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Sōtetsu Main Line

{{Short description|Railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Distinguish|Sagami Line}}

{{More citations needed|date=June 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox rail line

| box_width =

| name = Sōtetsu Main Line

| native_name = 相鉄本線

| native_name_lang = ja

| color = 041452

| logo = File:Sotetsu line symbol.svg

| logo_width = 50

| image = Sagami-Railway-20000-20102F.jpg

| image_width =

| caption = A 20000 series EMU in October 2020

| type = Commuter rail

| system =

| status =

| locale = Kanagawa Prefecture

| start = {{STN|Yokohama|x}}

| end = {{STN|Ebina|x}}

| stations = 18

| routes =

| daily_ridership = 566,657 (FY2010)[http://www.train-media.net/report/1110/soutetsu.pdf Sagami Railway station ridership in 2010] Train Media (sourced from Sagami Railway) Retrieved May 28, 2012.

| open = 12 May 1926

| close =

| owner = Sagami Railway (Sotetsu)

| operator =

| character =

| depot = Kashiwadai Station

| stock =

| linelength = {{convert|24.6|km|abbr=on}}

| tracklength =

| tracks =

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm}}

| electrification = 1,500 V DC overhead catenary

| speed = {{convert|100|km/h|round=5|abbr=on}}

| elevation =

| map = {{Routemap

|inline=1

|map =

\KBHFa~~0.0~~{{STN|Yokohama|x}}

\BHF~~0.9~~{{STN|Hiranumabashi|x}}

\BHF~~1.8~~{{STN|Nishi-Yokohama|x}}

\BHF~~2.4~~{{STN|Tennōchō|x}}

\BHF~~3.3~~{{STN|Hoshikawa|x|Kanagawa}}

\BHF~~4.3~~{{STN|Wadamachi|x}}

\BHF~~5.0~~{{STN|Kamihoshikawa|x}}

CONTg\STR~~ ~~ ~~Sōtetsu–JR Direct Line

\ABZgl\KRZu\STRq~~ ~~ ~~Tōkaidō Main Line freight line

CONTgq\ABZql\ABZg+r\~~ ~~ ~~Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line

\BHF~~6.9~~{{STN|Nishiya|x}}

\STRq\KRZu\STRq~~ ~~ ~~JR Tōkaidō Shinkansen

\BHF~~8.5~~{{STN|Tsurugamine|x}}

\BHF~~10.5~~{{STN|Futamata-gawa|x}}

\\ABZgl\CONTfq~~ ~~ ~~Sōtetsu Izumino Line

\BHF~~12.2~~{{STN|Kibōgaoka|x}}

\BHF~~13.6~~{{STN|Mitsukyō|x}}

\BHF~~15.5~~{{STN|Seya|x}}

\tSTRa

\tBHF~~17.4~~{{STN|Yamato|x|Kanagawa}}

\BHFq~~ ~~ ~~Odakyu Enoshima Line

\tSTRe

\BHF~~19.3~~{{STN|Sagami-Ōtsuka|x}}

\BHF~~20.5~~{{STN|Sagamino|x}}

\BHF~~21.8~~{{STN|Kashiwadai|x}}

KDSTaq\ABZgr~~ ~~ ~~Kashiwadai Depot

\DST~~{{BSsplit|23.8|0.0|line=1|align=right}}~~Sagami-Kokubu Signal

\KRW+l\KRWlr\KRW+r

STRl\KRZu\STR+r\STR~~ ~~ ~~Odakyu Odawara Line

STR+r\STR\eKRWg+l\eKRWgr

BHF!~HUBaq\STR!~HUBq\BHF!~HUBq\KBHFe!~HUBeq~~24.6~~{{STN|Ebina|x}}

STR\STR!~POINTERg@fq\STR\~~ ~~ ~~Sōtetsu Atsugi Line (freight)

BHF!~HUBrg\DST!~HUBeq\STR\~~{{BSsplit| - |2.2|line=1|align=right}}~~{{STN|Atsugi|x}}

BHFq!~HUBe\KRZu\STRr\

KRWg+l\KRWr\\~~ ~~ ~~JR Sagami Line

}}

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}}

The {{Nihongo|Sōtetsu Main Line|相鉄本線|Sōtetsu Honsen}} is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). It connects {{STN|Yokohama|x}} and {{STN|Ebina|x}}.

