Home Liner

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Home Liner (ホームライナー, Home Liner^?) is the generic name given to limited-stop commuter train services operated by railway companies in Japan, which require the purchase of a supplementary (乗車整理券, jōsha seiriken^?) or (ライナー券, raināken^?) 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 up and late evening down workings often form an effective way to utilize rolling stock being moved to or from depots.

Contents 1 Fares 2 List of services 2.1 JR Hokkaido 2.2 JR East 2.3 JR Central 2.4 JR West 2.5 JR Kyushu 2.6 Private railways 2.6.1 Tōbu 3 References

[edit] Fares

The additional fares required to ride the home liner trains are as follows^[1].

• JR Hokkaido – 310 yen (jōsha seiriken)
• JR East (Greater Tokyo Area) – 500 yen (raināken)
• JR East (Niigata and Nagano areas) – 300 yen (jōsha seiriken)
• JR Central – 310 yen (jōsha seiriken)
• JR West – 310 yen (jōsha seiriken)
• JR Kyushu – 300 yen (jōsha seiriken)

[edit] List of services

[edit] JR Hokkaido

Name	Line	Section	Rolling stock	Remarks
Sapporo
Home Liner	Hakodate Main Line	Otaru → Sapporo Teine ↔ Sapporo	785 series 789 series KiHa 261 KiHa 281 KiHa 283	Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 100 yen to/from Teine.

[edit] JR East

Name	Line	Section	Rolling stock	Remarks
Tokyo
Shōnan Liner	Tōkaidō Main Line	Tokyo ↔ Odawara	185 series 215 series	Weekdays only.
Ohayō Liner Shinjuku Home Liner Odawara	Tōkaidō Main Line – Yamanote Line	Shinjuku ↔ Odawara	215 series 251 series	Weekdays only.
Ohayō Liner Zushi Home Liner Zushi	Yokosuka Line	Tokyo ↔ Zushi	E257-500 series
Chūō Liner Ōme Liner	Chūō Main Line	Tokyo/Shinjuku ↔ Hachiōji/Takao/Ōme	E257 series E351 series	Weekdays only.
Home Liner Kōnosu	Takasaki Line	Ueno → Kōnosu	185 series 489 series
Home Liner Koga	Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Line)	Ueno/Shinjuku → Koga	185 series 489 series
Home Liner Chiba	Sōbu Line	Tokyo/Shinjuku → Chiba	255 series
Nagano
Ohayō Liner	Shinonoi Line - Shinetsu Main Line	Shiojiri → Nagano	183 series 189 series	Weekdays only.

[edit] JR Central

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Nagoya
Name	Line	Section	Rolling stock	Remarks
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	Weekdays only.
Home Liner Sekigahara	Tōkaidō Main Line	Nagoya → Sekigahara	683 series	Weekday evenings only.
Home Liner Nakatsugawa	Chūō Main Line	Nagoya → Nakatsugawa	373 series 313-8000 series	Weekday evenings only.
Home Liner Mizunami	Tōkaidō Main Line	Mizunami → Nagoya	383 series	Weekday mornings only.

[edit] JR West

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[edit] JR Kyushu

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[edit] Private railways

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[edit] Tōbu

Name	Line	Section	Rolling stock	Remarks
TJ Liner	Tōbu Tōjō Main Line	Ikebukuro → Shinrinkōen/Ogawamachi	50090 series	From 15 June 2008, Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 300 yen from Ikebukuro only.[2]

[edit] References