Nambu Line#Nambu Branch Line

{{Infobox rail line

| box_width =

| name = Nambu Line

| native_name = 南武線

| native_name_lang = ja

| color = {{rcr|JR East|JN}}

| logo = {{JRLS|JN|50}}

| logo_width =

| image = Series-E233-8000-N4.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| caption = The Nambu Line E233-8000 series EMU in October 2020

| type = Commuter rail

| system =

| status =

| locale = Tokyo, Kanagawa prefectures

| start = {{STN|Kawasaki|x}}

| end = {{STN|Tachikawa|x}}

| stations = 26 (main line), 3 (branch line)

| routes =

| daily_ridership = 840,241 (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圈報告書|website=P.92|publisher=国土交通省|access-date=2018-09-28|archive-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826121200/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001179760.pdf|url-status=live}}

| open = 1927

| close =

| owner = 23px JR East

| operator =

| character =

| depot = Nakahara

| stock = 205-1000 series, E127-0 series, E233-8000 series, E233-8500 series

| linelength = {{convert|45.0|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}

| tracklength =

| tracks = Double-track

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

| electrification = 1,500 V DC overhead catenary

| speed = {{cvt|95|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}

| trainprotection = ATS-S

| elevation =

| map = 200px

| map_state = collapsed

}}

The Nambu Line ({{langx|ja|南武線|Nanbu-sen}}) is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. It lies along the Tama Hills. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network. 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 the 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 name refers to the southern ({{langx|ja|南|links=no}}) part of the ancient province of Musashi ({{langx|ja|武蔵|links=no}}) (now Tokyo and northern Kanagawa prefecture), through which the Nambu Line runs.

Basic data

Operators, distances:
Total: {{convert|45.0|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
Passenger: {{convert|39.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
Freight: {{convert|39.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) (Services and tracks)
Kawasaki – Tachikawa: {{convert|35.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
Shitte – Hama-Kawasaki: {{convert|4.1|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
Shitte – Shin-Tsurumi Signal Station – Tsurumi: {{convert|5.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} (no regular service)
Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Services only)
Shitte – Tachikawa: {{convert|33.8|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
Shitte – Hama-Kawasaki: {{convert|4.1|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
Shitte – Shin-Tsurumi Signal Station: {{convert|1.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
Stations: 29
Main line: 26
Branch line: 3
Double-tracking: Kawasaki – Tachikawa
Railway signalling: Automatic Block System

Station list

=Main line=

"Rapid" service trains (two trains per hour between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m) do not stop at Shitte, Yakō, Hirama, Mukaigawara, Tsudayama, Kuji, Shukugawara, Nakanoshima, Yanokuchi, Minami-Tama, Nishifu, Yaho, Yagawa, or Nishi-Kunitachi. All other trains except for some seasonal services are "Local" services, stopping at all stations.

