| Yokohama Line | |
| Native Name: | 横浜線 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | Heavy rail |
| Locale: | Kanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo |
| Stations: | 20 |
| Daily Ridership: | 840,200 (daily 2015)[1] |
| Open: | 1908 |
| Operator: | JR East |
| Stock: | E233-6000 series |
| Electrification: | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Yokohama Line (ja|横浜線|Yokohama-sen) is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as the "Tokyo Mega Loop" (ja|東京メガループ|links=no) around Tokyo, consisting of the Keiyo Line, Musashino Line, Nambu Line, and Yokohama Line.[2] The line's name comes from the section between Nagatsuta and Higashi-Kanagawa that runs through the city of Yokohama. Nicknamed the by locals,[3] the line serves commuters in the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and northeastern suburbs of Yokohama.
The line was opened by the private on 23 September 1908 and leased to the government in 1910.[4] The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917.[4]
The Higashi-Kanagawa to Haramachida (now Machida) section was electrified on 1 October 1932, with the Haramachida to Hachiōji section electrified on 14 April 1941.[4]
The Higashi-Kanagawa to Kozukue section was double-tracked by 1968, extended to Aihara by 1980, and completed to Hachiōji on 6 March 1988.[4]
Through service trains from the Sagami Line began on 16 March 1991, when that line was fully electrified.
Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with stations being assigned station numbers between JH13 and JH32.[5] [6] Numbers increase towards in the westbound direction towards Hachioji.
Through service operation from the Sagami Line onto the Yokohama Line ended on 11 March 2022.[7]
Despite the line's name, only approximately half of all trains run as far as Yokohama Station. trains operate every 20 minutes during the daytime.
| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Rapid | Transfers | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between stations | Total | ||||||||
| 東神奈川 | style="text-align:right;" | - | 0.0 | ● | Keihin-Tohoku Line (through to and via the Negishi Line) Keikyu Main Line | Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama | Kanagawa | ||
| 大口 | 2.2 | 2.2 | ｜ | ||||||
| 菊名 | 2.6 | 4.8 | ● | Tōkyū Tōyoko Line | Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama | ||||
| 新横浜 | 1.3 | 6.1 | ● | Tokaido Shinkansen Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (SH01) Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (SO52) Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B25) | |||||
| 小机 | 1.7 | 7.8 | ｜ | ||||||
| 鴨居 | 3.1 | 10.9 | ● | Midori-ku, Yokohama | |||||
| 中山 | 2.6 | 13.5 | ● | Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line (G01) | |||||
| 十日市場 | 2.4 | 15.9 | ｜ | ||||||
| 長津田 | 2.0 | 17.9 | ● | Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line Kodomonokuni Line | |||||
| 成瀬 | 2.3 | 20.2 | ｜ | Machida | Tokyo | ||||
| 町田 | 2.7 | 22.9 | ● | Odakyu Odawara Line | |||||
| 古淵 | 2.8 | 25.7 | ｜ | Minami-ku, Sagamihara | Kanagawa | ||||
| 淵野辺 | 2.7 | 28.4 | ｜ | Chūō-ku, Sagamihara | |||||
| 矢部 | 0.8 | 29.2 | ｜ | ||||||
| 相模原 | 1.8 | 31.0 | ● | ||||||
| 橋本 | 2.8 | 33.8 | ● | Sagami Line Keio Sagamihara Line | Midori-ku, Sagamihara | ||||
| 相原 | 1.9 | 35.7 | ● | Machida | Tokyo | ||||
| 八王子みなみ野 | 2.9 | 38.6 | ● | Hachiōji | |||||
| 片倉 | 1.4 | 40.0 | ● | Keiō Takao Line | |||||
| 八王子 | 2.6 | 42.6 | ● | Chūō Main Line Chūō Line (Rapid) Hachiko Line Keio Line | |||||
Local and Rapid services
Sagami Line through services
8-car 205 series EMU trains were introduced in 1988.[11] In these sets, the second car from the Higashi-Kanagawa end had six pairs of doors on each side to allow rapid boarding and disembarking during peak periods. The last 205 series set on the Yokohama Line ran on 23 August 2014.[12]