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Yokosuka Line
横須賀線 |
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E217 series EMU between Kita-Kamakura and Ōfuna stations |
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| Locale | Tokyo, Kanagawa prefectures | ||
| Termini | Tokyo Kurihama |
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| Stations | 19 | ||
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| Opened | 1889 | ||
| Operator(s) | JR East | ||
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| Line length | 73.3 km (45.5 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary | ||
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The Yokosuka Line (横須賀線 Yokosuka-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo in Chūō, Tokyo and Kurihama in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between Ōfuna and Kurihama stations, but the entire route is commonly referred to as the Yokosuka Line by JR East for passenger service.
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The Yokosuka Line runs underground between Tokyo and Shinagawa (parallel to the Tōkaidō Main Line, the Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line) then branches to the west along the Tōkaidō Shinkansen into the city of Kawasaki. (This alignment, technically known as the Hinkaku Line (品鶴線 Hinkaku-sen), was originally built for freight usage; see below.) It rejoins the Tōkaidō Main Line corridor near Tsurumi Station and follows the Tōkaidō Main Line to Ōfuna, where it branches off to the southeast along the original Yokosuka Line toward the Miura Peninsula.
Yokosuka Line local trains make all stops. Most trains have 11 cars, with two of those being Green cars. Other trains between Tokyo and Zushi are made up of 15 cars -- an 11-car set joined to a 4-car set. (Due to shorter platform length at stations south of Zushi, only 11-car trains are operated to Kurihama.) The Airport Narita rapid service operates as a local train within the Yokosuka Line.
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line local trains make all stops on the Yokosuka Line between Nishi-Ōi and Zushi.
Ohayō Liner Zushi and Home Liner Zushi commuter liners stop at the stations shown in the list below. The Ohayō Liner Zushi only boards passengers at Ōfuna, Kamakura and Zushi; the Home Liner Zushi only boards passengers at Tokyo, Shimbashi, and Shinagawa.
For information on the Narita Express and other limited express services, please see their respective articles.
The Yokosuka Line has through service onto the Sōbu Line to Chiba and beyond. Some trains travel as far as:
The Hinkaku Line (品鶴線 Hinkaku-sen) was originally built to divert freight traffic from the busy Tōkaidō Main Line, providing an alternate route between Tokyo and Tsurumi. After a 1967 explosion, freight trains were banned from portions of the central Tokyo rail network, providing the impetus for the construction of the orbital Musashino Line. The new Musashino Line was connected to the Hinkaku Line roughly 6 km north of Tsurumi Station near Musashi-Kosugi, siphoning off nearly all freight traffic after its opening in 1975. This left a substantial chunk of the double-tracked, mostly grade-separated Hinkaku Line disused.
In order to put the line back into passenger service, a new 6 km track was installed between Tsurumi Station and the Musashino Line, where it was connected to the now-disused portion of the Hinkaku Line. Two new stations were constructed: one (Shin-Kawasaki) adjacent to the existing Kashimada Station on the Nambu Line in 1980 and another at Nishi-Ōi in 1986. Musashi-Kosugi Station, the third station in this section opened in 2010 and provides a transfer to the Nambu Line as well as the Tōkyū Tōyoko and Meguro lines.
The section between Yokosuka and Kurihama is single-tracked; trains can only pass one another at Kinugasa and Kurihama stations.
| Official line name | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Liner | Transfers/Notes | Location | |||
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| Tōkaidō Main Line | Tokyo | 東京 | - | 0.0 | ● | Sōbu Line (Rapid) (through service), Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Chūō Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Line, Keiyō Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-17) |
Chiyoda | Tokyo | |
| Shimbashi | 新橋 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ● | Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-08) Toei Asakusa Line (A-10) Yurikamome (U-01) |
Minato | |||
| Shinagawa | 品川 | 4.9 | 6.8 | ● | Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Keikyū Main Line |
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| Nishi-Ōi | 西大井 | 3.6 | 10.4 | ｜ | Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (for Ōsaki) | Shinagawa | |||
| Musashi-Kosugi | 武蔵小杉 | 6.4 | 16.8 | ｜ | Nambu Line Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, Tōkyū Meguro Line |
Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki | Kanagawa | ||
| Shin-Kawasaki | 新川崎 | 2.7 | 19.5 | ｜ | Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki | ||||
| Tsurumi | (鶴見) | 5.1 | via Shin- Kawasaki 24.6 |
via Kawasaki 21.7 |
｜ | Official branch point only; no trains serve this station | Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama | ||
| Yokohama | 横浜 | 7.1 | 31.7 | 28.8 | ｜ | Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Yokohama Line, Negishi Line, Tōkaidō Line Tōkyū Tōyoko Line Keikyū Main Line Sagami Railway Main Line Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue Line (B20) Minatomirai Line |
Nishi-ku, Yokohama | ||
| Hodogaya | 保土ヶ谷 | 3.0 | 34.7 | 31.8 | ｜ | Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama | |||
| Higashi-Totsuka | 東戸塚 | 4.9 | 39.6 | 36.7 | ｜ | Totsuka-ku, Yokohama | |||
| Totsuka | 戸塚 | 4.2 | 43.8 | 40.9 | ｜ | Tōkaidō Line Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue Line (B06) |
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| Ōfuna | 大船 | 5.6 | 49.4 | 46.5 | ● | Tōkaidō Line, Negishi Line Shōnan Monorail |
Sakae-ku, Yokohama | ||
| Yokosuka Line | from Ōfuna 0.0 |
Kamakura | |||||||
| Kita-Kamakura | 北鎌倉 | 2.3 | 51.7 | 2.3 | ｜ | ||||
| Kamakura | 鎌倉 | 2.2 | 53.9 | 4.5 | ● | Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden) | |||
| Zushi | 逗子 | 3.9 | 57.8 | 8.4 | ● | Keikyū Zushi Line (Shin-Zushi) | Zushi | ||
| Higashi-Zushi | 東逗子 | 2.0 | 59.8 | 10.4 | |||||
| Taura | 田浦 | 3.4 | 63.2 | 13.8 | Yokosuka | ||||
| Yokosuka | 横須賀 | 2.1 | 65.3 | 15.9 | Keikyū Main Line (Hemi, Shioiri) | ||||
| Kinugasa | 衣笠 | 3.4 | 68.7 | 19.3 | |||||
| Kurihama | 久里浜 | 4.6 | 73.3 | 23.9 | Keikyū Kurihama Line (Keikyū Kurihama) | ||||
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