Services

Services on the Main Line are divided into four categories. Some trains travel along the Izumino Line west of {{STN|Futamata-gawa|x}} to {{STN|Shōnandai|x}}.

  • Local (各停) - services stop at all stations. They do not travel from end to end; services are split at Futamata-gawa, with trains running between Yokohama and Futamata-gawa and between Futamata-gawa and either Ebina or Shōnandai.
  • Rapid (快速) - services stop between Yokohama and Futamata-gawa at Hoshikawa, Nishiya and Tsurugamine, and at all stations from Futamata-gawa to either Ebina or Shōnandai.

  • Commuter Express (通勤急行 or 通急) - services stop between Yokohama and Futamata-gawa at Nishiya and Tsurugamine, and at all stations from Futamata-gawa to either Ebina or Shōnandai.
  • Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急 or 通特) services between Shōnandai and Shin-yokohama and continue through running on either the Tokyu Toyoko Line or Meguro Line and their subsequent through services.
  • Limited Express (特急) services stop between Yokohama and Ebina at Nishiya, Futamata-gawa and Yamato.

Stations

  • All stations are located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
  • Local trains stop at all stations; For all other train types, trains stop at stations marked ●, and pass stations marked | and ↑.
  • Commuter Limited Express services stop at stations marked ▲.

class="wikitable"
style="text-align; center; "

!rowspan=2 |No.

!rowspan=2 |Station

!rowspan=2 |Japanese

!colspan=2 |Distance (km)

!rowspan=2 style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |Rapid

!rowspan=2 style="background-color: lightcoral; " |Comm. Exp.

!rowspan=2 style="background-color: orange; " |Ltd. Exp.
Comm. Ltd. Exp.

!rowspan=2 |Transfers

!rowspan=2 |Location

Between
Stations

! Total

File:SO-01_station_number.png

|{{STN|Yokohama|x}}

|横浜

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

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

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " |●

|{{JRLS|JT}} Tokaido Main Line
{{JRLS|JK}} Keihin-Tōhoku Line
{{JRLS|JH}} Yokohama Line
{{JRLS|JK}} Negishi Line
{{JRLS|JO}} Yokosuka Line
{{JRLS|JS}} Shonan-Shinjuku Line
{{TQLS|TY}} Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
{{KQLS}} Keikyū Main Line
File:Yokohama_Municipal_Subway_Blue_Line_symbol.svg Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line
File:Number_prefix_Minatomirai.PNG Minatomirai Line

| rowspan="3" |Nishi-ku, Yokohama

File:SO-02_station_number.png

|{{STN|Hiranumabashi|x}}

|平沼橋

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

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

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " ||

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |↑

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

File:SO-03_station_number.png

|{{STN|Nishi-Yokohama|x}}

|西横浜

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

| style="text-align:right" |1.8

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " ||

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |↑

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

File:SO-04_station_number.png

|{{STN|Tennōchō|x}}

|天王町

| style="text-align:right" |0.6

| style="text-align:right" |2.4

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " ||

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |↑

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

| rowspan="4" |Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama

File:SO-05_station_number.png

|{{STN|Hoshikawa|x|Kanagawa}}

|星川

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

| style="text-align:right" |3.3

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |↑

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

File:SO-06_station_number.png

|{{STN|Wadamachi|x}}

|和田町

| style="text-align:right" |1.0

| style="text-align:right" |4.3

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " ||

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |↑

! style=" background-color: orange; " ||

|

File:SO-07_station_number.png

|{{STN|Kamihoshikawa|x}}

|上星川

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

| style="text-align:right" |5.0

! style="text-align; center; background-color: cornflowerblue; " ||

! style="text-align; center; background-color: lightcoral; " |↑

! style="text-align; center; background-color: orange; " ||

|

colspan="5" |Upbound through services

| colspan="5" |File:Sotetsu_line_symbol.svg Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line