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"\|No. ! rowspan="2"\|Station ! rowspan="2"\|Japanese ! colspan="2"\|Distance (km) !style="background:#faa; width:1em; rowspan="2"\|Rapid{{cite web\|title=川崎－立川快速 4009F\|url=http://www.jreast-timetable.jp/1612/train/160/162171.html\|website=JR East Timetable\|access-date=2016-12-31\|archive-date=2017-01-01\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101163049/http://www.jreast-timetable.jp/1612/train/160/162171.html\|url-status=dead}} ! rowspan="2"\|Transfers ! rowspan="2"\|Location ! rowspan="2"\|Prefecture
Between stations !Total
{{JRSN\|JN\|01\|tlc=KWS\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Kawasaki\|x}} \|川崎 \|align="right"
align="right"\|0.0 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{JRLS\|JT}} Tōkaidō Main Line />{{JRLS\|JK}} Keihin-Tōhoku Line />{{KQLS\|KK}} Keikyu Main Line />{{KQLS\|KK}} Keikyu Daishi Line ({{STN\|Keikyū Kawasaki\|x}}) \|Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki \|rowspan="16"\|Kanagawa
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|02\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Shitte\|x}} \|尻手 \|align="right"\|1.7 \|align="right"\|1.7 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|{{JRLS\|JN}} Nambu Branch Line (for {{STN\|Hama-Kawasaki\|x}}) \|Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|03\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Yakō\|x}} \|矢向 \|align="right"\|0.9 \|align="right"\|2.6 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \| \|Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|04\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Kashimada\|x}} \|鹿島田 \|align="right"\|1.5 \|align="right"\|4.1 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{JRLS\|JO}} Yokosuka Line />{{JRLS\|JS}} Shonan-Shinjuku Line ({{STN\|Shin-Kawasaki\|x}}). \|Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|05\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Hirama\|x}} \|平間 \|align="right"\|1.2 \|align="right"\|5.3 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \| \|rowspan="5"\|Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|06\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Mukaigawara\|x}} \|向河原 \|align="right"\|1.3 \|align="right"\|6.6 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|07\|tlc=MKG\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Musashi-Kosugi\|x}} \|武蔵小杉 \|align="right"\|0.9 \|align="right"\|7.5 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{JRLS\|JO}} Yokosuka Line />{{JRLS\|JS}} Shōnan-Shinjuku Line />{{TQLS\|TY}} Tokyu Toyoko Line />{{TQLS\|MG}} Tokyu Meguro Line
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|08\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Musashi-Nakahara\|x}} \|武蔵中原 \|align="right"\|1.7 \|align="right"\|9.2 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|09\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Musashi-Shinjō\|x}} \|武蔵新城 \|align="right"\|1.3 \|align="right"\|10.5 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|10\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Musashi-Mizonokuchi\|x}} \|武蔵溝ノ口 \|align="right"\|2.2 \|align="right"\|12.7 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{TQLS\|DT}} Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line />{{TQLS\|OM}} Tokyu Oimachi Line ({{STN\|Mizonokuchi\|x}}) \|rowspan="3"\|Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|11\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Tsudayama\|x}} \|津田山 \|align="right"\|1.2 \|align="right"\|13.9 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|12\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Kuji\|x\|Kanagawa}} \|久地 \|align="right"\|1.0 \|align="right"\|14.9 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|13\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Shukugawara\|x\|Kanagawa}} \|宿河原 \|align="right"\|1.3 \|align="right"\|16.2 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \| \|rowspan="4"\|Tama-ku, Kawasaki
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|14\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Noborito\|x}} \|登戸 \|align="right"\|1.1 \|align="right"\|17.3 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{ODLS\|OH}} Odakyu Odawara Line
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|15\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Nakanoshima\|x\|Kanagawa}} \|中野島 \|align="right"\|2.2 \|align="right"\|19.5 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|16\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Inadazutsumi\|x}} \|稲田堤 \|align="right"\|1.3 \|align="right"\|20.8 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{KOLS\|KO}} Keio Sagamihara Line ({{STN\|Keiō-Inadazutsumi\|x}})
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|17\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Yanokuchi\|x}} \|矢野口 \|align="right"\|1.6 \|align="right"\|22.4 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \| \|rowspan="3"\|Inagi \|rowspan="10"\|Tokyo
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|18\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Inagi-Naganuma\|x}} \|稲城長沼 \|align="right"\|1.7 \|align="right"\|24.1 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|19\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Minami-Tama\|x}} \|南多摩 \|align="right"\|1.4 \|align="right"\|25.5 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|18px Seibu Tamagawa Line ({{STN\|Koremasa\|x}})
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|20\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Fuchū-Hommachi\|x}} \|府中本町 \|align="right"\|2.4 \|align="right"\|27.9 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{JRLS\|JM}} Musashino Line \|rowspan="3"\|Fuchū
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|21\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Bubaigawara\|x}} \|分倍河原 \|align="right"\|0.9 \|align="right"\|28.8 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{KOLS\|KO}} Keiō Line
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|22\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Nishifu\|x}} \|西府 \|align="right"\|1.2 \|align="right"\|30.0 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|23\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Yaho\|x}} \|谷保 \|align="right"\|1.6 \|align="right"\|31.6 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \| \|rowspan="2"\|Kunitachi
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|24\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Yagawa\|x}} \|矢川 \|align="right"\|1.4 \|align="right"\|33.0 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|25\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Nishi-Kunitachi\|x}} \|西国立 \|align="right"\|1.3 \|align="right"\|34.3 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|｜ \| \|rowspan="2"\|Tachikawa
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|26\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Tachikawa\|x}} \|立川 \|align="right"\|1.2 \|align="right"\|35.5 \|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"\|● \|{{Colorbull\|Blue}} Chūō Main Line />{{JRLS\|JC}} Ōme Line />Tama Toshi Monorail Line ({{STN\|Tachikawa-Kita\|x}}, {{STN\|Tachikawa-Minami\|x}})

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2"|No.

