TheNambu Line(Japanese:Nam võ tuyến,romanized:Nanbu-sen) is a Japanese railway line which connectsTachikawa StationinTachikawa, TokyoandKawasaki StationinKawasaki, Kanagawa.For most of its length, it parallels theTama River,the natural border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. It lies along theTama Hills.It is part of theEast Japan Railway Company(JR East) network. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as the "Tokyo Mega Loop" (Japanese:Đông kinh メガループ) around Tokyo, consisting of theKeiyo Line,Musashino Line,Nambu Line, and theYokohama Line.[2]The name refers to the southern (Japanese:Nam) part of the ancient province ofMusashi(Japanese:VõTàng) (now Tokyo and northern Kanagawa prefecture), through which the Nambu Line runs.
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 The Nambu Line E233-8000 series EMU in October 2020 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Nam võ tuyến | ||
| Owner |  JR East | ||
| Locale | Tokyo,Kanagawaprefectures | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 26 (main line), 3 (branch line) | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Commuter rail | ||
| Depot(s) | Nakahara | ||
| Rolling stock | 205-1000 series,E127-0 series,E233-8000 series,E233-8500 series | ||
| Daily ridership | 840,241 (daily 2015)[1] | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1927 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 45.0 km (28.0 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1,500 V DCoverhead catenary | ||
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Basic data
edit- Operators, distances:
- Total: 45.0 km (28.0 mi)
- Passenger: 39.6 km (24.6 mi)
- Freight: 39.4 km (24.5 mi)
- East Japan Railway Company(JR East) (Services and tracks)
- Kawasaki – Tachikawa: 35.5 km (22.1 mi)
- Shitte – Hama-Kawasaki: 4.1 km (2.5 mi)
- Shitte – Shin-Tsurumi Signal Station – Tsurumi: 5.4 km (3.4 mi) (no regular service)
- Japan Freight Railway Company(JR Freight) (Services only)
- Shitte – Tachikawa: 33.8 km (21.0 mi)
- Shitte – Hama-Kawasaki: 4.1 km (2.5 mi)
- Shitte – Shin-Tsurumi Signal Station: 1.5 km (0.9 mi)
- Total: 45.0 km (28.0 mi)
- Stations: 29
- Main line: 26
- Branch line: 3
- Double-tracking: Kawasaki – Tachikawa
- Railway signalling:Automatic Block System
Station list
editMain line
edit"Rapid" service trains (two trains per hour between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m) do not stop at Shitte, Yakō, Hirama, Mukaigawara, Tsudayama, Kuji, Shukugawara, Nakanoshima, Yanokuchi, Minami-Tama, Nishifu, Yaho, Yagawa, or Nishi-Kunitachi. All other trains except for some seasonal services are "Local" services, stopping at all stations.
| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Rapid[3] | Transfers | Location | Prefecture | |
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| Between stations |
Total | |||||||
KWSJN01
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Kawasaki | Xuyên kỳ | - | 0.0 | ● | JTTōkaidō Main Line JKKeihin-Tōhoku Line KKKeikyu Main Line KKKeikyu Daishi Line(Keikyū Kawasaki) |
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki | Kanagawa |
| JN02 | Shitte | Khào thủ | 1.7 | 1.7 | ｜ | JNNambu Branch Line (forHama-Kawasaki) | Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki | |
| JN03 | Yakō | Thỉ hướng | 0.9 | 2.6 | ｜ | Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama | ||
| JN04 | Kashimada | Lộc đảo điền | 1.5 | 4.1 | ● | JOYokosuka Line JSShonan-Shinjuku Line(Shin-Kawasaki). |
Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki | |
| JN05 | Hirama | Bình gian | 1.2 | 5.3 | ｜ | Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki | ||
| JN06 | Mukaigawara | Hướng hà nguyên | 1.3 | 6.6 | ｜ | |||
MKGJN07
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Musashi-Kosugi | Võ tàng tiểu sam | 0.9 | 7.5 | ● | JOYokosuka Line JSShōnan-Shinjuku Line TYTokyu Toyoko Line MGTokyu Meguro Line | ||
| JN08 | Musashi-Nakahara | Võ tàng trung nguyên | 1.7 | 9.2 | ● | |||
| JN09 | Musashi-Shinjō | Võ tàng tân thành | 1.3 | 10.5 | ● | |||
| JN10 | Musashi-Mizonokuchi | Võ tàng câu ノ khẩu | 2.2 | 12.7 | ● | DTTokyu Den-en-toshi Line OMTokyu Oimachi Line(Mizonokuchi) |
Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki | |
| JN11 | Tsudayama | Tân điền sơn | 1.2 | 13.9 | ｜ | |||
| JN12 | Kuji | Cửu địa | 1.0 | 14.9 | ｜ | |||
| JN13 | Shukugawara | Túc hà nguyên | 1.3 | 16.2 | ｜ | Tama-ku, Kawasaki | ||
| JN14 | Noborito | Đăng hộ | 1.1 | 17.3 | ● | OHOdakyu Odawara Line | ||
| JN15 | Nakanoshima | Trung dã đảo | 2.2 | 19.5 | ｜ | |||
| JN16 | Inadazutsumi | Đạo điền đê | 1.3 | 20.8 | ● | KOKeio Sagamihara Line(Keiō-Inadazutsumi) | ||
| JN17 | Yanokuchi | Thỉ dã khẩu | 1.6 | 22.4 | ｜ | Inagi | Tokyo | |