: {{JRLS|JS}}{{JRLS|JA}} Sōtetsu–JR Direct Line from {{STN|Hazawa yokohama-kokudai|x}} to {{STN|Kawagoe|x}}

: {{TQLS|SH}} Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line from {{STN|Shin-yokohama|x}} to {{STN|Hiyoshi|x|Kanagawa}}

:: {{TQLS|MG}} Tōkyū Meguro Line for {{STN|Meguro|x}}

::: {{TSLS|I}} Toei Subway {{lnl|Toei Subway|I}} for {{STN|Nishi-takashimadaira|x}}

::: {{TSLS|N}} Tokyo Metro {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|N}} for {{STN|Akabane-iwabuchi|x}}

:::: {{TSLS|SR}} {{lnl|Saitama|Saitama}} for {{STN|Urawa-misono|x}}

:: {{TQLS|TY}} Tōkyū {{lnl|Tokyu|TY}} for {{STN|Shibuya|x}}

::: {{TSLS|F}} Tokyo Metro {{lnl|Tokyo Metro|F}} for {{STN|Wakōshi|x}}

:::: 20x20px Tōbu Tōjō Line for {{STN|Ogawamachi|x|Saitama}}

File:SO-08_station_number.png

|{{STN|Nishiya|x}}

|西谷

| style="text-align:right" |1.9

| style="text-align:right" |6.9

! style="text-align; center; background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="text-align; center; background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="text-align; center; background-color: orange; " |●

|File:Sotetsu_line_symbol.svg Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line

|Hodogaya-ku

File:SO-09_station_number.png

|{{STN|Tsurugamine|x}}

|鶴ヶ峰

| style="text-align:right" |1.6

| style="text-align:right" |8.5

! style="text-align; center; background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="text-align; center; background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="text-align; center; background-color: orange; "|▲

|

| rowspan="2" |Asahi-ku, Yokohama

File:SO-10_station_number.png

|{{STN|Futamatagawa|x}}

|二俣川

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

| style="text-align:right" |10.5

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " |●

|File:Sotetsu_line_symbol.svg Izumino Line

colspan="5" |Downbound through service

| colspan="5" |File:Sotetsu_line_symbol.svg Izumino Line for {{STN|Shōnandai|x}}

File:SO-11_station_number.png

|{{STN|Kibōgaoka|x}}

|希望ヶ丘

| style="text-align:right" |1.7

| style="text-align:right" |12.2

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

|Asahi-ku

File:SO-12_station_number.png

|{{STN|Mitsukyō|x}}

|三ツ境

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

| style="text-align:right" |13.6

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

| rowspan="2" |Seya-ku, Yokohama

File:SO-13_station_number.png

|{{STN|Seya|x}}

|瀬谷

| style="text-align:right" |1.9

| style="text-align:right" |15.5

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

File:SO-14_station_number.png

|{{STN|Yamato|x|Kanagawa}}

|大和

| style="text-align:right" |1.9

| style="text-align:right" |17.4

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " |●

|18x18px Odakyu Enoshima Line

| rowspan="2" |Yamato

File:SO-15_station_number.png

|{{STN|Sagami-Ōtsuka|x}}

|相模大塚

| style="text-align:right" |1.9

| style="text-align:right" |19.3

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

File:SO-16_station_number.png

|{{STN|Sagamino|x}}

|さがみ野

| style="text-align:right" |1.2

| style="text-align:right" |20.5

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

| rowspan="3" |Ebina

File:SO-17_station_number.png

|{{STN|Kashiwadai|x}}

|かしわ台

| style="text-align:right" |1.3

| style="text-align:right" |21.8

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " ||

|

File:SO-18_station_number.png

|{{STN|Ebina|x}}

|海老名

| style="text-align:right" |2.8

| style="text-align:right" |24.6

! style="background-color: cornflowerblue; " |●

! style="background-color: lightcoral; " |●

! style="background-color: orange; " |●

|18x18px Odakyu Odawara Line
■ Sagami Line

Rolling stock

= Current =

Sotetsu{{cite web |url=https://www.sotetsu.co.jp/fan/gallery/train/ |script-title=ja:電車車両図鑑 |trans-title=Train Picture Album |website=Sotetsu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906053241/https://www.sotetsu.co.jp/fan/gallery/train/ |archive-date=2023-09-06 |access-date=2023-09-06 |url-status=live}}

