Shōnan–Shinjuku Line

TheShōnan–Shinjuku Line(Japanese:Tương nam tân túc ライン,romanized: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 theRyōmō Line,Takasaki Line,Utsunomiya Line,Yamanote freight line,Yokosuka Line,andTōkaidō Main Line.It is treated as a distinct service at stations and on railway maps.

Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
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AnE231 seriesShōnan Shinjuku Line train atEbisu
Overview
LocaleKantō region
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Operator(s)Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East)JR East
Daily ridership478,836 daily (2015)[1]
History
Opened2001
Technical
Track gauge1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DCoverhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

Services

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

Utsunomiya Line–Yokosuka Line route

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  • 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 betweenKoganei(some to/fromUtsunomiya) andZushi;this increases to 2–3 trains per hour during peak periods. Sometimes trains operate to/from Ōfuna as well as to/fromKogaon 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.
    • E233 series LED Displays show a green colourfor this service.
  • 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 daytimeRabbitrapid 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.
    • E233 series LED Displays show an orange colourwithin the Utsunomiya Line, and a green coloursouth of Ōmiya for this service.

Takasaki Line–Tōkaidō Line route

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  • Shōnan–Shinjuku Line local / Shōnan–Shinjuku Line rapid(Takasaki Line: Local; Ōmiya–Totsuka: Rapid; Totsuka–Tōkaidō Line: Local)
    • Services commenced on December 1, 2001.
    • One train per hour is operated betweenKagoharaandHiratsuka(some to/fromKōzu). During peak periods when there are no special rapid services this increases to 2–3 trains per hour, with trains to/fromTakasaki,Kōzu, andOdawara.Some morning southbound trains and weekday evening northbound trains operate to/fromMaebashivia theRyōmō Line;one weekday morning train is operated fromFukaya.
    • 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.
    • E233 series LED Displays show an orange colourbetween Ōmiya and Totsuka, and a green colourwithin the Takasaki and Tōkaidō Lines for this service.
  • Shōnan–Shinjuku Line special rapid(Takasaki Line–Ōmiya–Ōfuna–Tōkaidō Line: Special Rapid)
    • Services commenced on October 16, 2004.
    • One train per hour is operated throughout the day. This service replacesUrbanrapid 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 very rare occasions in the past, extra services would be operated on weekends and holidays, in which two services each way to/from Odawara are extended to/fromAtami,stopping at Manazuru and Yugawara.
    • E233 series LED Displays show a blue colourfor this service.

Station list

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  • Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "|".
  • For information on Limited Express services, see theShōnanarticle.
Line name Station Japanese Distance (km) Shōnan–Shinjuku
Line services
Transfers Location
Official Actual Between
stations
From
Shinjuku
Local Rapid[* 1] Rapid[* 2] Special Rapid
Through services: JUUtsunomiya Line JUTakasaki Line JUUtsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line): forKoganeiandUtsunomiya
JUTakasaki Line: forKagohara,Takasaki,andMaebashi(via theRyōmō Line)
Tohoku Main Line Tohoku Freight Line Ōmiya
OMYJS24
Đại cung 27.4 Ōmiya-ku, Saitama Saitama
Urawa
URWJS23
Phổ cùng
  • JKKeihin-Tōhoku Line
  • JUUtsunomiya Line
  • JUTakasaki Line
Urawa-ku, Saitama
Akabane
ABNJS22
Xích vũ 17.1
10.3
[* 3]
  • JUUtsunomiya Line (forUeno)
  • JUTakasaki Line (for Ueno)
  • JKKeihin-Tōhoku Line
  • JASaikyō Line
Kita Tokyo
Yamanote Line Yamanote Freight Line Ikebukuro
IKBJS21
Trì túi 5.5
[* 3]
4.8
Toshima
Shinjuku
SJKJS20
Tân túc 4.8 0.0 Shinjuku
Shibuya
Shibuya
SBYJS19
渋 cốc 3.4 3.4
Ebisu
EBSJS18
Huệ so thọ 1.6 5.0
Ōsaki
OSKJS17
Đại kỳ 3.6 8.6
Shinagawa
Tōkaidō Main Line Hinkaku Line Nishi-Ōi
JS16
Tây đại giếng 5.6
[* 5]
14.2
[* 5]
JOYokosuka Line(forShinagawa)
Musashi-Kosugi
MKGJS15
Võ tàng tiểu sam 6.4 20.6 Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa
Shin-Kawasaki
JS14
Tân xuyên kỳ 2.7 23.3
  • JNNambu Line (Kashimada,unofficial)
  • JOYokosuka Line
Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
Yokosuka Line tracks Yokohama
YHMJS13
Hoành bang 12.2 35.5 Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Hodogaya
JS12
Bảo thổ ヶ cốc 3.0 38.5 JOYokosuka Line Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Higashi-Totsuka
JS11
Đông hộ trủng 4.9 43.4 JOYokosuka Line Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
Totsuka
TTKJS10
Hộ trủng 4.2 47.6
  • JOYokosuka Line
  • JTTōkaidō Line
  • Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B06)
[* 6] Ōfuna
OFNJS09
Thuyền lớn 5.6 53.2
  • JTTōkaidō Line (through service)
  • JOYokosuka Line
  • JKNegishi Line
  • Shōnan Monorail
Sakae-ku, Yokohama
Kamakura
Yokosuka Line
Kita-Kamakura