! rowspan="2"|Station

! rowspan="2"|Japanese

! colspan="2"|Distance (km)

!style="background:#faa; width:1em; rowspan="2"|Rapid{{cite web|title=川崎－立川快速 4009F|url=http://www.jreast-timetable.jp/1612/train/160/162171.html|website=JR East Timetable|access-date=2016-12-31|archive-date=2017-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101163049/http://www.jreast-timetable.jp/1612/train/160/162171.html|url-status=dead}}

! rowspan="2"|Transfers

! rowspan="2"|Location

! rowspan="2"|Prefecture

Between
stations

!Total

|{{STN|Kawasaki|x}}

|川崎

|align="right"

align="right"|0.0

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{JRLS|JT}} Tōkaidō Main Line

/>{{JRLS|JK}} Keihin-Tōhoku Line

/>{{KQLS|KK}} Keikyu Main Line

/>{{KQLS|KK}} Keikyu Daishi Line ({{STN|Keikyū Kawasaki|x}})

|Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki

|rowspan="16"|Kanagawa

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|02|size=40}}

|{{STN|Shitte|x}}

|尻手

|align="right"|1.7

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|{{JRLS|JN}} Nambu Branch Line (for {{STN|Hama-Kawasaki|x}})

|Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|03|size=40}}

|{{STN|Yakō|x}}

|矢向

|align="right"|0.9

|align="right"|2.6

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|04|size=40}}

|{{STN|Kashimada|x}}

|鹿島田

|align="right"|1.5

|align="right"|4.1

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{JRLS|JO}} Yokosuka Line

/>{{JRLS|JS}} Shonan-Shinjuku Line ({{STN|Shin-Kawasaki|x}}).

|Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|05|size=40}}

|{{STN|Hirama|x}}

|平間

|align="right"|1.2

|align="right"|5.3

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="5"|Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|06|size=40}}

|{{STN|Mukaigawara|x}}

|向河原

|align="right"|1.3

|align="right"|6.6

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|07|tlc=MKG|size=40}}

|{{STN|Musashi-Kosugi|x}}

|武蔵小杉

|align="right"|0.9

|align="right"|7.5

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{JRLS|JO}} Yokosuka Line

/>{{JRLS|JS}} Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

/>{{TQLS|TY}} Tokyu Toyoko Line

/>{{TQLS|MG}} Tokyu Meguro Line

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|08|size=40}}

|{{STN|Musashi-Nakahara|x}}

|武蔵中原

|align="right"|1.7

|align="right"|9.2

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|09|size=40}}

|{{STN|Musashi-Shinjō|x}}

|武蔵新城

|align="right"|1.3

|align="right"|10.5

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|10|size=40}}

|{{STN|Musashi-Mizonokuchi|x}}

|武蔵溝ノ口

|align="right"|2.2

|align="right"|12.7

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{TQLS|DT}} Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line

/>{{TQLS|OM}} Tokyu Oimachi Line ({{STN|Mizonokuchi|x}})

|rowspan="3"|Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|11|size=40}}

|{{STN|Tsudayama|x}}

|津田山

|align="right"|1.2

|align="right"|13.9

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|12|size=40}}

|{{STN|Kuji|x|Kanagawa}}

|久地

|align="right"|1.0

|align="right"|14.9

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|13|size=40}}

|{{STN|Shukugawara|x|Kanagawa}}

|宿河原

|align="right"|1.3

|align="right"|16.2

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="4"|Tama-ku, Kawasaki

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|14|size=40}}

|{{STN|Noborito|x}}

|登戸

|align="right"|1.1

|align="right"|17.3

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{ODLS|OH}} Odakyu Odawara Line