JR East

  • E233-7000 series (10 car sets, since 30 November 2019){{cite news |date=2019-07-16 |url=https://railf.jp/news/2019/07/16/170000.html |script-title=ja:相鉄，11月30日ダイヤ改正で新種別を設定 |trans-title=Sotetsu sets a new service class in the timetable revision on November 30 |work=Japan Railfan Magazine |lang=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716105349/https://railf.jp/news/2019/07/16/170000.html |archive-date=2019-07-16 |access-date=2023-09-06 |url-status=live |script-quote=ja:使用車両は，相鉄が12000系，JR東日本がE233系7000番台で，運転本数は終日46往復（92本）|trans-quote=The trains used [for Sotetsu-JR direct service] are the Sotetsu 12000 series and JR East E233-7000 series, with 46 round trips (92 trips total) throughout the day.}}

Tokyu

  • Tokyu 3000 series (8 car sets, since 18 March 2023){{cite news |date=2023-03-24 |url=https://trafficnews.jp/post/125003/2 |script-title=ja:「東急帝国」さらに拡大？ どこ行っても「銀と赤の電車がいる」 直通ネットワークはどれほど膨大なのか |trans-title=Further expansion of the "Tokyu Empire"? "There are silver and red trains everywhere!" How vast is the direct network? |work=Traffic News |lang=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324023015/https://trafficnews.jp/post/125003/2 |archive-date=2023-03-24 |access-date=2023-09-06 |url-status=live |script-quote=ja:いずれも、東急新横浜線を経由して、相鉄へ乗り入れています。|trans-quote=Both [3000 series and 5080 series] trains are on the Sotetsu Line via the Tokyu Shin-Yokohama Line.}}
  • Tokyu 5050-4000 series (10 car sets, since 18 March 2023){{cite news |date=2022-12-14 |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/14/115500.html |script-title=ja:相鉄線内で東急5050系の試運転 |trans-title=Trial run of Tokyu 5050 series on the Sotetsu line |work=Japan Railfan Magazine |lang=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214044032/https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/14/115500.html |archive-date=2022-12-14 |access-date=2023-09-06 |url-status=live}}
  • Tokyu 5080 series (8 car sets, since 18 March 2023)
  • Tokyu 3020 series (8 car sets, since 26 September 2023)

File:Sagami-Railway_Series8000_white.jpg|8000 series, revised livery

File:Sagami-Railway-9000-9702F.jpg|9000 series, Yokohama Navy Blue livery

File:Sagami-Railway-10000-10703F.jpg|10000 series

File:Sotetsu_11000-11002.JPG|11000 series

File:Sotetsu_12001F.jpg|12000 series

File:Sagami-Railway-Series20000.jpg|20000 series

File:JR_East_E233-7000_Series_Hae_106_Ltd_Exp.jpg|JR East E233-7000 series

File:Tokyu-Series3000-3813.jpg|Tokyu 3000 series

File:Tokyu-Series3020-3821.jpg|Tokyu 3020 series

File:Tokyu_5050-4000_series_Tōbu_Tōjō_Main_Line_20171027.jpg|Tokyu 5050-4000 series

File:Tokyu-railway-5182F-20230402-132903.jpg|Tokyu 5080 series

= Former =

File:Series_5000_of_Sagami_Railway.jpg|5000 series

File:Sotetsu-6502.jpg|6000 series

File:Sotetsu-new7000-2.jpg|New 7000 series

=Non-revenue-earning stock=

  • 2000 series
  • ED10 electric locomotives

History

{{Seealso|Sagami Railway#History}}

The line opened on 12 May 1926 as the steam-operated {{Nihongo|Jinchu Railway|神中鉄道|Jinchū Tetsudō}} between Futamata-gawa and {{STN|Atsugi|x}} (on the present-day Sagami Line).{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |title = データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title= Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = July 2002 | location = Japan | page = 74/217| isbn = 4-87366-874-3}} The line was extended from Futamata-gawa to Yokohama in December 1933, and from the former station at {{Nihongo|Sagami-Kokubu|相模国分}} (now closed) in November 1941.

