Shōnan–Shinjuku Line

Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
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	An E231 series Shōnan Shinjuku Line train at Ebisu
Overview
Locale	Kantō region
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	JR East
Daily ridership	478,836 daily (2015)
History
Opened	2001
Technical
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

The Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (Japanese: 湘南新宿ライン, romanized: Shōnan–shinjuku-rain) is a passenger railway service in Japan which commenced in December 2001. The line has no dedicated track as services run through shared sections along the Ryōmō Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line, Yamanote freight line, Yokosuka Line, and Tōkaidō Main Line. It is treated as a distinct service at stations and on railway maps.

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Service patterns on the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line are as follows:

Utsunomiya Line–Yokosuka Line route

Shōnan–Shinjuku Line local (Utsunomiya Line: local; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: local; Yokosuka Line: local)
- Services commenced on December 1, 2001.
- One train per hour is operated between Koganei (some to/from Utsunomiya) and Zushi; this increases to 2–3 trains per hour during peak periods. Sometimes trains operate to/from Ōfuna as well as to/from Koga on weekday mornings.
- Most trains are operated in 15-car sets. Some pause at Koganei to couple-up or divide, with the 10-car portion continues northward; others are operated in 10-car sets along the entire line.
- E233 series LED Displays show a green colour ■ for this service.
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line local / Shōnan–Shinjuku Line rapid (Utsunomiya Line: Rapid; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: Local; Yokosuka Line: Local)
- Services commenced on October 16, 2004.
- From morning to midday, trains are operated hourly between Utsunomiya and Zushi (some to/from Ōfuna). Trains operate as rapid services within the Utsunomiya Line and as local services within the Yokosuka Line. These services replace daytime Rabbit rapid trains within the Utsunomiya Line to/from Ueno.
- Most trains are operated in 15-car sets. Some pause at Koganei to couple-up or divide, with the 10-car portion is operated north of Koganei; others are operated in 10-car sets along the entire line.
- E233 series LED Displays show an orange colour ■ within the Utsunomiya Line, and a green colour ■ south of Ōmiya for this service.

Takasaki Line–Tōkaidō Line route

Shōnan–Shinjuku Line local / Shōnan–Shinjuku Line rapid (Takasaki Line: Local; Ōmiya–Totsuka: Rapid; Totsuka–Tōkaidō Line: Local)
- Services commenced on December 1, 2001.
- One train per hour is operated between Kagohara and Hiratsuka (some to/from Kōzu). During peak periods when there are no special rapid services this increases to 2–3 trains per hour, with trains to/from Takasaki, Kōzu, and Odawara. Some morning southbound trains and weekday evening northbound trains operate to/from Maebashi via the Ryōmō Line; one weekday morning train is operated from Fukaya.
- Except for a single northbound morning and southbound evening train, all trains are operated in 15-car sets south of Kagohara, where they are joined/separated; a 10-car train is operated north of Kagohara. The train from Fukaya is operated as a 15-car set.
- E233 series LED Displays show an orange colour ■ between Ōmiya and Totsuka, and a green colour ■ within the Takasaki and Tōkaidō Lines for this service.
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line special rapid (Takasaki Line–Ōmiya–Ōfuna–Tōkaidō Line: Special Rapid)
- Services commenced on October 16, 2004.
- One train per hour is operated throughout the day. This service replaces Urban rapid services to/from Ueno within the Takasaki Line. Except for the first northbound train, which starts from Hiratsuka, all trains are operated between Takasaki and Odawara.
- Except for two round trips on weekdays, all trains are operated in 15-car sets south of Kagohara, where they are joined/separated; a 10-car train is operated north of Kagohara.
- On very rare occasions in the past, extra services would be operated on weekends and holidays, in which two services each way to/from Odawara are extended to/from Atami, stopping at Manazuru and Yugawara.
- E233 series LED Displays show a blue colour ■ for this service.

Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".
For information on Limited Express services, see the Shōnan article.

