Sagami Line
{{Short description|Railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Distinguish|text=Sagami Railway (Sotetsu)}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Sagami Line
| color = 339999
| logo =
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| image = Series-E131-500 G07.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = A E131-500 series EMU in November 2021
| type = Commuter rail
| system =
| status =
| locale = Kanagawa Prefecture
| start = {{STN|Chigasaki|x}}
| end = {{STN|Hashimoto|x|Kanagawa}}
| stations = 18
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = 1921
| close =
| owner = JR East
| operator =
| character =
| depot =
| stock = E131-500 series
| linelength = {{convert|33.3|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength =
| tracks = Single track
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification = 1,500 V DC Overhead catenary
| speed =
| elevation =
| map = File:JR Sagami Line map.svg
| map_state = collapsed
}}
{{routemap
|title =Route diagram
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~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg Tōkaidō Main Line File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\\\STRq\ABZq+l\BHFq~~ ~~0.0~~{{STN|Chigasaki|x}}
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\\\BHF~~1.3~~{{STN|Kita-Chigasaki|x}}
\\\BHF~~3.4~~{{STN|Kagawa|x|Kanagawa}}
\\\BHF~~{{BSsplit|5.1|0.0|line=1|align=right}}~~{{STN|Samukawa|x}}
\\\\eABZgl\exSTR+r~~"Nishi-Samukawa branch"File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\\\\STR\exBHF~~{{BSsplit|-|1.5|line=1|align=right}}~~Nishi-Samukawa
\\\\STR\exKBHFe~~{{BSsplit|-|2.0|line=1|align=right}}~~Shinomiya
\\\BHF~~7.2~~{{STN|Miyayama|x}}
\\\KRZh~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg Tōkaidō Shinkansen File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\\\BHF~~8.6~~{{STN|Kurami|x}}
\\\BHF~~10.0~~{{STN|Kadosawabashi|x}}
\\\BHF~~11.6~~{{STN|Shake|x}}
\\STR+l\ABZgr~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegSōtetsu Atsugi Line
\hSTR+l\hSTRq\KRZh\KRZh\hBHFq!~HUBa~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpeg Odakyū Odawara Line File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\hSTRe@f\\DST\BHF!~HUBaq\leer!~HUBrf~~14.2~~{{STN|Atsugi|x}}
exSTR+l\eABZgr\\STR\STR\
KBHFxa!~HUBaq\BHF!~HUBq\KDSTa!~HUBq\STR!~HUBq\BHF!~HUBeq\~~15.9~~{{STN|Ebina|x}}
STR\ABZg+l\STRr\STR\STR\~~ ~~ ~~Sōtetsu Atsugi LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
ABZqr\KRZu\STRq\STRr\STR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg Sagami Railway Main Line
STR3\\\STR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg Odakyū Odawara Line
\\\BHF~~18.9~~{{STN|Iriya|x|Kanagawa}}
\\\BHF~~20.6~~{{STN|Sōbudaishita|x}}
\\\BHF~~23.5~~{{STN|Shimomizo|x}}
\\\BHF~~24.8~~{{STN|Harataima|x}}
\\\BHF~~26.9~~{{STN|Banda|x}}
\\\BHF~~28.4~~{{STN|Kamimizo|x}}
\\\BHF~~31.3~~{{STN|Minami-Hashimoto|x}}
\\STR+r\STR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg Yokohama Line
\\\KRZh\KRZh\hSTR+r~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg Keiō Sagamihara Line
\\\ABZg+l\STRr\hSTR
\\\BHF!~HUBaq\leer!~HUBq\hKBHFe!~HUBeq~~33.3~~{{STN|Hashimoto|x|Kanagawa}}
\STR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegYokohama Line
}}
The {{Nihongo|Sagami Line|相模線|Sagami-sen}} is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It approximately parallels the east bank of the Sagami River. The line connects Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara and Chigasaki Station in Chigasaki.
Services
All services on the line are operated as local trains.
Between March 1991 and 11 March 2022,{{cite web|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/hachioji/20211217_hc01.pdf|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, Hachidoji Branch|date=17 December 2021}} some trains operated through services onto the Yokohama Line beyond Hashimoto and made four additional stops, terminating at Hachiōji Station.
Rolling stock
- E131-500 series four-car EMUs (from 18 November 2021){{cite web|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/yokohama/20210917_y1.pdf|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|date=17 September 2021}}
Former Rolling Stock:
- KiHa 4 DMU
- KiHa 10 DMU (until 1980)
- KiHa 20 DMU (1958–1982)
- KiHa 26-400 (under KiHa 55 family)
- KiHa 30
- KiHa 35 (1986–1991)
- KiHa 36
- 205-500 series four-car EMUs (from 1991—2022)
The Sagami Line formerly operated a series of Diesel Multiple Unit passenger trains before electrification. The 205-500 series four-car EMUs were introduced in 1991 after the line was electrified. New E131-500 series EMUs replaced the older 205 series EMUs starting from Fall 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/yokohama/20210617_y1.pdf|title=相模線への新型車両の投入について|trans-title=Information about new train type for the Sagami Line|date=17 June 2021|access-date=17 June 2021}}
File:Series-E131-500 G02.jpg|Sagami Line E131-500 series EMU, November 2021
File:Series-205-500 R10.jpg|Sagami Line 205-500 series EMU, November 2021
Stations
- All stations located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
- All trains stop at every station.
