快速, Kaisoku) trains operate every 20 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 "|".
From Yokohama to Ofuna, the stations are the same stations served by the Negishi Line, which is also served by the Keihin-Tohoku line.

More information No., Station ...

No.	Station	Distance in km (mi)		Rapid	Transfers	Location
No.	Station	Between stations	Total	Rapid	Transfers	Location
↑ Through-running to/from Yokohama and Ōfuna via the Negishi Line ↑
JH13	Higashi-Kanagawa 東神奈川	N/a	0 (0)	●	Keihin–Tōhoku Line (JK13) Main Line (Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa: KK35)	Kanagawa, Yokohama	Kanagawa
JH14	Ōguchi 大口	2.2 (1.4)	2.2 (1.4)	\|		Kanagawa, Yokohama
JH15	Kikuna 菊名	2.6 (1.6)	4.8 (3.0)	●	Tōyoko Line (TY16)	Kōhoku, Yokohama
JH16	Shin-Yokohama 新横浜	1.3 (0.81)	6.1 (3.8)	●	Tokaido Shinkansen Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (SO52) Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (SH01) Blue Line (B25)
JH17	Kozukue 小机	1.7 (1.1)	7.8 (4.8)	\|
JH18	Kamoi 鴨居	3.1 (1.9)	10.9 (6.8)	●		Midori, Yokohama
JH19	Nakayama 中山	2.6 (1.6)	13.5 (8.4)	●	Green Line (G01)
JH20	Tōkaichiba 十日市場	2.4 (1.5)	15.9 (9.9)	\|
JH21	Nagatsuta 長津田	2.0 (1.2)	17.9 (11.1)	●	Den-en-toshi Line (DT22) Kodomonokuni Line (KD01)
JH22	Naruse 成瀬	2.3 (1.4)	20.2 (12.6)	\|		Machida	Tokyo
JH23	Machida 町田	2.7 (1.7)	22.9 (14.2)	●	Odawara Line (OH27)	Machida	Tokyo
JH24	Kobuchi 古淵	2.8 (1.7)	25.7 (16.0)	\|		Minami, Sagamihara	Kanagawa
JH25	Fuchinobe 淵野辺	2.7 (1.7)	28.4 (17.6)	\|		Chūō, Sagamihara
JH26	Yabe 矢部	0.8 (0.50)	29.2 (18.1)	\|
JH27	Sagamihara 相模原	1.8 (1.1)	31.0 (19.3)	●
JH28	Hashimoto 橋本	2.8 (1.7)	33.8 (21.0)	●	■ Sagami Line Sagamihara Line (KO45)	Midori, Sagamihara
JH29	Aihara 相原	1.9 (1.2)	35.7 (22.2)	●		Machida	Tokyo
JH30	Hachiōji-Minamino 八王子みなみ野	2.9 (1.8)	38.6 (24.0)	●		Hachiōji
JH31	Katakura 片倉	1.4 (0.87)	40.0 (24.9)	●	Takao Line (Keiō-Katakura: KO48)
JH32	Hachiōji 八王子	2.6 (1.6)	42.6 (26.5)	●	Chūō Line (JC22) ■ Hachikō Line Keiō Line (Keiō-Hachiōji: KO34)

Rolling stock

Local and Rapid services

E233-6000 series 8-car EMUs (since February 2014)^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10]

72 series EMU, July 1984
103 series EMU at Fuchinobe Station, circa 1988
A Yokohama Line 205 series EMU, March 2007

Sagami Line through services

205-500 series 4-car EMUs (from 16 March 1991 until 25 February 2022)^[11]

Sagami Line 205-500 series EMU, November 2021
Sagami Line E131-500 series EMU, November 2021

References

[1]
"平成27年大都市交通センサス首都圏報告書" (PDF). P.92. 国土交通省.
[2]
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.
[3]
Aizawa, Masao (1996). Hamasen chimei arekore yokohama-hen (in Japanese). 230 Club Shinbunsha. ISBN 978-4-931353-24-4.
[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 (in Japanese). Vol. 49, no. 574. February 2009. pp. 98–99.
[5]
"⾸都圏エリアへ「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
[6]
Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
[7]
"2022年3月ダイヤ改正について（八王子支社）" [March 2022 timetable revision, Hachioji Branch] (PDF) (in Japanese). 17 December 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
[8]
"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. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
[9]
"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.
[10]
"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. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
[11]
"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 (in Japanese). Vol. 49, no. 574. February 2009. pp. 94–97.<E131 series#E131-500/-580 series|E131-500 series]] 4-car EMUs (from 18 November 2021 until 11 March 2022)<ref name="jr_sagami_eis">"相模線Ｅ131 系営業運転開始について" [About the entry of service of the Sagami Line E131 series] (PDF). Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 17 September 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

Yokohama Line

History

Operation

Stations

Rolling stock

Local and Rapid services

Former

Sagami Line through services

References

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