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|15|size=40}}

|{{STN|Nakanoshima|x|Kanagawa}}

|中野島

|align="right"|2.2

|align="right"|19.5

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|16|size=40}}

|{{STN|Inadazutsumi|x}}

|稲田堤

|align="right"|1.3

|align="right"|20.8

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{KOLS|KO}} Keio Sagamihara Line ({{STN|Keiō-Inadazutsumi|x}})

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|17|size=40}}

|{{STN|Yanokuchi|x}}

|矢野口

|align="right"|1.6

|align="right"|22.4

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="3"|Inagi

|rowspan="10"|Tokyo

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|18|size=40}}

|{{STN|Inagi-Naganuma|x}}

|稲城長沼

|align="right"|1.7

|align="right"|24.1

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|19|size=40}}

|{{STN|Minami-Tama|x}}

|南多摩

|align="right"|1.4

|align="right"|25.5

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|18px Seibu Tamagawa Line ({{STN|Koremasa|x}})

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|20|size=40}}

|{{STN|Fuchū-Hommachi|x}}

|府中本町

|align="right"|2.4

|align="right"|27.9

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{JRLS|JM}} Musashino Line

|rowspan="3"|Fuchū

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|21|size=40}}

|{{STN|Bubaigawara|x}}

|分倍河原

|align="right"|0.9

|align="right"|28.8

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{KOLS|KO}} Keiō Line

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|22|size=40}}

|{{STN|Nishifu|x}}

|西府

|align="right"|1.2

|align="right"|30.0

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|23|size=40}}

|{{STN|Yaho|x}}

|谷保

|align="right"|1.6

|align="right"|31.6

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="2"|Kunitachi

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|24|size=40}}

|{{STN|Yagawa|x}}

|矢川

|align="right"|1.4

|align="right"|33.0

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|25|size=40}}

|{{STN|Nishi-Kunitachi|x}}

|西国立

|align="right"|1.3

|align="right"|34.3

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="2"|Tachikawa

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|26|size=40}}

|{{STN|Tachikawa|x}}

|立川

|align="right"|1.2

|align="right"|35.5

|style="background:#faa; text-align:center;"|●

|{{Colorbull|Blue}} Chūō Main Line

/>{{JRLS|JC}} Ōme Line

/>Tama Toshi Monorail Line ({{STN|Tachikawa-Kita|x}}, {{STN|Tachikawa-Minami|x}})

=Nambu Branch Line=

All stations are located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Trains can pass each other only at Kawasaki-Shinmachi.

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"\|No. ! rowspan="2"\|Station ! rowspan="2"\|Japanese ! colspan=2\|Distance (km) ! rowspan="2"\|Transfers ! colspan="2" rowspan="2"\|Location
Between stations !Total
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|02\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Shitte\|x}} \|尻手 \|style="text-align:right;"\| - \|style="text-align:right;"\|0.0 \|{{JRLS\|JN}} Nambu Line (main line) />Nambu Line (freight branch) \|Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|51\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Hatchōnawate\|x}} \|八丁畷 \|style="text-align:right;"\|1.1 \|style="text-align:right;"\|1.1 \|{{KQLS\|KK}} Keikyu Main Line />Tokaido Main Line freight branch (for {{STN\|Tsurumi\|x}}) \|rowspan="4"\|Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|52\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Kawasaki-Shinmachi\|x}} \|川崎新町 \|style="text-align:right;"\|0.9 \|style="text-align:right;"\|2.0 \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|53\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Odasakae\|x}} \|小田栄 \|style="text-align:right;"\|0.7 \|style="text-align:right;"\|2.7 \|
align="center\|{{JRSN\|JN\|54\|size=40}} \|{{STN\|Hama-Kawasaki\|x}} \|浜川崎 \|style="text-align:right;"\|1.4 \|style="text-align:right;"\|4.1 \|{{JRLS\|JI}} Tsurumi Line />Tokaido Main Line freight branch (for Kawasaki Freight Terminal)

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2"|No.

