Sōbu Line (Rapid)

Sōbu Line (Rapid)
Sōbu Line (Rapid)
	JO
	AnE235 seriesEMU atIchikawa Station
Overview
Locale	Tokyo,Chibaprefectures
Termini	Tokyo; Chiba;
Stations	10
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Daily ridership	693,998 (daily 2015)
History
Opened	1972
Technical
Line length	60.2 km (37.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DCoverhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map
Route map

TheSōbu Line (Rapid)(Japanese:Tổng võ nhanh chóng tuyến,romanized:Sōbu-kaisoku-sen) is a railway service on theSōbu Main LineinTokyoandChiba Prefecture,Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company(JR East). It connectsTokyo StationinChūō, TokyowithChiba StationinChūō-ku, Chibavia the cities ofIchikawa,Funabashi,andNarashino.

Services

Rapid services on the Sōbu Line are primarily operated between Tokyo and Chiba, although there are many through services onto theYokosuka Lineas well as some through services operated from the Yokosuka Line via Tokyo terminating atTsudanuma.During weekday morning peak periods Tokyo-bound trains arrive once every 3.2 minutes; this is reduced to 10 Chiba-bound trains per hour during weekday evening peak periods. At other times there are approximately six trains per hour. There are many through services operated onto other lines.

For information on theNarita Express,Shiosai,and other limited express services, see their respective articles.

Sōbu Line (Rapid) trains travel through onto theYokosuka LinetoŌfuna,Zushi,andKurihama.Trains also travel through beyond Chiba to as far as:

Kazusa-Ichinomiyaon theSotobō Line
Kimitsuon theUchibō Line
Narita AirportviaNaritaon theNarita Line
Kashima-Jingūon theKashima Line
Narutōon theSōbu Main Line

Past services

Home Liner Chiba

Before 16 March 2019, there were fiveHome Liner Chibacommuterlinerservices that operated every weekday evening, four of which started from Tokyo and another which started at Shinjuku.

Stations served:

(Shinjuku – Akihabara) / Tokyo – Tsudanuma – Inage – Chiba

Limited ExpressAyame

Commuter Rapid

Commuter Rapid services were abolished with the timetable revision on 12 March 2022.^[2]Prior to this they ran on weekday peak hours only, stopping at Tōkyō, Shin-Nihombashi, Bakurochō, Kinshichō, Funabashi, and Chiba.

Station list

For information on local services between Kinshichō and Chiba, see theChūō-Sōbu Linearticle.
All rapid trains stop at all stations listed below.

Station No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
Station No.	Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	Transfers	Location
Through services toJOYokosuka LineforYokohama,Ofuna,Kamakura,ZushiandKurihama
TYOJO19	Tokyo	Đông Kinh	-	0.0	JOYokosuka Line(Mostly through service) Tōhoku,Yamagata,AkitaandHokkaido Shinkansen JōetsuandHokuriku Shinkansen JCChūō Line(JC01) JYYamanote Line(JY01) JKKeihin-Tōhoku Line(JK26) JTTōkaidō Line(JT01) JUUeno–Tokyo Line JEKeiyō Line(JE01) Tōkaidō Shinkansen MTokyo Metro Marunouchi Line(M-17) TTokyo Metro Tozai Line(Otemachi:T-09)	Chiyoda	Tokyo
JO20	Shin-Nihombashi	Tân Nhật Bản kiều	1.2	1.2	GTokyo Metro Ginza Line(Mitsukoshimae:G-12) ZTokyo Metro Hanzomon Line(Mitsukoshimae: Z-09)	Chūō
JO21	Bakurochō	Mã xan đinh	1.1	2.3	AToei Asakusa Line(Higashi-nihombashi:A-15) SToei Shinjuku Line(Bakuroyokoyama:S-09)	Chūō
JO22	Kinshichō	Cẩm mịch đinh	2.5	4.8	JBChūō-Sōbu Line(JB22) ZTokyo Metro Hanzomon Line(Z-13)	Sumida
JO23	Shin-Koiwa	Tân tiểu nham	5.2	10.0	JBChūō-Sōbu Line (JB25)	Katsushika
JO24	Ichikawa	Thị xuyên	5.4	15.4	JBChūō-Sōbu Line (JB27)	Ichikawa	Chiba
JO25	Funabashi	Thuyền kiều	7.8	23.2	JBChūō-Sōbu Line (JB31) TDTobu Urban Park Line(TD35) KSKeisei Main Line(Keisei Funabashi:KS22)	Funabashi
JO26	Tsudanuma	Tân điền chiểu	3.5	26.7	JBChūō-Sōbu Line (JB33) SLShin-Keisei Line(Shin-Tsudanuma:SL23)	Narashino
JO27	Inage	Đạo mao	9.2	35.9	JBChūō-Sōbu Line (JB37)	Inage-ku, Chiba
JO28	Chiba	Ngàn diệp	3.3	39.2	JBChūō-Sōbu Line (JB39) ■Sōbu Main Line(forChōshi) ■Narita Line ■Sotobō Line ■Uchibō Line Chiba Urban Monorail:Line 1, Line 2 KSKeisei Chiba Line(Keisei Chiba:KS59)	Chūō-ku, Chiba
Through services to: ■Sotobō LineforKazusa-Ichinomiya ■Uchibō LineforKimitsu ■Narita LineforNaritaandNarita Airport Kashima LineforKashima-Jingūvia theNarita Line ■Sōbu Main LineforNarutō

