Chūō-Sōbu Line

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Rush hour at the Yamanote line and Chuo Sobu line in Shinjuku station
Rush hour at the Yamanote line and Chuo Sobu line in Shinjuku station

The Chūō-Sōbu Line (中央・総武緩行線 Chūō Sōbu Kankō-sen?) is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It runs on the right-of-way of the Chūō Main Line(Chūō Line (Rapid)) and Sōbu Main Line (Sōbu Line (Rapid)), providing short-haul commuter service between Mitaka Station in the cities of Mitaka and Musashino and Chiba Station in Chiba.

Kankō, or "slow run", distinguishes the local trains on the Chūō-Sōbu line from the rapid service trains running on the Chūō Main Line between Mitaka and Ochanomizu, and on the Sōbu Main Line between Kinshicho and Chiba.

Women-only cars, designed to prevent chikan, were introduced on this line during morning rush hours starting on November 20, 2006.

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[edit] Facts

  • Length: 60.2 km
  • Gauge: 1067 mm
  • Number of stations: 39 (including ends)
  • Multiple-track section: Entire line
  • Electric supply: 1500 V DC

[edit] Rolling stock

Chūō-Sōbu Line train at Ochanomizu
Chūō-Sōbu Line train at Ochanomizu

Trains used on the Chūō-Sōbu Line are based at Mitaka Depot.

[edit] Rolling stock currently used

[edit] Rolling stock used in the past

  • 101 series EMUs (yellow livery) (from 1963 until 1988)
  • 103 series 10-car EMUs (yellow livery) (from 1979 until 2001)
  • 201 series 10-car EMUs (yellow livery) (from 1982 until 2002)
  • 205 series 10-car EMUs (yellow stripe) (from 1989 until 2001)

[edit] Stations

○: Stop; |: Pass; △: Stop on Weekdays.