! rowspan="2"|Station

! rowspan="2"|Japanese

! colspan=2|Distance (km)

! rowspan="2"|Transfers

! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Location

Between
stations

!Total

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|02|size=40}}

|{{STN|Shitte|x}}

|尻手

|style="text-align:right;"| -

|style="text-align:right;"|0.0

|{{JRLS|JN}} Nambu Line (main line)

/>Nambu Line (freight branch)

|Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|51|size=40}}

|{{STN|Hatchōnawate|x}}

|八丁畷

|style="text-align:right;"|1.1

|{{KQLS|KK}} Keikyu Main Line

/>Tokaido Main Line freight branch (for {{STN|Tsurumi|x}})

|rowspan="4"|Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|52|size=40}}

|{{STN|Kawasaki-Shinmachi|x}}

|川崎新町

|style="text-align:right;"|0.9

|style="text-align:right;"|2.0

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|53|size=40}}

|{{STN|Odasakae|x}}

|小田栄

|style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|style="text-align:right;"|2.7

align="center|{{JRSN|JN|54|size=40}}

|{{STN|Hama-Kawasaki|x}}

|浜川崎

|style="text-align:right;"|1.4

|style="text-align:right;"|4.1

|{{JRLS|JI}} Tsurumi Line

/>Tokaido Main Line freight branch (for Kawasaki Freight Terminal)

=Freight branch=

The {{nihongo|"Shitte crossover"|尻手短絡線|Shitte-tanraku-sen}} connects Shitte Station and Shin-Tsurumi Yard on the Tōkaidō Main Line (Hinkaku Line) and the Musashino Line. Freight trains operating between Tokyo Freight Terminal and northern Japan operate on both branch lines.

Rolling stock

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{{As of|2016|10|01}} the following fleet of electric multiple unit (EMU) trains is used on Nambu Line services, with all trainsets based at Nakahara Depot.{{cite book |script-title=ja: JR電車編成表 2017冬 |trans-title=JR EMU Formations - Winter 2017 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 16 November 2016 |location = Japan |language = ja |pages = 91–93 |isbn = 978-4-330-73716-4}}

205-1000 series 3 x 2-car EMUs (Nambu Branch Line services, since August 2002)
E127-0 series 2 x 2-car EMUs (Nambu Branch Line services, since September 2023){{Cite web |date=2023-09-14 |title= |script-title=ja:E127系が南武支線で営業運転を開始 |trans-title=E127 series enters revenue service on the Nambu Branch Line |url=https://railf.jp/news/2023/09/14/065000.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914013241/https://railf.jp/news/2023/09/14/065000.html |archive-date=14 September 2023 |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |language=ja |publication-place=Japan}}{{Cite web |title=南武線(尻手～浜川崎駅間)へのE127系の投入について |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2022/yokohama/20230217_y2.pdf |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=East Japan Railway |archive-date=2023-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523232341/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2022/yokohama/20230217_y2.pdf |url-status=live }}
E233-8000 series 35 x 6-car EMUs (since 4 October 2014)
E233-8500 series 1 x 6-car EMU (since 15 March 2017)

From 15 March 2017, the last remaining 209 series trainset, set 53, was replaced by a six-car Ome Line and Itsukaichi Line E233-0 series set 670 modified and renumbered to become E233-8500 series set N36.{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/e233.html | script-title=ja: 南武線（川崎～立川間）E233系車輌導入完了へ |trans-title=Introduction of E233 series on Nambu Line to be completed |date= 27 January 2017 |work= Tetsudo Hobidas |publisher= Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. |location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170127094833/http://rail.hobidas.com/news/info/article/e233.html |archive-date=27 January 2017 |url-status=live |access-date= 27 January 2017}}

File:JRE-Series205-1000-4.jpg|A Nambu Branch Line 205-1000 series in May 2023

File:JRE Series-E127-0 V1.jpg|A Nambu Branch Line E127-0 series in January 2024

File:Series-E233-8000-N7.jpg|A Nambu Line E233-8000 series in October 2020

= Previously used =

72/73 series 4/6-car EMUs (from 1963 until 1978)
101 series 4/6-car EMUs (from 1969 until January 1991)
103 series 6-car EMUs (from 1982 until December 2004)
101 series 2-car EMUs (Nambu Branch line services, until November 2003)
205-0 series 6-car EMUs from (March 1989 until December 2015){{cite web|url= http://railf.jp/news/2015/12/10/180000.html|script-title= ja: 205系ナハ39編成が国府津車両センターへ|trans-title= 205 series set 39 moved to Kozu Depot|date= 10 December 2015|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 11 December 2015|archive-date= 20 May 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220520204402/https://railf.jp/news/2015/12/10/180000.html|url-status= live}}
205-1200 series 6-car EMUs (from 2004 until January 2016)
209-0 series 6-car EMUs (from April 1993 until February 2015)
209-2200 series 6-car EMUs (from 2010 until March 2017)

