Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

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The Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (湘南新宿ライン, Shōnan Shinjuku Rain^?) is a railway service in Japan which commenced in December 2001 connecting the cities of Saitama, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, and Odawara. It is not a distinct railway line, but rather a 78 km composite line formed by portions of the Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line, Saikyō Line, Yokosuka Line, and Tōkaidō Main Line.

Contents 1 Trains 1.1 Local trains (普通, Futsū?) 1.2 Rapid service (快速, Kaisoku?) 1.3 Special Rapid service (特別快速, Tokubetsu Kaisoku?) 2 Stations

[edit] Trains

Initially, services were operated using a mixture of rolling stock, including 115 series, 211 series, 215 series (double-deck), E217 series, and E231 series EMUs, but rolling stock was standardized on the E231 series EMUs in 2004, from which date these trains also included two bilevel Green cars.

The following types of services run on the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line:

[edit] Local trains (普通, Futsū^?)

Local trains go from the Utsunomiya Line through the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to the Yokosuka Line and vice versa, making all station stops.

[edit] Rapid service (快速, Kaisoku^?)

• Takasaki Line rapid services run from the Takasaki Line through the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to the Tōkaidō Main Line and vice versa. These trains do not stop at Nishi-Ōi, Shin-Kawasaki, Hodogaya or Higashi-Totsuka stations.
• Utsunomiya Line rapid services run from the Utsunomiya Line through the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to the Yokosuka Line and vice versa. Between Oyama and Ōmiya on the Utsunomiya Line, these trains only stop at Koga, Kuki and Hasuda stations. On the Shōnan-Shinjuku and Yokosuka Lines, these trains make all station stops.

[edit] Special Rapid service (特別快速, Tokubetsu Kaisoku^?)

Special Rapid trains run from the Takasaki Line through the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to the Tōkaidō Main Line and vice versa, making limited station stops. On the Shōnan-Shinjuku segment between Ōmiya and Ōfuna, these trains do not stop at Ebisu, Nishi-Ōi, Shin-Kawasaki, Hodogaya or Higashi-Totsuka stations.

Now Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains run every 15 minutes (four trains per hour, two of them run between Utsunomiya Line, Utsunomiya or Koganei, and Yokosuka Line, Zushi, and other two run between Takasaki Line, Takasaki or Kagohara, and Tokaido Main Line, Odawara, Kōzu or Hiratsuka) during daytime, and about every 10 minutes (six trains per hour) during morning rush hour.

[edit] Stations

This route is used only by Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains.

Station	Ward / City	Connections
Through service to Takasaki Line (for Takasaki Station), Tōhoku Main Line/Utsunomiya Line (for Utsunomiya Station)
Ōmiya Station	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama	Takasaki Line (through service), Tōhoku Main Line/Utsunomiya Line (through service), Shinkansen, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Saikyō Line, Kawagoe Line, Tōbu Noda Line, Saitama New Transit Ina Line
Akabane Station	Kita, Tokyo	Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Saikyō Line(For Itabashi, Ikebukuro, Musashi-Urawa and Omiya)
Ikebukuro Station	Toshima, Tokyo	Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line(For Itabashi, Akabane and Omiya), Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Tōbu Tōjō Main Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line
Shinjuku Station	Shinjuku, Tokyo	Yamanote Line, Chūō Main Line, Odakyu Odawara Line, Keiō Line, Keio New Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Toei Shinjuku Line, Toei Ōedo Line
Shibuya Station	Shibuya, Tokyo	Yamanote Line, Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line, Keiō Inokashira Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line
Ebisu Station	Shibuya, Tokyo	Yamanote Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Ōsaki Station	Shinagawa, Tokyo	Yamanote Line, Rinkai Line
Nishi-Ōi Station	Shinagawa, Tokyo	Yokosuka Line (For Shinagawa, Tokyo and Chiba)
Shin-Kawasaki Station	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
Yokohama Station	Nishi-ku, Yokohama	Tōkaidō Main Line (For Kawasaki, Shinagawa and Tokyo), Negishi Line, Yokohama Line, Keikyū Main Line, Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, Minatomirai Line, Yokohama Subway No. 3 Line
Hodogaya Station	Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Higashi-Totsuka Station	Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
Totsuka Station	Totsuka-ku, Yokohama	Yokohama Subway No. 1 Line
Ōfuna Station	Kamakura, Kanagawa	Tōkaidō Main Line (through service), Yokosuka Line (through service), Negishi Line, Shonan Monorail Enoshima Line
Through service to Tōkaidō Main Line (for Odawara Station), Yokosuka Line (for Kurihama Station)

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