Ōme Line

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An E233 series train at Ōme Station on a "Holiday Okutama" service from Okutama to Shinjuku, January 2008
An E233 series train at Ōme Station on a "Holiday Okutama" service from Okutama to Shinjuku, January 2008
This display in a train on the Ōme Line switches between showing station names in Japanese writing and in the Western alphabet.
This display in a train on the Ōme Line switches between showing station names in Japanese writing and in the Western alphabet.

The Ōme Line (青梅線 Ōme-sen?) is a railroad in western Tokyo, Japan. It links Oku-Tama Station and Tachikawa Station; some trains continue on the Chūō Main Line to Tokyo Station. The Ōme Line is part of the East Japan Railway Company system.

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[edit] Operation

Trains on the Ōme Line are 201 series and E233 series trains. Trains from Tachikawa to Ōme typically operate as a 10-car train (sometimes 4-car and a 6-car trains linked together). At Ōme, a 4-car/6-car train will disconnect with the 4-car train going in the direction of Oku-Tama and the 6-car train heading back to Tachikawa.

The Ōme Line, at times, runs along the Chūō Rapid, Itsukaichi, and Hachikō lines. Supplemental trains during the peak season may also run along the Nambu Line. Trains that operate only on the Ōme Line have a "Ōme-Itsukaichi Line" sticker on the front.

[edit] History

The Ōme Electric Railway (Tachikawa — Mitake) was privately-owned but was later nationalized on April 1, 1944. The Oku-Tama Electric Railway (Mitake — Hikawa [later Oku-Tama]) was under construction when it was purchased three months later. Both were merged to create the present-day Ōme Line and opened on the same day.

[edit] Stations

Station Name Japanese Chūō Rapid, Ōme Special Rapid, Commuter Rapid, Commuter Special Rapid, Local Holiday Rapid (Akigawa and Okutama) "Ōme-Liner" Transfers

Runs on Chūō Line before Tachikawa
Tachikawa 立川 ● ● ●

JR: Chūō Main Line, Nambu Line

Tama Toshi Monorail: Tama Toshi Monorail
Nishi-Tachikawa 西立川 ● ● |
Higashi-Nakagami 東中神 ● | |
Nakagami 中神 ● | |
Akishima 昭島 ● ○ |
Haijima 拝島 ● ● ●

JR: Hachikō Line, Itsukaichi Line

Seibu: Haijima Line
Ushihama 牛浜 ● | |
Fussa 福生 ● ● |
Hamura 羽村 ● | |
Ozaku 小作 ● | |
Kabe 河辺 ● ○ ●
Higashi-Ōme 東青梅 ● | |
Ōme 青梅 ● ● ●

Most passengers headed for Oku-Tama must transfer here to another train to reach Oku-Tama.
Miyanohira 宮ノ平 ▲ |
Hinatawada 日向和田 ▲ ○
Ishigamimae 石神前 ▲ |
Futamatao 二俣尾 ▲ |
Ikusabata 軍畑 ▲ |
Sawai 沢井 ▲ |
Mitake 御嶽 ▲ ●
Kawai 川井 ▲ |
Kori 古里 ▲ |
Hatonosu 鳩ノ巣 ▲ |
Shiromaru 白丸 ▲ |
Oku-Tama
(Former Hikawa)		 奥多摩
(氷川)		 ▲ ●

[edit] Note

  • ▲: Nowadays, there is only one rapid train (Tachikawa-bound) that runs once every weekday morning. Local trains still stop at these stations.
  • ○: Some Holiday Rapids have stopped at these stations as supplementary trains.
  • The Holiday Rapid "Akigawa" splits off from the Ōme Line tracks at Haijima Station and runs on the Itsukaichi Line tracks towards Musashi-Itsukaichi Station. The "Akigawa" stops at all stations between Haijima and Musashi-Itsukaichi.
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