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Line name		Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Shōnan–Shinjuku Line services				Transfers	Location
Official	Actual	Station	Japanese	Between stations	From Shinjuku	Local	Rapid^{[* 1]}	Rapid^{[* 2]}	Special Rapid	Transfers	Location
Through services:						JU Utsunomiya Line		JU Takasaki Line		JU Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line): for Koganei and Utsunomiya JU Takasaki Line: for Kagohara, Takasaki, and Maebashi (via the Ryōmō Line)
Tohoku Main Line	Tohoku Freight Line	Ōmiya OMYJS24	大宮	–	27.4	●	●	●	●	Tohoku Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen Joetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line JU Utsunomiya Line JU Takasaki Line JA Saikyō Line ■ Kawagoe Line TD Tobu Urban Park Line New Shuttle	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama	Saitama
		Urawa URWJS23	浦和	–	–	●	●	●	●	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line JU Utsunomiya Line JU Takasaki Line	Urawa-ku, Saitama	Saitama
		Akabane ABNJS22	赤羽	17.1	10.3 ^{[* 3]}	●	●	●	●	JU Utsunomiya Line (for Ueno) JU Takasaki Line (for Ueno) JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line JA Saikyō Line	Kita	Tokyo
Yamanote Line	Yamanote Freight Line	Ikebukuro IKBJS21	池袋	5.5 ^{[* 3]}	4.8	●	●	●	●	JA Saikyō Line^{[* 4]} JY Yamanote Line Seibu Ikebukuro Line TJ Tobu Tojo Line M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-25) Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Y-09) F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-09)	Toshima
		Shinjuku SJKJS20	新宿	4.8	0.0	●	●	●	●	JC Chūō Line (Rapid) JB Chūō-Sōbu Line JY Yamanote Line JA Saikyō Line Keio Line Keio New Line Odakyu Odawara Line M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08) S Toei Shinjuku Line (S-01) E Toei Oedo Line (E-27, Shinjuku-nishiguchi: E-01) Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku)	Shinjuku
		Shinjuku SJKJS20	新宿	4.8	0.0	●	●	●	●		Shibuya
		Shibuya SBYJS19	渋谷	3.4	3.4	●	●	●	●	JA Saikyō Line JY Yamanote Line Keio Inokashira Line DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line TY Tokyu Toyoko Line G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-01) Z Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-01) F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-16)
		Ebisu EBSJS18	恵比寿	1.6	5.0	●	●	●	｜	JA Saikyō Line JY Yamanote Line H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-02)
		Ōsaki OSKJS17	大崎	3.6	8.6	●	●	●	●	JY Yamanote Line R Rinkai Line JA Saikyo Line	Shinagawa
Tōkaidō Main Line	Hinkaku Line	Nishi-Ōi JS16	西大井	5.6 ^{[* 5]}	14.2 ^{[* 5]}	●	●	｜	｜	JO Yokosuka Line (for Shinagawa)	Shinagawa
		Musashi-Kosugi MKGJS15	武蔵小杉	6.4	20.6	●	●	●	●	JO Yokosuka Line JN Nambu Line TY Tokyu Toyoko Line MG Tokyu Meguro Line Sōtetsu–JR Link Line (Through service)	Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
		Shin-Kawasaki JS14	新川崎	2.7	23.3	●	●	｜	｜	JN Nambu Line (Kashimada, unofficial) JO Yokosuka Line	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
	Yokosuka Line tracks	Yokohama YHMJS13	横浜	12.2	35.5	●	●	●	●	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line JK Negishi Line JH Yokohama Line JT Tōkaidō Line TY Tokyu Toyoko Line KK Keikyu Main Line Sotetsu Main Line Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B20) Minatomirai Line	Nishi-ku, Yokohama
		Hodogaya JS12	保土ヶ谷	3.0	38.5	●	●	｜	｜	JO Yokosuka Line	Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
		Higashi-Totsuka JS11	東戸塚	4.9	43.4	●	●	｜	｜	JO Yokosuka Line	Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
		Totsuka TTKJS10	戸塚	4.2	47.6	●	●	●	●	JO Yokosuka Line JT Tōkaidō Line Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B06)	Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
	^{[* 6]}	Ōfuna OFNJS09	大船	5.6	53.2	●	●	●	●	JT Tōkaidō Line (through service) JO Yokosuka Line JK Negishi Line Shōnan Monorail	Sakae-ku, Yokohama
	^{[* 6]}										Kamakura
Yokosuka Line
		Kita-Kamakura JS08	北鎌倉	2.3	55.5	●	●	\|\|	\|\|	JO Yokosuka Line
		Kamakura JS07	鎌倉	2.2	57.7	●	●	\|\|	\|\|	JO Yokosuka Line
		Zushi JS06	逗子	3.9	61.8	●	●	\|\|	\|\|	JO Yokosuka Line	Zushi, Kanagawa
Through services:								JT Tōkaidō Line		JT Tōkaidō Line: for Hiratsuka, Kōzu, and Odawara

