Tokaido Main Line

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Image:Tokaidohonsen.png The Template:Nihongo is the busiest trunk line of Japan Railway (JR), connecting Tokyo Station and Kobe Station. It is 589.5 km (366 miles) long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The Tokaido Shinkansen runs largely parallel to the line.

The term "Tokaido Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days: now, various portions of the line have different names, which are officially used in JR. Today, there are no passenger trains that operate over the entire length of the line (other than certain overnight services; see below), so longer intercity trips require several transfers along the way.

The Tokaido Main Line is operated by three JR companies:

• East Japan Railway Company (Tokyo-Atami)
• Central Japan Railway Company (Atami-Maibara)
• West Japan Railway Company (Maibara-Kobe)

Contents 1 Route Data 2 Stations 2.1 Tokyo Area 2.2 Tokaido Line 2.3 Biwako Line 2.4 Kyoto Line 2.5 Kobe Line 3 Trains 3.1 Daytime trains 3.2 Overnight trains

Route Data

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• East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company
• Total distance: 713.6km (Tōkyō — Kōbe)
  • East Japan Railway Company
    • 104.6km (Tōkyō — Atami)
    • 17.8km (Shinagawa — Shin-Kawasaki — Tsurumi)
    • 20.6km (Hamamatsuchō — Tōkyō Freight Terminal — Kawasaki Freight Terminal — Hama-Kawasaki)
    • 2.3km (Tsurumi — Hacchō-Nawate)
    • 8.5km (Tsurumi — Higashi-Takashima — Sakuragichō)
    • 2.7km (Irie Signalbox — Shin-Kyō) (not used by passenger trains, currently being removed)
    • 16.0km (Tsurumi — Yokohama-Hazawa — Higashi-Totsuka)
  • Central Japan Railway Company
    • 341.3km (Atami — Maibara) (3.3km Kanayama — Nagoya section is considered part of the Chūō Main Line; however, the Chūō Main Line does not stop at Otōbashi)
    • 5.0km (Ōgaki — Mino-Akasaka)
    • 13.8km (Ōgaki — (Shin-Tarui) — Sekigahara)
  • West Japan Railway Company
    • 143.6km (Maibara — Kōbe)
    • 3.3km (Umekōji — Tambaguchi) (not used by passenger trains)
    • 10.7km (Suita — (Miyabara Switchyard) — Amagasaki) (this section is also known as the Hoppō Freight Line)
    • 8.5km (Suita — Umeda — Fukushima) (not used by passnger trains; this section is also known as the Umeda Freight Line)
  • Japan Freight Railway Company
    • 第一種鉄道事業
      • 6.2km (Sannō Signalbox — Nagoya-Minato)
      • 8.7km (Suita Signalbox — Ōsaka Freight Terminal)
    • 第二種鉄道事業
      • 97.8km (Shinagawa — Atami)
      • 13.9km (Shinagawa — Shin-Tsurumi Signalbox)
      • 12.9km (Tōkyō Freight Terminal — Hama-Kawasaki)
      • 16.0km (Tsurumi — Yokohama-Hazawa — Higashi-Totsuka)
      • 2.3 (Tsurumi — Hacchō-Nawate)
      • 11.2km (Tsurumi — Shin-Kyō — Sakuragichō)
      • 341.3km (Atami — Maibara)
      • 10.7km (Minami-Arao Signalbox — Sekigahara)
      • 1.9km (Minami-Arao Signalbox — Mino-Akasaka)
      • 139.0km (Maibara — Kōbe) (via Hoppō Freight Line)
      • 3.3km (Umekōji — Tambaguchi)
      • 8.5km (Suita — Umeda — Fukushima)
• Rail gauge: 1,067 mm
• Stations: 161 (not including branch line stations other than Shinagawa — Shin-Kawasaki and Ōgaki — Mino-Akasaka sections)
  • JR East: 34
  • JR Central: 80
  • JR West: 47
• Tracks
  • Three-track or more
    • 83.9 km (Tōkyō — Odawara)
    • 98.1 km (Asakusa — Kōbe)
  • Dual-track
    • Odawara — Asakusa
    • Shinagawa — Shin-Kawasaki — Tsurumi
    • Hamamatsuchō — Tōkyō Freight Terminal — Kawasaki Freight Terminal — Hama-Kawasaki
    • Tsurumi — Hacchō-Nawate
    • Tsurumi — Higashi-Takashima
    • Tsurumi — Yokohama-Hazawa — Higashi-Totsuka
    • Suita — Umeda
    • Suita — (Miyabara Switchyard) — Amagasaki
  • Single-track
    • Irie Signalbox — Shin-Kyō
    • Higashi-Takashima — Sakuragichō
    • Sannō Signalbox — Nagoya-Minato
    • Ōgaki — Mino-Akasaka
    • Ōgaki — (Shin-Tarui) — Sekigahara
    • Umekōji — Tambaguchi
    • Suita — Ōsaka Freight Terminal
    • Umeda — Fukushima
• Electrification: All (except Sannō Signalbox — Nagoya-Minato section) (Direct Current 1,500 V)

