Sagami Railway Main Line

Sagami Railway Main Line

Sōtetsu 9000 series
Overview
Type Commuter rail
Locale Kanagawa Prefecture
Termini Yokohama
Ebina
Stations 18
Operation
Owner Sagami Railway
Depot(s) Kashiwadai
Technical
Line length 24.6 km
Track gauge 1,067 mm
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 100 km/h
Route Diagram
Legend
0.0 Yokohama
0.9 Hiranumabashi
1.8 Nishi-Yokohama
2.4 Tennochō
3.3 Hoshikawa
4.3 Wadamachi
5.0 Kamihoshikawa
Yokohama Hazawa freight (JR)
Tōkaidō Main Line freight line
Bypass under construction
6.9 Nishiya
JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen
8.5 Tsurugamine
10.5 Futamatagawa
Izumino Line
12.2 Kibōgaoka
13.6 Mitsukyō
15.5 Seya
17.4 Yamato
Odakyū Enoshima Line
19.3 Sagami-Ōtsuka
20.5 Sagamino
21.8 Kashiwadai
Kashiwadai Depot
{{BSkm|23.8|0.0}} Sagami-Kokubu Signal Stop
Odakyū Odawara Line
24.6 Ebina
Sagami Railway Atsugi Line (freight)
{{BSkm| - |2.2}} Atsugi
JR East Sagami Line

The Main Line (本線 Honsen?) of Sagami Railway (相模鉄道 Sagami Tetsudō?) (Sōtetsu) is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It extends from Yokohama to Ebina, and has Express (急行) and Rapid (快速) services. All the Rapid trains operate to/from Shonandai via the Izumino Line, as well as some local services.

Contents

Line data

Rolling stock

Passenger cars

Utility cars

Rapid service

The operator offers two types of rapid service in the line. One is "Rapid" (快速 Kaisoku?) shown with green in signboards and maps, between Yokohama and Shōnandai of Izumino Line. The other is "Express" (急行 Kyūkō?) indicated with red, between Yokohama and Ebina on the Main Line. Unlike other Japanese major private railways, the company does not operate Limited Express (特急 Tokkyū?).

Bypass

A bypass to JR Yokohama Hazawa Freight Terminal is being built from Nishiya Station, to enable through service to Shōnan Shinjuku Line. Completion is announced to be in 2015. Further extension to Shin-Yokohama Station and Tōkyū Tōyoko Line is also in progress, which connects Shibuya Station.

Stations

For connections and distances, see the route diagram.

Station R E Location
Yokohama S S Nishi-ku Yokohama Kanagawa
Hiranumabashi    
Nishi-Yokohama    
Tennochō     Hodogaya-ku
Hoshikawa S  
Wadamachi    
Kamihoshikawa    
Nishiya    
Tsurugamine S   Asahi-ku
Futamatagawa S S
Kibōgaoka through
to
Izumino
Line
S
Mitsukyō S Seya-ku
Seya S
Yamato S Yamato
Sagami-Ōtsuka S
Sagamino S Ebina
Kashiwadai S
Ebina S

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sagami_Railway_Main_Line Sagami Railway Main Line] at Wikimedia Commons