The line became the {{Nihongo|Sagami Railway Jinchu Line|相模鉄道神中線}} from 1 April 1943. However, when the line was commissioned to Tōkyū due to the financial difficulties of the Sagami Railway, it was renamed as the "Tōkyū Atsugi Line" (東急厚木線) until the end of the commission in 1947.

Work to electrify the line commenced in June 1942, with the entire line between Yokohama and Ebina electrified by 20 September 1944.

Work to double-track the line commenced in January 1957 between Yokohama and Nishi-Yokohama. The entire line was double-tracked by March 1974.

The first air-conditioned trains (4-car 6000 series EMUs) were introduced on the line on 3 July 1971.

10-car trains started operating on the line from 6 April 1981.

Station ticket barriers were modified to allow use of the Passnet magnetic farecard from 1 October 2000.

There was a short spur line which branched from Sagamino Station to the Naval Air Facility Atsugi air base. While the track remains in place up to the fence of the base, the line is no longer in use.{{fact|date=September 2019}}

In order to improve safety and efficiency, a {{Convert|2.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} section around Tsurugamine Station is being transitioned to an underground structure.{{Cite web |date=23 June 2022 |title=相鉄・鶴ケ峰駅付近「地下化」事業認可 都市計画など手続き完了、10月以降に着工へ |trans-title=Planning for the Grade Separation of Tsurugamine Station Approved, construction to start after October |url=https://news.railway-pressnet.com/archives/41245 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623075853/https://news.railway-pressnet.com/archives/41245 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=news.railway-pressnet.com |language=ja}} The underground track section and new station building is expected to be completed in 2034.

On a side note, what is known today as the Sagami Line had been constructed and owned by Sōtetsu, until 1944 when it was acquired by the government during World War II. After the war, the government and Sōtetsu never reached any agreement to return the line to Sōtetsu, and today it is run by JR East.

= March 2023 timetable revision =

{{Main|Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line}}

The Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line connects Nishiya to Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai, {{STN|Shin-Yokohama|x}} and further to the Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line. Through service to the Saikyō Line began on 30 November 2019 while services to the Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line began on 18 March 2023.{{Cite web |title=相模鉄道，3月18日にダイヤ改正を実施 |trans-title=Sagami Railway implements timetable revision on March 18 |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/16/202000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217061934/https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/16/202000.html |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}

With the opening of this new line, Limited Express and Rapid services make a stop at Nishiya, which facilitates transfer between services to central Yokohama and the Tokyo Metropolis.

In addition, two new service types will be implemented.{{Cite web |date=16 July 2019 |title=ＪＲ線との相互直通運転開始により １１月３０日(土)新ダイヤでの運行を開始 特急・快速の停車駅変更、通勤特急・通勤急行を導入 |trans-title=New Timetable to begin on 30 November (Saturday) with the initiation of through services to JR Lines; Changes to stopping patterns of Limited Express and Rapid services; Implementation of Commuter Limited Express and Commuter Express services |url=https://www.sotetsu.co.jp/news_release/pdf/190716_02.pdf |website=Sotetsu}} They are the Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急) and Commuter Express (通勤急行) services, which both operate through services from / to the Izumino Line. The former service will replace the current Express on the Izumino Line, and will make additional stops at Nishiya and Tsurugamine. The latter service is a brand new service, making stops at all stations west of Nishiya.{{Cite web |date=18 March 2023 |title=相鉄から急行列車が姿を消す |trans-title=Sotetsu Express services have been abolished |url=https://railf.jp/news/2023/03/18/164000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318074939/https://railf.jp/news/2023/03/18/164000.html |archive-date=18 March 2023 |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}

References

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