Sōtetsu–JR Link Line

Sōtetsu–JR Link Line
Sōtetsu–JR Link Line
	JSJA
	Sotetsu 12000 series and E233-7000 series in 2019
Overview
Native name	相鉄・JR直通線
Status	Operational
Owner	Sagami Railway; JR East;
Locale	Tokyo, Kanagawa prefectures
Termini	Shinjuku Station; Ebina Station;
Stations	18
Service
Depot(s)	Kashiwadai (Sotetsu); Kawagoe (JR East);
History
Opened	30 November 2019
Technical
Line length	57 km (35 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	JR Kawagoe Line
	to Komagawa
	JR Yamanote
	Freight Line
	to Shin-yokohama
	(since March 2023)
	Hazawa
	yokohama-kokudai
	Sōtetsu Shin-
	Yokohama Line
	Sōtetsu Main Line
	to Yokohama
	Key to symbols
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

The Sōtetsu–JR Link Line is a section of the Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link project, built by the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT). It connects the Sōtetsu Main Line to the JR East Saikyō Line, via the tracks of the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line and the Tōkaidō Freight Line. This service is publicly referred to as a Sotetsu Link Line by JR East,^[1]^[2]^[3] and as a JR Link Line by the Sagami Railway.^[4]^[5]

Services

JR through service trains enter the Tōkaido Freight Line once leaving Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai Station, via the Tokyo-side of Yokohama-Hazawa Freight Station, then enters the Yokosuka Line tracks near Tsurumi Station. The service shares the same route as the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, heading inbound towards Musashi-Kosugi, Ōsaki, Shibuya, and Shinjuku.

Trains operate from Ebina on the Sotetsu Main Line, via Nishiya, Musashi-Kosugi, and enter the Saikyō Line at Ōsaki. Trains will mostly terminate at Shinjuku. In the morning rush hours, some trains go further north towards Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, Sashiōgi (where the Kawagoe Line depot is located), and as far as Kawagoe. A total of 46 round trips will be operated every day, with a rush-hour frequency of 4 trains per hour, and off-peak frequency of 2-3 trains per hour.^[6]

The fastest travel times are 44 minutes between Futamatagawa and Shinjuku, 45 minutes between Yamato and Shibuya, and 36 minutes between Ebina and Musashi-Kosugi.^[6]

Service types

Local (各停), stopping at all stations
Limited Express (特急), stopping at all stations on the JR lines.
- However, when Limited Express trains are on the JR line, they are displayed as Local instead.

Past proposal

Past proposals also suggested Sōtetsu trains to operate through services with the Ueno-Tokyo Line, towards the Utsunomiya, Takasaki and Jōban Lines. This requires trains to cross over level junctions to enter Tōkaido Line tracks near Tsurumi or Shinagawa (or somewhere in between), which would possibly undermine the high density train operations in this section, if no dedicated grade separation is built. Thus the idea was scrapped due to these difficulties.

Nomenclature

		Ebina Station	Hazawa yokohama-kokudai Station	Tsurumi Station	Shin-Tsurumi Signal Station	...	Shinjuku Station
Line name in passenger info	→	Through service to JR Saikyo Line		Through service to Saikyo (Kawagoe) Line			Saikyo (Kawagoe) Line
Line name in passenger info	←	Sotetsu Lines		Through service to Sotetsu Lines			Through service to Saikyo Line Sotetsu Line
Official route name		Sotetsu Main Line	Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line	Tōkaidō Main Line			Yamanote Line
Track name		Sotetsu Main Line	Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line	Tokaido Freight Line	Hinkaku Line	Hinkaku Line	Yamanote Freight Line

Limited Express stations

Company	Line name	No.	Station	Japanese	Transfers	Location
Through service to Kawagoe on the Saikyō Line and Kawagoe Line
JR East	Yamanote Line	SJKJA11	Shinjuku	新宿	JC Chuo Line (Rapid) JB Chuo-Sobu Line JY Yamanote Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line KO Keio Line KO Keio New Line Odakyu Odawara Line Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku) M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08) S Toei Shinjuku Line (S-01) E Toei Ōedo Line (E-27, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi: E-01)	Shinjuku	Tokyo
		SJKJA11	Shinjuku	新宿		Shibuya
		SBYJA10	Shibuya	渋谷	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line JY Yamanote Line IN Keio Inokashira Line DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line TY Tokyu Toyoko Line G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-01) Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z-01) F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-16)
		EBSJA09	Ebisu	恵比寿	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line JY Yamanote Line H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-02)
		OSKJS17JA08	Ōsaki	大崎	JY Yamanote Line R Rinkai Line	Shinagawa
	Tōkaidō Main Line	JS16	Nishi-Ōi	西大井	JO Yokosuka Line (for Shinagawa)	Shinagawa
		MKGJS15	Musashi-Kosugi	武蔵小杉	JO Yokosuka Line (JO-15) JN Nambu Line (JN-07) TY Tokyu Toyoko Line (TY-11) MG Tokyu Meguro Line (MG-11)	Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
			Hazawa yokohama-kokudai	羽沢横浜国大	Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (for Shin-Yokohama)	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
Sagami Railway	Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line		Hazawa yokohama-kokudai	羽沢横浜国大		Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
	Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line		Nishiya	西谷	Sōtetsu Main Line (for Yokohama)	Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
	Sōtetsu Main Line		Nishiya	西谷	Sōtetsu Main Line (for Yokohama)	Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
			Futamatagawa	二俣川	Izumino Line	Asahi-ku, Yokohama
			Yamato	大和	Odakyu Enoshima Line	Yamato
			Ebina	海老名	Odakyu Odawara Line Sagami Line	Ebina

References

^ "JR東日本：東京近郊路線図（車内掲出版）" (PDF). 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
^ （JR線代表的駅構内図）"大崎駅構内図1F". 東日本旅客鉄道. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
^ 佐藤利夫 (2021-03-01). "特集：東京近郊JR路線別ガイド ⑪埼京・川越・相鉄直通線". 鉄道ファン2021年3月号. 61 (第3号（通巻719号）). 交友社: 34–35.
^ "相鉄線路線図（詳細版）" (PDF). 相模鉄道株式会社. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
^ （相鉄線代表的駅構内案内）"西谷（にしや）". 相鉄グループ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
^ ^a ^b "相鉄・ＪＲ直通線の運行計画の概要について" [Regarding the operation summary of the Sotetsu JR Link Line] (PDF). July 16, 2019.

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[JRE_路線図-1] "JR東日本：東京近郊路線図（車内掲出版）" (PDF). 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社. Retrieved 2020-05-08.

[大崎駅構内図-2] （JR線代表的駅構内図）"大崎駅構内図1F". 東日本旅客鉄道. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

[RF_719-3] 佐藤利夫 (2021-03-01). "特集：東京近郊JR路線別ガイド ⑪埼京・川越・相鉄直通線". 鉄道ファン2021年3月号. 61 (第3号（通巻719号）). 交友社: 34–35.

[相鉄線路線図-4] "相鉄線路線図（詳細版）" (PDF). 相模鉄道株式会社. Retrieved 2020-05-08.

[西谷駅構内案内-5] （相鉄線代表的駅構内案内）"西谷（にしや）". 相鉄グループ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-08.

[:0-6] "相鉄・ＪＲ直通線の運行計画の概要について" [Regarding the operation summary of the Sotetsu JR Link Line] (PDF). July 16, 2019.

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