is the generic name given to limited-stop commuter train services operated by railway companies in Japan, which require the purchase of a supplementary or in addition to the base fare ticket. The supplementary ticket guarantees passengers a seat on board.[1] This article describes all commuter services in Japan fitting this definition, regardless of whether their names actually include the title "Home Liner".
These services generally use express or limited-express train rolling stock, and the early morning inbound and late evening outbound movements often form an effective way to move rolling stock being to or from depots in preparation for the next day's operations.
The name "Home Liner" was first coined in June 1984 by JNR when an empty stock working for an Asama 189 series EMU was used to carry passengers from Ueno to Ōmiya on the Tōhoku Main Line in the evening for a supplementary fare of 300 yen. Initially, only four of the twelve cars in the train were made available to passengers, but the popularity of the service resulted in three evening Home Liner trains being introduced from Ueno to Ōmiya from September 1984. The first morning Liner service appeared in November 1986 with the introduction of the Shōnan Liner from Odawara to Tokyo on the Tōkaidō Main Line, and the Hanwa Liner from Wakayama to Tennōji on the Hanwa Line.[2] JR West has since discontinued Home Liner services, replacing them with extra limited express or rapid trains.
Additional fares required to ride JR Group home liner trains are as follows:[1]
| Name | Line | Section | Rolling stock | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakuraku Train Murakami | Hakushin Line - Uetsu Main Line | → | E653-1000 series | ||
| Rakuraku Train Shin'etsu | Shin'etsu Main Line | → | E653-1100 series |
| Name | Line | Section | Rolling stock | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagoya | |||||
| Home Liner Toyohashi | Tōkaidō Main Line | Ōgaki/Nagoya → Toyohashi | 373 series | Weekdays only. | |
| Home Liner Ōgaki | Tōkaidō Main Line | Ōgaki → Nagoya Toyohashi → Ōgaki | 683 series 373 series | ||
| Home Liner Sekigahara | Tōkaidō Main Line | Nagoya → Sekigahara | 683 series | Weekday evenings only. | |
| Home Liner Nakatsugawa | Chūō Main Line | Nagoya → Nakatsugawa | 383 series 313-8000 series | Weekday evenings only. | |
| Home Liner Tajimi | Chūō Main Line - | Tajimi → Nagoya | 383 series | Weekday mornings only. | |
| Home Liner Mizunami | Chūō Main Line | Mizunami → Nagoya | 383 series | Weekday mornings only. | |
| Home Liner Taita | Chūō Main Line - Taita Line | Nagoya - Mino-Ōta | KiHa 85 series | Weekday and Saturday mornings only. | |
| Home Liner Yokkaichi | Kansai Main Line | Yokkaichi → Nagoya | KiHa 85 series | Weekday mornings only. | |
| Shizuoka | |||||
| Home Liner Numazu | Tōkaidō Main Line | Shizuoka → Numazu | 373 series | ||
| Home Liner Hamamatsu | Tōkaidō Main Line | Numazu/Shizuoka → Hamamatsu | 373 series | Weekday evenings only. | |
| Home Liner Shizuoka | Tōkaidō Main Line | Numazu/Hamamatsu → Shizuoka | 373 series | ||
| Name | Line | Section | Rolling stock | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawayaka Liner | Kagoshima Main Line | → | 485 series | ||
| Sawayaka Liner | Nippō Main Line - Nichinan Line - Miyazaki Kūkō Line | →, → | 783 series, 485 series | ||
| Home Liner | Kagoshima Main Line | → | 485 series | ||
| Home Liner | Nippō Main Line - Nichinan Line - Miyazaki Kūkō Line | →, → | 485 series |
| Name | Line | Section | Rolling stock | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keikyu | |||||
| Keikyu Wing Morning Wing | Keikyū Main Line | Shinagawa → Keikyū Kurihama/Misakiguchi Miurakaigan → Shinagawa/Sengakuji | Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 300 yen.[3] | ||
| Keisei Electric Railway | |||||
| Morningliner Eveningliner | Keisei Main Line | Keisei Ueno ↔ Narita Airport/Keisei Narita | AE series | Supplementary fare is 410 yen.[4] | |
| Extra Liner | Hokusō Line Keisei Main Line | Inba-Nihon-Idai → Keisei Ueno | AE series | Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 500 yen.[5] | |
| Keio | |||||
| Keio Liner | Keiō LineKeio Sagamihara Line | Shinjuku → Keiō-HachiojiShinjuku → Hashimoto | Keio 5000 series | Supplementary fare is 400 yen.[6] | |
| Tobu Railway | |||||
| TJ Liner | Tōbu Tōjō Line | ↔ / | For the morning up services, supplementary fare is 310 yen for passengers boarding at Fujimino, and 410 yen for passengers boarding before Fujimino. For the evening down services, the 310 yen supplementary fare is charged from Ikebukuro only, and no supplementary ticket is necessary from Fujimino onwards.[7] | ||
| TH Liner | Tōbu Skytree Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line | Entered service on 6 June 2020.[8] Service is provided from Kuki to Ebisu on morning up services, and from Kasumigaseki to Kuki on evening down services.[9] Supplementary fare is 580 yen between the Hibiya Line stations and Sengenai (300 yen for children) and 680 yen for service to and from stations further out as far as Kuki (350 yen for children).[10] | |||
| Seibu Railway/Tokyo Metro/Tokyu Corporation | |||||
| S-Train[11] | Seibu Chichibu Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Seibu Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line, and Minatomirai Line | ↔ ↔ | Seibu 40000 series | Weekday services operate between Tokorozawa and Toyosu; weekend services operate between Seibu-Chichibu and Motomachi-Chūkagai. Seat reservation fee charged. | |
| Haijima Liner | Seibu Shinjuku Line Seibu Haijima Line | ↔ | Seibu 40000 series | Supplementary fare is 300 yen. | |
| Keihan Railway | |||||
| Liner | Keihan Main Line Keihan Ōtō Line | Yodoyabashi ↔ Demachiyanagi | Keihan 8000 series | Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 380 yen between Yodoyabashi through Kyobashi and Chūshojima through Demachiyanagi, or 300 yen for other segments.[12] | |