:Yokohama Line
{{Short description|Railway line in Japan}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width =
| name = Yokohama Line
| native_name = 横浜線
| native_name_lang = ja
| color = {{JARC|JH|#}}
| logo = {{JRLS|JH|size=25}}
| image = Series-E233-6000-H002.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = A Yokohama Line E233-6000 series EMU
| type = Heavy rail
| system =
| status =
| locale = Kanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo
| start = {{STN|Hachiōji|x}}
| end = {{STN|Higashi-Kanagawa|x}}
| stations = 20
| routes =
| daily_ridership = 840,200 (daily 2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001179760.pdf|title=平成27年 大都市交通センサス 首都圏報告書 |website=P.92|publisher=国土交通省}}
| open = 1908
| close =
| owner =
| operator = JR East
| character =
| depot =
| stock = E233-6000 series
| linelength = {{cvt|42.6|km|}}
| tracklength =
| tracks =
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification = 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
| speed = {{cvt|95|km/h}}
| elevation =
| map = File:JR Yokohama Line linemap.svg
| map_state = collapsed
}}
{{Yokohama Line RDT}}
The Yokohama Line ({{langx|ja|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" ({{langx|ja|東京メガループ|links=no}}) around Tokyo, consisting of the Keiyo Line, Musashino Line, Nambu Line, and Yokohama Line.{{cite magazine|last =Saka |first = Masayuki |script-title=ja:東京メガループ 車両・路線の沿革と現況 |trans-title=Tokyo Megaloop: History and current situation of trains and line |magazine=Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine |volume = 43|issue = 364 |pages=28–39 |publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun |location = Japan |language= ja |date = August 2014}} The line's name comes from the section between Nagatsuta and Higashi-Kanagawa that runs through the city of Yokohama. Nicknamed the {{nihongo|Hama-sen|浜線}} by locals,{{cite book |last=Aizawa |first=Masao |title=Hamasen chimei arekore yokohama-hen |publisher=230 Club Shinbunsha |year=1996 |isbn=978-4-931353-24-4 |language=ja |ref=hamasen}} the line serves commuters in the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and northeastern suburbs of Yokohama.
History
File:Sakura Train 19880409.jpg
The line was opened by the private {{Nihongo|Yokohama Railway|横浜鉄道|Yokohama Tetsudō}} on 23 September 1908 and leased to the government in 1910.{{cite magazine |date=February 2009 |title=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 |magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine |pages=98–99 |language=ja |volume=49 |issue=574}} The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917.
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.
The Higashi-Kanagawa to Kozukue section was double-tracked by 1968, extended to Aihara by 1980, and completed to Hachiōji on 6 March 1988.
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.{{Cite web |date=6 April 2016 |title=⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します |trans-title=Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=jreast.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |last=Kusamachi |first=Yoshikazu |date=7 April 2016 |title=JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ |trans-title=JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area |url=https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html |archive-date=6 August 2022 |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Response Automotive Media |language=ja}} 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.{{cite web |date=17 December 2021 |title=2022年3月ダイヤ改正について（八王子支社） |trans-title=March 2022 timetable revision, Hachioji Branch |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/hachioji/20211217_hc01.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311164108/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/hachioji/20211217_hc01.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=ja }}
Operation
Despite the line's name, only approximately half of all trains run as far as Yokohama Station. {{Nihongo|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.
| class="wikitable" rules="all" |
| rowspan="2"|No.