JS08

Bắc liêm thương 2.3 55.5 || || JOYokosuka Line
Kamakura

JS07

Liêm thương 2.2 57.7 || || JOYokosuka Line
Zushi

JS06

Đậu tử 3.9 61.8 || || JOYokosuka Line Zushi, Kanagawa
Through services: JTTōkaidō Line JTTōkaidō Line: forHiratsuka,Kōzu,andOdawara

Notes

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  1. ^ SouthboundRapidtrains from the Utsunomiya Line are labeled "Rapid" between Utsunomiya and Ōmiya and "Local" between Ōmiya and Zushi. Northbound trains are labeled "Local" between Zushi and Ōsaki and "Rapid" between Ōsaki and Utsunomiya. In the timetable of stations on the JR East website, all stations are guided as rapid trains.
  2. ^ SouthboundRapidtrains from the Takasaki Line are labeled "Local" between Maebashi and Ōmiya, "Rapid" between Ōmiya and Totsuka, and "Local" between Totsuka and Odawara. Northbound trains are labeled "Rapid" between Odawara and Ōsaki and "Local" between Ōsaki and Maebashi. In the timetable of stations on the JR East website, all stations are guided as rapid trains.
  3. ^abThe Ikebukuro–Akabane section is treated as passing over theAkabane Linewhen calculating fares; therefore, actual distance is approximately 9.5 km.
  4. ^The Shōnan–Shinjuku Line shares tracks with the Saikyō Line between Ikebukuro and Ōsaki.
  5. ^abThe Nishi-Ōi–Ōsaki section is treated as passing throughShinagawawhen calculating fares.
  6. ^Between Totsuka and Ōfuna, through-service trains for the Tōkaidō Line travel over Tōkaidō Line tracks, while through service trains for the Yokosuka Line travel over Yokosuka Line tracks.

Rolling stock

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Initially, services were operated using a mixture of rolling stock, including115 series,211 series,215 series(double-deck),E217 series,andE231-1000 seriesEMUs, 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 seriestrainsets were also introduced on Shonan–Shinjuku Line services.[2]

History

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On 20 August 2016, station numbering was introduced with stations being assigned station numbers between JS05 and JS24.[3][4]Numbers increase towards in the northbound direction towards Omiya.

See also

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References

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  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. ^Ueshin, Daisuke (March 19, 2015).E233 hệ, ダイヤ sửa lại で Tương nam tân túc ラインにも lên sân khấu[E233 series also appear on Shonan–Shinjuku line from timetable revision].Mynavi News(in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation.Archivedfrom the original on April 1, 2016.RetrievedOctober 3,2016.
  3. ^"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). April 6, 2016. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on December 7, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 7,2023.
  4. ^Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (April 7, 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 August 6, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 7,2023.

Further reading

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  • Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (November 2011). "Đặc tập: Tương nam tân túc ライン10 đầy năm" [Feature: 10th Anniversary of the Shōnan–Shinjuku line].Japan Railfan Magazine.Vol. 51, no. 607. Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd. pp.7–42.
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