Shōnan–Shinjuku Line

Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
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Shōnan–Shinjuku line E231 series EMU
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kantō region
Operation
Opened	2001
Operator(s)	JR East
Technical
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

The Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (湘南新宿ライン, Shōnan–shinjuku-rain) is a passenger railway service in Japan which commenced in December 2001. The line has no dedicated track as services run through shared sections along the Ryōmō line, Takasaki line, Utsunomiya line, Yamanote freight line, Yokosuka line, and Tōkaidō Main Line. It is treated as a distinct service at stations and on railway maps.

Services

Service patterns on the Shōnan–Shinjuku line are as follows:

Utsunomiya line–Yokosuka line route

• Shōnan–Shinjuku line local (Utsunomiya line: local; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: local; Yokosuka line: local)
  • Services commenced on December 1, 2001.
  • One train per hour is operated between Koganei (some to/from Utsunomiya) and Zushi; this increases to 2–3 trains per hour during peak periods. Sometimes trains operate to/from Ōfuna as well as to/from Koga on weekday mornings.
  • Most trains are operated in 15-car sets. Some pause at Koganei to couple-up or divide, with the 10-car portion continues northward; others are operated in 10-car sets along the entire line.
• Shōnan–Shinjuku line local / Shōnan–Shinjuku line rapid (Utsunomiya Line: Rapid; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: Local; Yokosuka Line: Local)
  • Services commenced on October 16, 2004.
  • From morning to midday, trains are operated hourly between Utsunomiya and Zushi (some to/from Ōfuna). Trains operate as rapid services within the Utsunomiya Line and as local services within the Yokosuka Line. These services replace daytime Rabbit rapid trains within the Utsunomiya Line to/from Ueno
  • Most trains are operated in 15-car sets. Some pause at Koganei to couple-up or divide, with the 10-car portion is operated north of Koganei; others are operated in 10-car sets along the entire line.

Takasaki line–Tōkaidō line route

• Shōnan–Shinjuku line local / Shōnan–Shinjuku line rapid (Takasaki Line: Local; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: Rapid; Tōkaidō Line: Local)
  • Services commenced on December 1, 2001.
  • One train per hour is operated between Kagohara and Hiratsuka (some to/from Kōzu). During peak periods when there are no special rapid services this increases to 2–3 trains per hour, with trains to/from Takasaki, Kōzu, and Odawara. Some morning southbound trains and weekday evening northbound trains operate to/from Maebashi via the Ryōmō Line; one weekday morning train is operated from Fukaya.
  • Except for a single northbound morning and southbound evening train, all trains are operated in 15-car sets south of Kagohara, where they are joined/separated; a 10-car train is operated north of Kagohara. The train from Fukaya is operated as a 15-car set.
• Shōnan–Shinjuku line special rapid (Takasaki Line: Rapid; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: Special Rapid; Tōkaidō Line: Rapid)
  • Services commenced on October 16, 2004.
  • One train per hour is operated throughout the day. This service replaces Urban rapid services to/from Ueno within the Takasaki Line. Except for the first northbound train, which starts from Hiratsuka, all trains are operated between Takasaki and Odawara.
  • Except for two round trips on weekdays, all trains are operated in 15-car sets south of Kagohara, where they are joined/separated; a 10-car train is operated north of Kagohara.
  • On weekends and holidays, two services each way to/from Odawara are extended to/from Atami, stopping at Manazuru and Yugawara.

Station list

• Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".
• For information on Home Liner services, see the Shōnan Liner article.

Notes

Rolling stock

• E231-1000 series
• E233-3000 series (since March 2015)

Initially, services were operated using a mixture of rolling stock, including 115 series, 211 series, 215 series (double-deck), E217 series, and E231-1000 series EMUs, but rolling stock was standardized on the E231-1000 series EMUs in 2004, from which date these trains also included two bilevel Green cars. From the start of the new timetable on 14 March 2015, E233-3000 series trainsets were also introduced on Shonan–Shinjuku line services.^[1]

See also

• Ueno-Tokyo Line, a similar north-south line on the east side of Tokyo

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shōnan–Shinjuku Line.

• Shōnan–Shinjuku line (Japan Guide) (in English)

Further reading

• Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (November 2011). "特集：湘南新宿ライン10周年" [Feature: 10th Anniversary of the Shōnan–Shinjuku line]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 51 no. 607. Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd. pp. 7–42.