Sōbu Line (Rapid)

The Sōbu Line (Rapid) (Template:Langx) is a railway service on the Sōbu Main Line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Tokyo Station in Chūō, Tokyo with Chiba Station in Chūō-ku, Chiba via the cities of Ichikawa, Funabashi, and Narashino.

Services

Rapid services on the Sōbu Line are primarily operated between Tokyo and Chiba, although there are many through services onto the Yokosuka Line as well as some through services operated from the Yokosuka Line via Tokyo terminating at Template:STN. During weekday morning peak periods Tokyo-bound trains arrive once every 3.2 minutes; this is reduced to 10 Chiba-bound trains per hour during weekday evening peak periods. At other times there are approximately six trains per hour. There are many through services operated onto other lines.

For information on the Narita Express, Shiosai, and other limited express services, see their respective articles.

Sōbu Line (Rapid) trains travel through onto the Yokosuka Line to Template:STN, Template:STN, and Template:STN. Trains also travel through beyond Chiba to as far as:

• Template:STN on the Sotobō Line
• Template:STN on the Uchibō Line
• Template:STN via Template:STN on the Narita Line
• Template:STN on the Kashima Line
• Template:STN on the Sōbu Main Line

Past services

Home Liner Chiba

Before 16 March 2019, there were five Home Liner Chiba commuter liner services that operated every weekday evening, four of which started from Tokyo and another which started at Shinjuku.

Stations served:

(Shinjuku – Akihabara) / Tokyo – Tsudanuma – Inage – Chiba

Commuter Rapid

Commuter Rapid services were abolished with the timetable revision on 12 March 2022. Prior to this they ran on weekday peak hours only, stopping at Tōkyō, Shin-Nihombashi, Bakurochō, Kinshichō, Funabashi, and Chiba.

Station list

• For information on local services between Kinshichō and Chiba, see the Chūō-Sōbu Line article.
• All rapid trains stop at all stations listed below.

Station No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
Through services to Template:JRLS Yokosuka Line for Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN and Template:STN
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	東京	-	0.0	Template:Plainlist	Chiyoda	Tokyo
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	新日本橋	1.2	1.2	Template:Plainlist	Chūō
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	馬喰町	1.1	2.3	Template:Plainlist
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	錦糸町	2.5	4.8	Template:Plainlist	Sumida
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	新小岩	5.2	10.0	Template:JRLS Chūō-Sōbu Line (JB25)	Katsushika
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	市川	5.4	15.4	Template:JRLS Chūō-Sōbu Line (JB27)	Ichikawa	Chiba
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	船橋	7.8	23.2	Template:Plainlist	Funabashi
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	津田沼	3.5	26.7	Template:Plainlist	Narashino
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	稲毛	9.2	35.9	Template:JRLS Chūō-Sōbu Line (JB37)	Inage-ku, Chiba
Template:JRSN	Template:STN	千葉	3.3	39.2	Template:Plainlist	Chūō-ku, Chiba
Through services to: Template:Colorbull Sotobō Line for Template:STN Template:Colorbull Uchibō Line for Template:STN Template:Colorbull Narita Line for Template:STN and Template:STN Kashima Line for Template:STN via the Narita Line Template:Colorbull Sōbu Main Line for Template:STN

Note: Special Rapid service was discontinued on 4 March 2017.

Rolling stock

File:JNR 113 Rapid Shiroi Suna at Kinshichō Station 1978.jpg

JNR 113 series train at Kinshichō Station in 1978

Rapid service

• E235-1000 series (from 21 December 2020)

Limited express service

• E257 series (Shiosai)
• E259 series (Narita Express, Shiosai)

Former rolling stock

• 113 series (from October 1980 to December 1999)
• E217 series (from December 1994 to March 2025)

History

On 20 August 2016, station numbering was introduced with stations being assigned station numbers between JO19 and JO28. Numbers increase towards in the eastbound direction towards Chiba.

External links

• Stations of the Sōbu Line (Rapid) (unofficial) Template:In lang