Station in Japanese Chūō Rapid Line Sōbu Line Rapid Local
run through
Tokyo Metro
Tōzai Line		 Transfers Ward or City, Prefecture
Mitaka 三鷹 ○ ○ JR East: Chūō Main Line (from Takao) Mitaka, Tokyo
Kichijōji 吉祥寺 ○ ○ Keio Corporation: Keiō Inokashira Line Musashino, Tokyo
Nishi-Ogikubo 西荻窪 △ ○   Suginami, Tokyo
Ogikubo 荻窪 ○ ○ Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-01)
Asagaya 阿佐ヶ谷 △ ○  
Kōenji 高円寺 △ ○  
Nakano 中野 ○ ○ Tokyo Metro: ○Tozai Line (T-01, through service from Mitaka) Nakano, Tokyo
Higashi-Nakano 東中野 | run through
Tozai Line
between Nakano
and Nishi-Funabashi		 Toei Subway: ○Oedo Line (E-31)
Ōkubo 大久保 |   Shinjuku, Tokyo
Shinjuku 新宿 ○ JR East: Yamanote Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Odakyu Electric Railway : Odawara Line
Keio Corporation: Keiō Line, Keio New Line
Seibu Railway: Shinjuku Line (at Seibu-Shinjuku)
Tokyo Metro: ○Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08)
Toei Subway: ○Shinjuku Line (S-01), ○Oedo Line(at Shinjuku Station (E-27) or Shinjuku Nishiguchi (E-01))
Yoyogi 代々木 | JR East: Yamanote Line
Toei Subway: ○Oedo Line (E-26)		 Shibuya, Tokyo
Sendagaya 千駄ヶ谷 | Toei Subway: ○Oedo Line (walk on Kokuritsu-kyogijo Station (E-25))
Shinanomachi 信濃町 |   Shinjuku, Tokyo
Yotsuya 四ッ谷 ○ Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-12), ○Namboku Line(N-08) Chiyoda, Tokyo
Ichigaya 市ヶ谷 | Tokyo Metro: ○Yurakucho Line (Y-14), ○Namboku Line(N-09)
Toei Subway: ○Shinjuku Line (S-04)
Iidabashi 飯田橋 | (○)
(on Tozai Line)		 Tokyo Metro: ○Tozai Line (T-06), ○Yurakucho Line (Y-13), ○Namboku Line(N-10)
Toei Subway: ○Oedo Line (E-06)
Suidōbashi 水道橋 | run
through
Tozai Line		 Toei Subway: ○Mita Line (I-11)
Ochanomizu 御茶ノ水 ○ JR East: Chūō Main Line for Tokyo Station
Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-20), ○Chiyoda Line (walk on Shin-Ochanomizu Station (C-12))
Akihabara 秋葉原 to Kanda and Tokyo from Tokyo and Yokosuka Line JR East: Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line
Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company: Tsukuba Express
Tokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-15)
Asakusabashi 浅草橋 Toei Subway: ○Asakusa Line (A-16) Taito, Tokyo
Ryōgoku 両国 Toei Subway: ○Oedo Line Sumida, Tokyo
Kinshichō 錦糸町 ○ JR East: Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Tokyo Station
Tokyo Metro: ○Hanzomon Line (Z-13)
Kameido 亀戸 | Tobu Railway: Tobu Kameido Line Koto, Tokyo
Hirai 平井 |   Edogawa, Tokyo
Shin-Koiwa 新小岩 ○   Katsushika, Tokyo
Koiwa 小岩 |   Edogawa, Tokyo
Ichikawa 市川 ○   Ichikawa, Chiba
Motoyawata 本八幡 | Toei Subway: ○Shinjuku Line (S-21)
Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Main Line (at Keisei Yawata Station)
Shimousa-Nakayama 下総中山 |   Funabashi, Chiba
Nishi-Funabashi 西船橋 | ○
(mainly terminus)		 JR East: Musashino Line, Keiyo Line
Tokyo Metro: ○Tozai Line (T-23, through service to Tsudanuma)
Toyo Rapid Railway Line
Funabashi 船橋 ○ ○ Tobu Railway: Tobu Noda Line, Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Main Line (foot on Keisei Funabashi Station)
Higashi-Funabashi 東船橋 | ○  
Tsudanuma 津田沼 ○ ○
(terminus)		 Shin-Keisei Line (foot on Shin-Tsudanuma Station) Narashino, Chiba
Makuhari-Hongō 幕張本郷 |   Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Chiba Line (at Keisei Makuhari-Hongo Station) Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba
Makuhari 幕張 |  
Shin-Kemigawa 新検見川 |  
Inage 稲毛 ○   Inage-ku, Chiba
Nishi-Chiba 西千葉 |   Chūō-ku, Chiba
Chiba 千葉 ○ JR East: Sōbu Main Line (to Choshi), Uchibō Line, Sotobō Line, Narita Line
Chiba Urban Monorail: Line 1 and Line 2
Keisei Electric Railway:Keisei Chiba Line (foot on Keisei Chiba Station)

Trains normally terminate on the west end of the line at Mitaka or Nakano, and on the east end at Nishi-Funabashi, Tsudanuma or Chiba. Some Tokyo Metro Tozai Line services stop at the same stations as the Chūō-Sōbu line between Mitaka and Nakano and between Nishi-Funabashi and Tsudanuma stations. They run only morning or evening on weekdays on the section between Nishi-Funabashi and Tsudanuma.

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Mass transit in the Tokyo area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines
■Yamanote • ■Chūō • ■Chūō-Sōbu • ■Jōban • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Saikyō •■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu Rapid • ■Tōkaidō • ■Utsunomiya • ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines
○Chiyoda (C) • ○Fukutoshin (F) • ○Ginza (G) • ○Hibiya (H) • ○Marunouchi (M) • ○Namboku (N) • ○Tōzai (T) • ○Yūrakuchō (Y) • ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines
Subway: ○Asakusa (A) • ○Ōedo (E) • ○Mita (I) • ○Shinjuku (S) • Guideway: Nippori-Toneri • Streetcar: Arakawa
Major / semi-major lines
Keikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Shin-Keisei • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8)
Other lines
Suburban, JR
■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama
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