Stations

Tokyo Area

The Tokaido Main Line in the Greater Tokyo Area is often referred to as Shonan densha (湘南電車). It runs on dedicated tracks parallel to the Yamanote Line in central Tokyo, the Keihin-Tohoku Line between Tokyo and Yokohama, and the Yokosuka Line between Tokyo and Ofuna.

All trains along this section of the line have double-decker "Green Cars" with forward-facing seats, which can be used for an additional fee (payable by Suica card inside the train).

Shonan-Shinjuku Line trains also run on this segment north from Yokohama through west-central Tokyo to Saitama.

Station	Ward/City	Transfers
Tokyo	Chiyoda, Tokyo	Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Chuo Main Line, Sobu Main Line, Keiyo Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Shimbashi	Minato, Tokyo	Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Yurikamome
Shinagawa	Minato, Tokyo	Tokaido Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Keikyu Main Line
Kawasaki	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki	Nambu Line, Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Daishi Line
Yokohama	Nishi-ku, Yokohama	Keihin-Tohoku Line, Negishi Line, Yokosuka Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line, Keikyu Main Line, Sagami Railway, Yokohama Subway No. 3 Line, Minatomirai Line
Totsuka	Totsuka-ku, Yokohama	Yokosuka Line, Yokohama Subway No. 1 Line
Ofuna	Kamakura, Kanagawa	Negishi Line, Yokosuka Line, Shonan Monorail
Fujisawa	Fujisawa, Kanagawa	Odakyu Enoshima Line, Enoshima Railway
Tsujido	Fujisawa, Kanagawa
Chigasaki	Chigasaki, Kanagawa	Sagami Line
Hiratsuka	Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
Oiso	Oiso, Kanagawa
Ninomiya	Ninomiya, Kanagawa
Kozu	Odawara, Kanagawa	Gotemba Line
Kamonomiya	Odawara, Kanagawa
Odawara	Odawara, Kanagawa	Tokaido Shinkansen, Odakyu Odawara Line, Hakone-Tozan Line, Izu-Hakone Daiyuzan Line
Hayakawa	Odawara, Kanagawa
Nebukawa	Odawara, Kanagawa
Manazuru	Manazuru, Kanagawa
Yugawara	Yugawara, Kanagawa
Atami	Atami, Shizuoka	Tokaido Shinkansen, Ito Line

The followng types of services run on the Tokyo-Atami segment:

• Local (普通) trains stop at all stations, and can start/end at a variety of locations.
• Rapid Acty (快速アクティー) trains run between Tokyo and Odawara, and between Tokyo and Atami. They do not stop at Totsuka, Tsujido, Oiso, Ninomiya or Kamonomiya.
• Commuter Rapid (通勤快速) trains run outbound from Tokyo to Odawara on weekday nights only. These trains stop only at Shimbashi, Shinagawa, Fujisawa, Chigasaki, Hiratsuka, Kozu and Odawara.
• Shonan Liner (湘南ライナー) trains are special, all-reserved commuter express trains with comfortable seating. They operate from Odawara to Tokyo on weekday mornings, with a few services terminating in Shinagawa. Return services run from Tokyo to Odawara on weekday evenings. Like Commuter Rapid trains, Shonan Liners normally do not stop between Shinagawa and Fujisawa. Between Fujisawa and Odawara, varying stops are made. A reserved seat fee of ¥500 is required to use the Shonan Liner, in addition to the standard fare.

Tokaido Line

Atami Station Kannami Station Mishima Station Numazu Station Katahama Station Hara Station Higashi-Tagonoura Station Yoshiwara Station Fuji Station Fujikawa Station Shin-Kambara Station Kambara Station Yui Station Okitsu Station Shimizu Station Kusanagi Station Higashi-Shizuoka Station Shizuoka Station Abekawa Station Mochimune Station Yaizu Station Nishi-Yaizu Station Fujieda Station Rokugo Station Shimada Station Kanaya Station Kikugawa Station

