Sōbu Line (Rapid)

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Sōbu Line (Rapid) (総武快速線, Sōbu-kaisoku-sen^?) is the express railway service on the Sobu Main Line between Tokyo and the east coast of Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. It runs through the cities of Funabashi and Chiba. As well as the rapid train there are limited expresses and the Narita Express among others. The line is through connected to the Yokosuka Line at Tokyo Station and many trains run through.

Contents 1 Services 2 Stations 3 Rolling Stock 4 See also

[edit] Services

• Rapid Service - Frequent service (every 3-4 minutes during peaks, 10 minutes off peak). First service at 4:45 from Chiba, 5:04 from Tokyo. Last service at 23:50 from Chiba, 0:01 from Tokyo. Most services through linked to Zushi or Kurihama on the Yokosuka line. One Airport Narita service an hour extends to Narita Airport.
• Commuter Rapid - Two weekday services a day leaving Chiba at 7:15 and 8:09, and one leaving Tokyo at 19:53.
• Home Liner - Three weekday services a day to Chiba leaving Tokyo at 21:00, 22:28 and 23:00.
• Limited Express
  • Narita Express - One or two services an hour.
  • Shiosai Express - seven services a day from Tokyo to and from Choshi.
  • Ayame Express - three return services a day from from Narita or Sawara to Tokyo (two on weekends).

[edit] Stations

Station	Rapid	Commuter Rapid	Home Liner	Ward / City	Transfers
Tokyo	●	●	●	Chiyoda, Tokyo	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tohoku Shinkansen), Joetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keiyo Line, Tōkaidō Line, Chūō Line Rapid
Shin-Nihombashi	●	●	｜	Chūō, Tokyo	Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
Bakurocho	●	●	｜	Chūō, Tokyo	Toei Asakusa Line, Toei Shinjuku Line
Kinshichō	●	●	｜	Sumida, Tokyo	Chūō-Sobu Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
Shin-Koiwa	●	｜	｜	Katsushika, Tokyo	Chūō-Sobu Line
Ichikawa	●	｜	｜	Ichikawa, Chiba	Chūō-Sobu Line
Funabashi	●	●	｜	Funabashi, Chiba	Chūō-Sobu Line, Tobu Noda Line, Keisei Main Line (Keisei Funabashi Station)
Tsudanuma	●	｜	●	Narashino, Chiba	Chūō-Sobu Line, Shin-Keisei Line (Shin-Tsudanuma Station)
Inage	●	｜	●	Inage-ku, Chiba	Chūō-Sobu Line
Chiba	●	●	●	Chūō-ku, Chiba	Uchibo Line, Sotobo Line, Chūō-Sobu Line, Sobu Main Line, Narita Line, Chiba Monorail, Keisei Chiba Line (Keisei Chiba Station)

[edit] Rolling Stock

• Rapid Service
  • E217 series
• Limited Express
  • 253 series
  • 255 series
  • E257 series

[edit] See also

• Sobu Main Line
• Chūō-Sobu Line
• Yokosuka Line
• Airport Narita