!rowspan="2"|Station !rowspan="2"|Japanese !colspan="2"|Distance (km) !rowspan="2"|Rapid !rowspan="2"|Transfers !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Location |
|---|
| Between stations !Total |
| {{JRSN|JH|13|size=40}}
|{{STN|Higashi-Kanagawa|x}} |東神奈川 |style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;"|0.0
|style="text-align:center;"|● |{{JRLS|JK}} Keihin-Tohoku Line (through to {{STN|Yokohama|x}} and {{STN|Ōfuna|x}} via the {{JRLS|JK}} Negishi Line) />{{KQLS|KK}} Keikyu Main Line ({{STN|Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa|x}}) |rowspan="2"|Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama |rowspan="9" style="width:1em; text-align:center;"|Kanagawa |
| {{JRSN|JH|14|size=40}}
|{{STN|Ōguchi|x}} |大口 |style="text-align:right;"|2.2 |style="text-align:right;"|2.2 |style="text-align:center;"|｜ | |
| {{JRSN|JH|15|size=40}}
|{{STN|Kikuna|x}} |菊名 |style="text-align:right;"|2.6 |style="text-align:right;"|4.8 |style="text-align:center;"|● |{{TQLS|TY}} Tōkyū Tōyoko Line |rowspan="3"|Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama |
| {{JRSN|JH|16|size=40}}
|{{STN|Shin-Yokohama|x}} |新横浜 |style="text-align:right;"|1.3 |style="text-align:right;"|6.1 |style="text-align:center;"|● |{{rint|jp|shinkansen|Tokaido|size=20}} Tokaido Shinkansen {{TQLS|SH|size=20}} Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (SH01) />File:Yokohama_Municipal_Subway_Blue_Line_symbol.svg Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B25) |
| {{JRSN|JH|17|size=40}}
|{{STN|Kozukue|x}} |小机 |style="text-align:right;"|1.7 |style="text-align:right;"|7.8 |style="text-align:center;"|｜ | |
| {{JRSN|JH|18|size=40}}
|{{STN|Kamoi|x}} |鴨居 |style="text-align:right;"|3.1 |style="text-align:right;"|10.9 |style="text-align:center;"|● | |rowspan="4"|Midori-ku, Yokohama |
| {{JRSN|JH|19|size=40}}
|{{STN|Nakayama|x|Kanagawa}} |中山 |style="text-align:right;"|2.6 |style="text-align:right;"|13.5 |style="text-align:center;"|● |File:Yokohama_Municipal_Subway_Green_Line_symbol.svg Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (G01) |
| {{JRSN|JH|20|size=40}}
|{{STN|Tōkaichiba|x|Kanagawa}} |十日市場 |style="text-align:right;"|2.4 |style="text-align:right;"|15.9 |style="text-align:center;"|｜ | |
| {{JRSN|JH|21|size=40}}
|{{STN|Nagatsuta|x}} |長津田 |style="text-align:right;"|2.0 |style="text-align:right;"|17.9 |style="text-align:center;"|● |{{TQLS|DT}} Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line />{{TQLS|KD}} Kodomonokuni Line |
| {{JRSN|JH|22|size=40}}
|{{STN|Naruse|x}} |成瀬 |style="text-align:right;"|2.3 |style="text-align:right;"|20.2 |style="text-align:center;"|｜ | |rowspan="2"|Machida |rowspan="2"|Tokyo |
| {{JRSN|JH|23|size=40}}
|{{STN|Machida|x|JR East}} |町田 |style="text-align:right;"|2.7 |style="text-align:right;"|22.9 |style="text-align:center;"|● |{{ODLS|OH}} Odakyu Odawara Line |
| {{JRSN|JH|24|size=40}}
|{{STN|Kobuchi|x|Kanagawa}} |古淵 |style="text-align:right;"|2.8 |style="text-align:right;"|25.7 |style="text-align:center;"|｜ | |rowspan="5"|Kanagawa |
| {{JRSN|JH|25|size=40}}
|{{STN|Fuchinobe|x}} |淵野辺 |style="text-align:right;"|2.7 |style="text-align:right;"|28.4 |style="text-align:center;"|｜ | |rowspan=3|Chūō-ku, Sagamihara |
| {{JRSN|JH|26|size=40}}
|{{STN|Yabe|x}} |矢部 |style="text-align:right;"|0.8 |style="text-align:right;"|29.2 |style="text-align:center;"|｜ | |
| {{JRSN|JH|27|size=40}}
|{{STN|Sagamihara|x}} |相模原 |style="text-align:right;"|1.8 |style="text-align:right;"|31.0 |style="text-align:center;"|● | |
| {{JRSN|JH|28|size=40}}
|{{STN|Hashimoto|x|Kanagawa}} |橋本 |style="text-align:right;"|2.8 |style="text-align:right;"|33.8 |style="text-align:center;"|● |{{Colorbull|#339999}} Sagami Line />{{KOLS|KO}} Keio Sagamihara Line |
| {{JRSN|JH|29|size=40}}
