Yokohama Line

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The Yokohama Line (Template:Langx) 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" (Template:Langx) 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 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". by locals,[2] the line serves commuters in the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and northeastern suburbs of Yokohama.

History

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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 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". on 23 September 1908 and leased to the government in 1910.[3] The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917.[3]

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.[3]

The Higashi-Kanagawa to Kozukue section was double-tracked by 1968, extended to Aihara by 1980, and completed to Hachiōji on 6 March 1988.[3]

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.[4][5] 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.[6]

Operation

Despite the line's name, only approximately half of all trains run as far as Yokohama Station. Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 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.
No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Transfers Location
Between
stations 		Total
Template:JRSN Template:STN 東神奈川 - 0.0 ● Template:JRLS Keihin-Tohoku Line (through to Template:STN and Template:STN via the Template:JRLS Negishi Line)
Template:KQLS Keikyu Main Line (Template:STN) 		Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa
Template:JRSN Template:STN 大口 2.2 2.2 ｜  
Template:JRSN Template:STN 菊名 2.6 4.8 ● Template:TQLS Tōkyū Tōyoko Line Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
Template:JRSN Template:STN 新横浜 1.3 6.1 ● Template:Rint Tokaido Shinkansen

Template:TQLS Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (SH01)
File:Sotetsu line symbol.svg Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (SO52)
File:Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line symbol.svg Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B25)

Template:JRSN Template:STN 小机 1.7 7.8 ｜  
Template:JRSN Template:STN 鴨居 3.1 10.9 ●   Midori-ku, Yokohama
Template:JRSN Template:STN 中山 2.6 13.5 ● File:Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line symbol.svg Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (G01)
Template:JRSN Template:STN 十日市場 2.4 15.9 ｜  
Template:JRSN Template:STN 長津田 2.0 17.9 ● Template:TQLS Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
Template:TQLS Kodomonokuni Line
Template:JRSN Template:STN 成瀬 2.3 20.2 ｜   Machida Tokyo
Template:JRSN Template:STN 町田 2.7 22.9 ● Template:ODLS Odakyu Odawara Line
Template:JRSN Template:STN 古淵 2.8 25.7 ｜   Minami-ku, Sagamihara Kanagawa
Template:JRSN Template:STN 淵野辺 2.7 28.4 ｜   Chūō-ku, Sagamihara
Template:JRSN Template:STN 矢部 0.8 29.2 ｜  
Template:JRSN Template:STN 相模原 1.8 31.0 ●  
Template:JRSN Template:STN 橋本 2.8 33.8 ● Template:Colorbull Sagami Line
Template:KOLS Keio Sagamihara Line 		Midori-ku, Sagamihara
Template:JRSN Template:STN 相原 1.9 35.7 ●   Machida Tokyo
Template:JRSN Template:STN 八王子みなみ野 2.9 38.6 ●   Hachiōji
Template:JRSN Template:STN 片倉 1.4 40.0 ● Template:KOLS Keiō Takao Line (Template:STN)
Template:JRSN Template:STN 八王子 2.6 42.6 ● Template:Colorbull Chūō Main Line
Template:JRLS Chūō Line (Rapid)
Template:ColorbullHachiko Line
Template:KOLS Keio Line (Template:STN)

Rolling stock

Template:Cleanup section Local and Rapid services

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Yokohama Line E233-6000 series EMU, October 2020

Former

Sagami Line through services

8-car 205 series EMU trains were introduced in 1988.[10] 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.[11]

References

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External links

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