Note: Special Rapid service was discontinued on 4 March 2017.^[3]

Rolling stock

JNR 113 series train at Kinshichō Station in 1978

Rapid service

E217 series(from December 1994)
E235-1000 series(from 21 December 2020)^[4]

Limited express service

Former rolling stock

113 series(from October 1980 to December 1999)

History

On 20 August 2016, station numbering was introduced with stations being assigned station numbers between JO19 and JO28.^[5]^[6]Numbers increase towards in the eastbound direction towards Chiba.

References

^"Bình thành 27 năm đại đô thị giao thông センサス thủ đô quyển báo cáo thư"(PDF).P.92.Quốc thổ giao thông tỉnh.
^"JR East March 2022 Timetable Revision"(PDF).JR East(in Japanese).Retrieved12 January2024.
^2017 năm 3 nguyệt ダイヤ sửa lại について[Timetable revision in March 2017](PDF)(in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company.Retrieved18 January2017.
^Daisuke, Kousaku (4 September 2018).JR đông Nhật Bản E235 hệ, Yokosuka tuyến ・ tổng võ nhanh chóng tuyến へ xe lạng tân tạo - 2020 niên độ lạc thành[JR East E235 series for Yokosuka line and Sobu Rapid Line to be completed in 2020].MyNavi Corporation(in Japanese). Japan: MyNavi Corporation.Retrieved5 September2018.
^"⾸ đều 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 Bản, thủ đô quyển で dịch ナンバリングなど dẫn vào 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

Stations of the Sōbu Line (Rapid)(unofficial)(in Japanese)

[ridership-1] "Bình thành 27 năm đại đô thị giao thông センサス thủ đô quyển báo cáo thư"(PDF).P.92.Quốc thổ giao thông tỉnh.

[2] "JR East March 2022 Timetable Revision"(PDF).JR East(in Japanese).Retrieved12 January2024.

[3] 2017 năm 3 nguyệt ダイヤ sửa lại について[Timetable revision in March 2017](PDF)(in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company.Retrieved18 January2017.

[mynavicorporation20180904-4] Daisuke, Kousaku (4 September 2018).JR đông Nhật Bản E235 hệ, Yokosuka tuyến ・ tổng võ nhanh chóng tuyến へ xe lạng tân tạo - 2020 niên độ lạc thành[JR East E235 series for Yokosuka line and Sobu Rapid Line to be completed in 2020].MyNavi Corporation(in Japanese). Japan: MyNavi Corporation.Retrieved5 September2018.

[5] "⾸ đều 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.

[6] Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016)."JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR đông Nhật Bản, thủ đô quyển で dịch ナンバリングなど dẫn vào 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.

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