- Stations marked "o", "v", or "^" allow passing; stations marked"｜" do not.
| class="wikitable" rules="all" |
| rowspan="2"|Station
!rowspan="2"|Japanese !colspan="2"|Distance (km) !rowspan="2"|Transfers !rowspan="2"| !rowspan="2"|Location |
|---|
| Between stations !Total |
| {{STN|Chigasaki|x}}
|茅ヶ崎 |style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;"|0.0
|{{JRLS|JT}} Tōkaidō Line />{{JRLS|JS}} Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |style="text-align:center;"|v |rowspan="3"|Chigasaki |
| {{STN|Kita-Chigasaki|x}}
|北茅ヶ崎 |style="text-align:right;"|1.3 |style="text-align:right;"|1.3 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |
| {{STN|Kagawa|x|Kanagawa}}
|香川 |style="text-align:right;"|2.1 |style="text-align:right;"|3.4 | |style="text-align:center;"|｜ |
| {{STN|Samukawa|x}}
|寒川 |style="text-align:right;"|1.7 |style="text-align:right;"|5.1 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |rowspan="3"|Samukawa, Kōza District |
| {{STN|Miyayama|x}}
|宮山 |style="text-align:right;"|2.1 |style="text-align:right;"|7.2 | |style="text-align:center;"|｜ |
| {{STN|Kurami|x}}
|倉見 |style="text-align:right;"|1.4 |style="text-align:right;"|8.6 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |
| {{STN|Kadosawabashi|x}}
|門沢橋 |style="text-align:right;"|1.4 |style="text-align:right;"|10.0 | |style="text-align:center;"|｜ |rowspan="4"|Ebina |
| {{STN|Shake|x}}
|社家 |style="text-align:right;"|1.6 |style="text-align:right;"|11.6 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |
| {{STN|Atsugi|x}}
|厚木 |style="text-align:right;"|2.6 |style="text-align:right;"|14.2 |{{ODLS|OH}} Odakyū Odawara Line |style="text-align:center;"|｜ |
| {{STN|Ebina|x}}
|海老名 |style="text-align:right;"|1.7 |style="text-align:right;"|15.9 |{{ODLS|OH}} Odakyū Odawara Line />20px Sagami Railway Main Line |style="text-align:center;"|o |
| {{STN|Iriya|x|Kanagawa}}
|入谷 |style="text-align:right;"|3.0 |style="text-align:right;"|18.9 | |style="text-align:center;"|｜ |Zama |
| {{STN|Sōbudaishita|x}}
|相武台下 |style="text-align:right;"|1.7 |style="text-align:right;"|20.6 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |rowspan="3"|Minami-ku, Sagamihara |
| {{STN|Shimomizo|x}}
|下溝 |style="text-align:right;"|2.9 |style="text-align:right;"|23.5 | |style="text-align:center;"|｜ |
| {{STN|Harataima|x}}
|原当麻 |style="text-align:right;"|1.3 |style="text-align:right;"|24.8 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |
| {{STN|Banda|x}}
|番田 |style="text-align:right;"|2.1 |style="text-align:right;"|26.9 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |rowspan="3"|Chūō-ku, Sagamihara |
| {{STN|Kamimizo|x}}
|上溝 |style="text-align:right;"|1.5 |style="text-align:right;"|28.4 | |style="text-align:center;"|｜ |
| {{STN|Minami-Hashimoto|x}}
|南橋本 |style="text-align:right;"|2.9 |style="text-align:right;"|31.3 | |style="text-align:center;"|o |
| {{STN|Hashimoto|x|Kanagawa}}
|橋本 |style="text-align:right;"|2.0 |style="text-align:right;"|33.3 |{{JRLS|JH}} Yokohama Line />{{KOLS|KO}} Keiō Sagamihara Line |style="text-align:center;"|^ |
History
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2014}}
The Chigasaki to Samukawa section was opened by the Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) in 1921, primarily to haul gravel. The line was extended to Atsugi in 1926, and to Hashimoto in 1931.{{Cite web|title=鉄道省鉄道統計資料. 大正10年度 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション|url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/974244|access-date=2021-12-23|website=dl.ndl.go.jp|language=ja}}{{Cite web|title=官報. 1926年07月20日 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション|url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2956323|access-date=2021-12-23|website=dl.ndl.go.jp|language=ja}}{{Cite web|title=官報. 1931年05月05日 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション|url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2957769|access-date=2021-12-23|website=dl.ndl.go.jp|language=ja}}
The line was nationalized in 1944 during World War II; the private Sagami Railway began operating the then {{Nihongo|Jinchū Line|神中線}}, now the Sagami Railway Main Line.
A short branch to Nishi-Samukawa Station from Samukawa Station was closed in 1984, and freight services ceased in 1998.
After privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987, the line was electrified in 1991. Before the JNR privatization, there were discussions to transfer the line to the Sagami Railway in order meet the expected demands of passenger traffic in the Tokyo and Yokohama suburbs. Because it had long been left as a non-electrified rural line, the cost to upgrade the line was beyond the ability of then financially constrained JNR; Sagami Railway, on the other hand, was running a profitable operation on its own line. However, the two companies did not agree on a deal, and plans to transfer the line were cancelled.
Upon electrification, through services to the Yokohama Line began, using the new 205-500 series EMUs. The through service operation ended on 11 March 2022.
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |script-title=ja: JR相模線物語 |trans-title=JR Sagami Line Story |last = Sato|first = Makoto|publisher = 230 Club | year = 2000|location = Japan |language = ja |isbn = 9784931353336}}
External links
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- [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/result.aspx?mode=2&rosen=30=1=%E7%9B%B8%E6%A8%A1%E7%B7%9A Stations of the Sagami Line] (JR East) {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Railway lines in Kanagawa Prefecture
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