|{{STN|Aihara|x}} |相原 |style="text-align:right;"|1.9 |style="text-align:right;"|35.7 |style="text-align:center;"|● | |Machida |rowspan="4" style="width:1em; text-align:center;"|Tokyo |
| {{JRSN|JH|30|size=40}}
|{{STN|Hachiōji-Minamino|x}} |style="white-space:nowrap;"|八王子みなみ野 |style="text-align:right;"|2.9 |style="text-align:right;"|38.6 |style="text-align:center;"|● | |rowspan="3"|Hachiōji |
| {{JRSN|JH|31|size=40}}
|{{STN|Katakura|x}} |片倉 |style="text-align:right;"|1.4 |style="text-align:right;"|40.0 |style="text-align:center;"|● |{{KOLS|KO}} Keiō Takao Line ({{STN|Keiō-Katakura|x}}) |
| {{JRSN|JH|32|size=40}}
|{{STN|Hachiōji|x}} |八王子 |style="text-align:right;"|2.6 |style="text-align:right;"|42.6 |style="text-align:center;"|● |{{Colorbull|Blue}} Chūō Main Line />{{JRLS|JC}} Chūō Line (Rapid) />{{Colorbull|Grey}}Hachiko Line />{{KOLS|KO}} Keio Line ({{STN|Keiō-Hachiōji|x}}) |
Rolling stock
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Local and Rapid services
File:Series-E233-6000-H017.jpg
- E233-6000 series 8-car EMUs (since February 2014){{cite web |date=17 February 2014 |title=E233系6000番台が営業運転を開始 |trans-title=E233-6000 series enter revenue service |url=http://railf.jp/news/2014/02/17/120000.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003201342/http://railf.jp/news/2014/02/17/120000.html |archive-date=3 October 2016 |access-date=17 February 2014 |work=Japan Railfan Magazine |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location=Japan |language=ja}}
{{clear right}}
=Former=
{{right|
File:JNR kumoha73001.jpg|72 series EMU, July 1984
File:JRE-EC103-Yokohama-Line.jpg|103 series EMU at Fuchinobe Station, circa 1988
File:JR205-yokohama-line.JPG|A Yokohama Line 205 series EMU, March 2007
File:Series-205-500 R10.jpg|Sagami Line 205-500 series EMU, November 2021
File:Series-E131-500 G02.jpg|Sagami Line E131-500 series EMU, November 2021
}}
- 72 series
- 103 series (from 2 October 1972 until 26 February 1989)
- 205 series 8-car EMUs (1988 to August 2014)
Sagami Line through services
- 205-500 series 4-car EMUs (from 16 March 1991 until 25 February 2022){{cite magazine |date=February 2009 |title=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 |magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine |pages=94–97 |language=ja |volume=49 |issue=574}}
- E131-500 series 4-car EMUs (from 18 November 2021 until 11 March 2022){{cite web |date=17 September 2021 |title=相模線Ｅ131 系営業運転開始について |trans-title=About the entry of service of the Sagami Line E131 series |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/yokohama/20210917_y1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120225942/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/yokohama/20210917_y1.pdf |archive-date=20 November 2021 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja }}
8-car 205 series EMU trains were introduced in 1988.{{cite magazine|title = JR東日本 横浜線にE233系6000番代を投入|trans-title= JR East to introduce E233-6000 series on Yokohama Line|magazine=Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine| volume = 42| issue = 356| page =60| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun| location = Japan |language= ja| date = December 2013}} 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.{{cite web |date=24 August 2014 |title=横浜線用の205系が営業運転を終了 |script-title= |trans-title=End of 205 series revenue operations on Yokohama Line |url=http://railf.jp/news/2014/08/24/181000.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415074225/https://railf.jp/news/2014/08/24/181000.html |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=15 March 2022 |work=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location=Japan |language=ja}}
References
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External links
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