| JN18 | Inagi-Naganuma | Đạo thành trường chiểu | 1.7 | 24.1 | ● | |||
| JN19 | Minami-Tama | Nam đa ma | 1.4 | 25.5 | ｜ |  Seibu Tamagawa Line(Koremasa)
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| JN20 | Fuchū-Hommachi | Phủ trung bổn đinh | 2.4 | 27.9 | ● | JMMusashino Line | Fuchū | |
| JN21 | Bubaigawara | Phân bội hà nguyên | 0.9 | 28.8 | ● | KOKeiō Line | ||
| JN22 | Nishifu | Tây phủ | 1.2 | 30.0 | ｜ | |||
| JN23 | Yaho | Cốc bảo | 1.6 | 31.6 | ｜ | Kunitachi | ||
| JN24 | Yagawa | Thỉ xuyên | 1.4 | 33.0 | ｜ | |||
| JN25 | Nishi-Kunitachi | Tây quốc lập | 1.3 | 34.3 | ｜ | Tachikawa | ||
| JN26 | Tachikawa | Lập xuyên | 1.2 | 35.5 | ● | ■Chūō Main Line JCŌme Line Tama Toshi Monorail Line(Tachikawa-Kita,Tachikawa-Minami) | ||
Nambu Branch Line
edit- All stations are located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
- Trains can pass each other only at Kawasaki-Shinmachi.
| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | ||
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| Between stations |
Total | ||||||
| JN02 | Shitte | Khào thủ | - | 0.0 | JNNambu Line (main line) Nambu Line (freight branch) |
Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki | |
| JN51 | Hatchōnawate | Bát đinh 畷 | 1.1 | 1.1 | KKKeikyu Main Line Tokaido Main Linefreight branch (forTsurumi) |
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki | |
| JN52 | Kawasaki-Shinmachi | Xuyên kỳ tân đinh | 0.9 | 2.0 | |||
| JN53 | Odasakae | Tiểu điền vinh | 0.7 | 2.7 | |||
| JN54 | Hama-Kawasaki | Bang xuyên kỳ | 1.4 | 4.1 | JITsurumi Line Tokaido Main Line freight branch (for Kawasaki Freight Terminal) | ||
Freight branch
editThe "Shitte crossover"(Khào thủ đoản lạc tuyến,Shitte-tanraku-sen)connects Shitte Station and Shin-Tsurumi Yard on the Tōkaidō Main Line (Hinkaku Line) and theMusashino Line.Freight trains operating betweenTokyo Freight Terminaland northern Japan operate on both branch lines.
Rolling stock
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As of 1 October 2016[update]the following fleet ofelectric multiple unit(EMU) trains is used on Nambu Line services, with all trainsets based at Nakahara Depot.[4]
- 205-1000 series3 x 2-car EMUs (Nambu Branch Line services, since August 2002)
- E127-0 series2 x 2-car EMUs (Nambu Branch Line services, since September 2023)[5][6]
- E233-8000 series35 x 6-car EMUs (since 4 October 2014)
- E233-8500 series1 x 6-car EMU (since 15 March 2017)
From 15 March 2017, the last remaining 209 series trainset, set 53, was replaced by a six-carOme LineandItsukaichi LineE233-0 series set 670 modified and renumbered to become E233-8500 series set N36.[7]
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A Nambu Branch Line 205-1000 series in May 2023 -
A Nambu Branch Line E127-0 series in January 2024 -
A Nambu Line E233-8000 series in October 2020
Previously used
edit- 72/73 series4/6-car EMUs (from 1963 until 1978)
- 101 series4/6-car EMUs (from 1969 until January 1991)
- 103 series6-car EMUs (from 1982 until December 2004)
- 101 series2-car EMUs (Nambu Branch line services, until November 2003)
- 205-0 series6-car EMUs from (March 1989 until December 2015)[8]
- 205-1200 series6-car EMUs (from 2004 until January 2016)
- 209-0 series6-car EMUs (from April 1993 until February 2015)
- 209-2200 series6-car EMUs (from 2010 until March 2017)
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A 73 series EMU on the Nambu Line in January 1975 -
Nambu Branch Line 101 series in July 2002 -
A Nambu Line 103 series in June 2001 -
Nambu Line 205-0 series set 36 in April 2011 -
A Nambu Line 205-1200 series in October 2014 -
A Nambu Line 209-0 series in January 2008 -
A Nambu Line 209-2200 series in April 2011
History
editThe privateNambu Railwayopened the line in five stages between 1927 and 1930 (freight branches are omitted):[9]
- 27 March 1927: Kawasaki – Noborito
- 1 November 1927: Noborito – Ōmaru (near Minami-Tama)
- 11 December 1928: Ōmaru – Bubaigawara (then called Yashikibun)
- 11 December 1929: Bubaigawara – Tachikawa
- 25 March 1930: Shitte – Hama-Kawasaki
Passenger trains utilisedelectric multiple units(EMUs) from the beginning. Freight initially consisted primarily ofgravelhauled from theTama River.When the railway reached Tachikawa and made connection with theŌme Electric Railway,limestonebecame one of the main freight commodities. The railway was controlled byAsano zaibatsu,which enabled the transport of limestone from its own quarry in Western Tokyo to its cement plant in Kawasaki without using the government railways.[10]