File:73 Nambu Line Musashi-Mizonokuchi 19750119.jpg|A 73 series EMU on the Nambu Line in January 1975

File:101 Shitte 20020713.jpg|Nambu Branch Line 101 series in July 2002

File:103 set 21 Nambu Line Shukugawara 20010626.jpg|A Nambu Line 103 series in June 2001

File:Nanbu line 205kei Rapid.JPG|Nambu Line 205-0 series set 36 in April 2011

File:JR East 205-1200 set 46 Musashi-Nakahara 20141004.JPG|A Nambu Line 205-1200 series in October 2014

File:JRE 209-Naha1.jpg|A Nambu Line 209-0 series in January 2008

File:Nanbu line 209kei Rapid.JPG|A Nambu Line 209-2200 series in April 2011

History

The private Nambu Railway opened the line in five stages between 1927 and 1930 (freight branches are omitted):{{Teishajo|II|65-69}}

27 March 1927: Kawasaki – Noborito
1 November 1927: Noborito – Ōmaru (near Minami-Tama)
11 December 1928: Ōmaru – Bubaigawara (then called Yashikibun)
11 December 1929: Bubaigawara – Tachikawa
25 March 1930: Shitte – Hama-Kawasaki

Passenger trains utilised electric multiple units (EMUs) from the beginning. Freight initially consisted primarily of gravel hauled from the Tama River. When the railway reached Tachikawa and made connection with the Ōme Electric Railway, limestone became one of the main freight commodities. The railway was controlled by Asano zaibatsu, which enabled the transport of limestone from its own quarry in Western Tokyo to its cement plant in Kawasaki without using the government railways.{{Cite book |author=Harada |first=Katsumasa |title=南武線いまむかし |publisher=Tamagawa Shinbunsha |year=1999 |isbn=4-924882-28-3 |location=Kawasaki |language=ja |trans-title=Nambu-sen Ima Mukashi}}

On 1 April 1944, the railway was nationalised by the imperial government and became the Nambu Line of Japanese Government Railways. After the end of World War II, there were several calls for the privatisation of the line, but the line remained a part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) until its privatization in 1987.

The postwar growth of the Tokyo urban area resulted in the conversion of most of the farmlands along the Nambu Line into residential areas and increased the passenger traffic on the line. Freight traffic reduced after the opening of the Musashino Line (parallel to the Nambu Line) in 1976 and the discontinuance of the limestone freight in 1998, except for the Nambu Branchline, which remains a major freight route.

Limited-stop "Rapid" services between Kawasaki and Noborito with stops at Musashi-Kosugi and Musashi-Mizonokuchi started on 15 December 1969, but were discontinued by the timetable revision on 2 October 1978.{{cite news|url=http://www.townnews.co.jp/0206/2010/10/01/71075.html|script-title=ja:南武線に33年ぶりの「快速」|publisher=Town News|language=ja|date=October 1, 2010|access-date=April 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017220950/http://www.townnews.co.jp/0206/2010/10/01/71075.html|archive-date=October 17, 2010}} After 33 years, Rapid services between Kawasaki and Tachikawa with more stops started on 9 April 2011, postponed from the originally scheduled 12 March due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.{{cite news|url=http://news.kanaloco.jp/localnews/article/1104090029/|title=ＪＲ南武線快速ようやく運行スタート、旧国鉄時代以来３３年ぶり|newspaper=Kanagawa Shinbun|date=April 9, 2011|access-date=April 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204141640/http://news.kanaloco.jp/localnews/article/1104090029/|archive-date=December 4, 2011}}

On 20 August 2016, station numbering was introduced with Nambu line stations being assigned station numbers between JN01 and JN26.{{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 Tachikawa. In addition, station numbers JN51 to JN54 were assigned to the branch line stations with numbers increasing in the direction of Hama-Kawasaki.

From 15 March 2025, Nambu line started operation as "wanman" (One-man) driver-only operation.https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2024/20241106_ho02.pdf