Tsurumi Line

Tsurumi Line
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Two Tsurumi Line 205-1100 series trains at Tsurumi Station, May 2006
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Tsurumi Ōgimachi
Operation
Opened	1926
Owner	JR East
Rolling stock	205-1100 series
Technical
Line length	7.0 km (4.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

The Tsurumi Line (鶴見線, Tsurumi-sen) is a group of 3 railway lines operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Originally built to service the port and adjacent industrial area, the lines provide passenger services (especially for local workers) along a line between Tsurumi Station in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama and Ōgimachi Station in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, and 2 short branches with a total length of track to 9.7 km. The gauge is 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), two sections of the line have double track and the line is electrified at 1,500 V DC.

Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) operates on three segments of the line, often to carry petroleum and other chemicals from the numerous refineries and factories in the area. The line is also used to carry jet fuel from the US Navy fuel depot near Anzen Station through the Musashino Line to Yokota Air Base in west Tokyo.

Station list

• All stations are located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
• All trains stop at every station, except for trains to/from Ōkawa which pass Musashi-Shiraishi.

Rolling stock

A Tsurumi Line 205-1100 series EMU, August 2009

• 205-1100 series 3-car EMUs (since August 2004)

Three-car 205-1100 series EMU trainsets modified from former 205-0 series trainsets were introduced on the Tsurumi Line from 25 August 2004.^[1] Nine 205-1100 series 3-car trains operate on the line.

Former

• KuMoHa 12 (Ōkawa Branch Line service, from December 1972 until March 1996)
• 72 series (from 1972 until January 1980)
• 101 series (from 1980 until March 1992)
• 103 series (from 2 August 1990 until 16 December 2005)

• 
  A KuMoHa 12 car on the Ōkawa Branch Line in 1992
• 
  A 103 series train on the Tsurumi Line in 2005

Freight

Locomotives seen hauling freight trains include the EF65 and DE10.

Other

A shuttle bus for Toshiba employees at runs in a loop between Asano, Shin-Shibaura, and Umi-Shibaura stations on a schedule alternating with Tsurumi Line trains. Both the bus and the stops are marked with the Toshiba logo.

History

The Tsurumi Port Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō) opened the Bentembashi to Hama-Kawasaki line, including the branch to Okawa in 1926, and extended the mainline to Ogimachi in 1928. In 1930, the Tsurumi to Bentembashi section opened, the lines were electrified at 600 V DC, and passenger services commenced on both lines. The Asano to Shin-Shibaura section opened as a freight-only line in 1932, and was extended to Umi-Shibaura in 1940, with passenger services commencing upon the opening of the extension.

The company was nationalised in 1943, and in 1948 the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.

• 
  Tsurumi Rinko Railway MoHa 51 electric car in August 1939
• 
  Tsurumi Rinko Railway MoHa 110 electric car number MoHa 110 in August 1939

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tsurumi Line.

• Stations of the Tsurumi Line (JR East) (in Japanese)