On 1 April 1944, the railway was nationalised by the imperial government and became the Nambu Line ofJapanese Government Railways.After the end ofWorld War II,there were several calls for the privatisation of the line, but the line remained a part of theJapanese National Railways(JNR) until its privatization in 1987.[10]
The postwar growth of the Tokyo urban area resulted in the conversion of most of the farmlands along the Nambu Line into residential areas and increased the passenger traffic on the line. Freight traffic reduced after the opening of theMusashino Line(parallel to the Nambu Line) in 1976 and the discontinuance of the limestone freight in 1998, except for the Nambu Branchline, which remains a major freight route.[10]
Limited-stop "Rapid" services between Kawasaki and Noborito with stops at Musashi-Kosugi and Musashi-Mizonokuchi started on 15 December 1969, but were discontinued by the timetable revision on 2 October 1978.[11]After 33 years, Rapid services between Kawasaki and Tachikawa with more stops started on 9 April 2011, postponed from the originally scheduled 12 March due to the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[12]
On 20 August 2016, station numbering was introduced with Nambu line stations being assigned station numbers between JN01 and JN26.[13][14]Numbers increase towards in the westbound direction towards Tachikawa. In addition, station numbers JN51 to JN54 were assigned to the branch line stations with numbers increasing in the direction of Hama-Kawasaki.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Bình thành 27 niên đại đô thị giao thông センサス thủ đô quyển báo cáo thư"(PDF).P.92.Quốc thổ giao thông tỉnh.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2018-08-26.Retrieved2018-09-28.
- ^Saka, Masayuki (August 2014).Đông kinh メガループ xa lạng ・ lộ tuyến の duyên cách と hiện huống[Tokyo Megaloop: History and current situation of trains and line].Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine(in Japanese). Vol. 43, no. 364. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–39.
- ^"Xuyên kỳ － lập xuyên khoái tốc 4009F".JR East Timetable.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-01-01.Retrieved2016-12-31.
- ^JR điện xa biên thành biểu 2017 đông[JR EMU Formations - Winter 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 16 November 2016. pp. 91–93.ISBN978-4-330-73716-4.
- ^E127 hệ が nam võ chi tuyến で営 nghiệp vận 転を khai thủy[E127 series enters revenue service on the Nambu Branch Line].Japan Railfan Magazine Online(in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 2023-09-14.Archivedfrom the original on 14 September 2023.Retrieved2023-09-14.
- ^"Nam võ tuyến ( khào thủ ～ bang xuyên kỳ dịch gian )へのE127 hệ の đầu nhập について"(PDF).East Japan Railway.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2023-05-23.Retrieved2023-02-17.
- ^Nam võ tuyến ( xuyên kỳ ～ lập xuyên gian ) E233 hệ xa 輌 đạo nhập hoàn liễu へ[Introduction of E233 series on Nambu Line to be completed].Tetsudo Hobidas(in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 27 January 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 27 January 2017.Retrieved27 January2017.
- ^205 hệ ナハ39 biên thành が quốc phủ tân xa lạng センターへ[205 series set 39 moved to Kozu Depot].Japan Railfan Magazine Online(in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 December 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 20 May 2022.Retrieved11 December2015.
- ^Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998).Đình xa tràng 変 thiên đại sự điển quốc thiết ・JR biên[Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 65–69.ISBN4-533-02980-9.
- ^abcHarada, Katsumasa (1999).Nam võ tuyến いまむかし[Nambu-sen Ima Mukashi] (in Japanese). Kawasaki: Tamagawa Shinbunsha.ISBN4-924882-28-3.
- ^Nam võ tuyến に33 niên ぶりの “Khoái tốc”(in Japanese). Town News. October 1, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon October 17, 2010.RetrievedApril 9,2011.
- ^"ＪＲ nam võ tuyến khoái tốc ようやく vận hành スタート, cựu quốc thiết thời đại dĩ lai ３３ niên ぶり".Kanagawa Shinbun.April 9, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon December 4, 2011.RetrievedApril 9,2011.
- ^"⾸ đô quyển エリアへ “Dịch ナンバリング” を đạo ⼊します "[Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area](PDF).jreast.co.jp(in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 7 December 2022.Retrieved7 January2023.
- ^Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016)."JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR đông nhật bổn, thủ đô quyển で dịch ナンバリングなど đạo nhập へ"[JA, JK, JT, AKB… JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area].Response Automotive Media(in Japanese). Archived fromthe originalon 6 August 2022.Retrieved7 January2023.
External links
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- Stations of the Nambu Line(JR East)(in Japanese)