Kakegawa Station Aino Station Fukuroi Station Iwata Station Toyodacho Station Tenryugawa Station Hamamatsu Station Takatsuka Station Maisaka Station Bentenjima Station Araimachi Station Washizu Station Shinjohara Station Futagawa Station Toyohashi Station Nishi-Kozakai Station Aichi-Mito Station Mikawa-Otsuka Station Mikawa-Miya Station Gamagori Station Mikawa-Shiotsu Station Sangane Station Koda Station Okazaki Station Nishi-Okazaki Station Anjo Station Mikawa-Anjo Station

Higashi-Kariya Station Kariya Station Aizuma Station Obu Station Kyowa Station Odaka Station Kasadera Station Atsuta Station Kanayama Station Otobashi Station Nagoya Station Biwajima Station Kiyosu Station Inazawa Station Owari-Ichinomiya Station Kisogawa Station Gifu Station Nishi-Gifu Station Hozumi Station Ogaki Station Tarui Station Sekigahara Station Kashiwabara Station Omi-nagaoka Station Samegai Station Maibara Station

Biwako Line

Beyond Maibara, the Biwako Line also turns into Nagahama Station on the Hokuriku Main Line.

• Special Rapid Services (新快速) stop at Nagahama, Tamura, Sakata, Maibara, Hikone, Notogawa, Omi-Hachiman, Yasu, Moriyama, Kusatsu, Ishiyama, Otsu, Yamashina, and Kyoto
• Rapid Services (快速) stop at all stations between Nagahama and Kyoto
• Local trains (普通) stop at all stations between Yasu and Kyoto

• Nagahama Station (Hokuriku Line)
• Tamura Station (Hokuriku Line)
• Sakata Station (Hokuriku Line)
• Maibara Station
• Hikone Station
• Minami-Hikone Station
• Kawase Station
• Inae Station
• Notogawa Station
• Azuchi Station
• Omihachiman Station
• Shinohara Station
• Yasu Station
• Moriyama Station
• Ritto Station
• Kusatsu Station
• Minami-Kusatsu Station
• Seta Station
• Ishiyama Station
• Zeze Station
• Otsu Station
• Yamashina Station
• Kyoto Station

Kyoto Line

JR Kyoto Line(JR京都線)

• Special Rapid Services (新快速) stop at Kyoto, Takatsuki, Shin-Osaka, and Osaka.
• Rapid Services (快速) stop at every station between Kyoto and Takatsuki except JR Katsura and Shimamoto, including Ibaraki, Shin-Osaka, and Osaka. They pass through Nishi-Oji, Mukomachi, and Yamazaki in the morning and at night.
• Local trains (普通) stop at all stations except JR Katsura and Shimamoto.

• Kyoto Station
• Nishi-Oji Station
• JR Katsura Station (under construction)
• Mukomachi Station
• Nagaokakyo Station
• Yamazaki Station
• Shimamoto Station (under construction)
• Takatsuki Station
• Settsu-Tonda Station
• Ibaraki Station
• Senrioka Station
• Kishibe Station
• Suita Station
• Higashi-Yodogawa Station
• Shin-Osaka Station
• Osaka Station

Kobe Line

The JR Kobe Line continues as far west as Himeji Station, although the line between Kobe and Himeji is technically part of the Sanyo Main Line (which goes all the way to Hakata Station in Fukuoka).

• Osaka Station
• Tsukamoto Station
• Amagasaki Station
• Tachibana Station
• Koshienguchi Station
• Nishinomiya Station
• Ashiya Station
• Konan-Yamate Station
• Settsu-Motoyama Station
• Sumiyoshi Station
• Rokkomichi Station
• Nada Station
• Sannomiya Station
• Motomachi Station
• Kobe Station

Trains

In addition to standard local, rapid, and special rapid service trains, the Tokaido Line also hosts a number of limited express services.

Daytime trains

• Biwako Express (Maibara-Osaka)
• Fujikawa (Shizuoka-Fuji)
• Haruka (Maibara-Kansai International Airport)
• Hida (Nagoya-Gifu, Gifu-Osaka)
• Odoriko (Tokyo-Atami)
• Shinano (Nagoya-Osaka)
• Shirasagi (Nagoya-Maibara)
• Tokai (Tokyo-Shizuoka)

Overnight trains

Most overnight trains on the Tokaido Line go from Tokyo to western Honshu, or even as far as Kyushu.

• Fuji (Tokyo-Oita)
• Ginga (Tokyo-Osaka)
• Hayabusa (Tokyo-Kumamoto)
• Moonlight Nagara (Tokyo-Ogaki)
• Sunrise Izumo (Tokyo-Izumo via Okayama)
• Sunrise Seto (Tokyo-Takamatsu)

The Izumo (Tokyo-Izumo via Tottori) was discontinued as of March, 2006.ja:東海道本線