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Notes

[* 1]
Southbound Rapid trains from the Utsunomiya Line are labeled "Rapid" between Utsunomiya and Ōmiya and "Local" between Ōmiya and Zushi. Northbound trains are labeled "Local" between Zushi and Ōsaki and "Rapid" between Ōsaki and Utsunomiya. In the timetable of stations on the JR East website, all stations are guided as rapid trains.
[* 2]
Southbound Rapid trains from the Takasaki Line are labeled "Local" between Maebashi and Ōmiya, "Rapid" between Ōmiya and Totsuka, and "Local" between Totsuka and Odawara. Northbound trains are labeled "Rapid" between Odawara and Ōsaki and "Local" between Ōsaki and Maebashi. In the timetable of stations on the JR East website, all stations are guided as rapid trains.
[* 3]
The Ikebukuro–Akabane section is treated as passing over the Akabane Line when calculating fares; therefore, actual distance is approximately 9.5 km.
[* 4]
The Shōnan–Shinjuku Line shares tracks with the Saikyō Line between Ikebukuro and Ōsaki.
[* 5]
The Nishi-Ōi–Ōsaki section is treated as passing through Shinagawa when calculating fares.
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Between Totsuka and Ōfuna, through-service trains for the Tōkaidō Line travel over Tōkaidō Line tracks, while through service trains for the Yokosuka Line travel over Yokosuka Line tracks.

E231-1000 series
E233-3000 series (since March 2015)

Initially, services were operated using a mixture of rolling stock, including 115 series, 211 series, 215 series (double-deck), E217 series, and E231-1000 series EMUs, but rolling stock was standardized on the E231-1000 series EMUs in 2004, from which date these trains also included two bilevel Green cars. From the start of the new timetable on 14 March 2015, E233-3000 series trainsets were also introduced on Shonan–Shinjuku Line services.^[2]

On 20 August 2016, station numbering was introduced with stations being assigned station numbers between JS05 and JS24.^[3]^[4] Numbers increase towards in the northbound direction towards Omiya.

Ueno-Tokyo Line, a similar north-south line running through the east side of central Tokyo
F Liner, a competitor to the Shonan-Shinjuku Line between Ikebukuro / Shinjuku / Shibuya to Yokohama.
Utsunomiya Line
Tohoku Main Line
Takasaki Line

[1]
"平成27年大都市交通センサス首都圏報告書" (PDF). P.92. 国土交通省.
[2]
Ueshin, Daisuke (March 19, 2015). E233系、ダイヤ改正で湘南新宿ラインにも登場 [E233 series also appear on Shonan–Shinjuku line from timetable revision]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
[3]
"⾸都圏エリアへ「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). April 6, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
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Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (April 7, 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (November 2011). "特集：湘南新宿ライン10周年" [Feature: 10th Anniversary of the Shōnan–Shinjuku line]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 51, no. 607. Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd. pp. 7–42.

Shōnan–Shinjuku line (Japan guide) (in English)

[2] [* 1]
Southbound Rapid trains from the Utsunomiya Line are labeled "Rapid" between Utsunomiya and Ōmiya and "Local" between Ōmiya and Zushi. Northbound trains are labeled "Local" between Zushi and Ōsaki and "Rapid" between Ōsaki and Utsunomiya. In the timetable of stations on the JR East website, all stations are guided as rapid trains.

[3] [* 2]
Southbound Rapid trains from the Takasaki Line are labeled "Local" between Maebashi and Ōmiya, "Rapid" between Ōmiya and Totsuka, and "Local" between Totsuka and Odawara. Northbound trains are labeled "Rapid" between Odawara and Ōsaki and "Local" between Ōsaki and Maebashi. In the timetable of stations on the JR East website, all stations are guided as rapid trains.

[akabane-4] [* 3]
The Ikebukuro–Akabane section is treated as passing over the Akabane Line when calculating fares; therefore, actual distance is approximately 9.5 km.

[saikyo-5] [* 4]
The Shōnan–Shinjuku Line shares tracks with the Saikyō Line between Ikebukuro and Ōsaki.

[nishioi-6] [* 5]
The Nishi-Ōi–Ōsaki section is treated as passing through Shinagawa when calculating fares.

[7] [* 6]
Between Totsuka and Ōfuna, through-service trains for the Tōkaidō Line travel over Tōkaidō Line tracks, while through service trains for the Yokosuka Line travel over Yokosuka Line tracks.

[ridership-1] [1]
"平成27年大都市交通センサス首都圏報告書" (PDF). P.92. 国土交通省.

[mynavi20150319-8] [2]
Ueshin, Daisuke (March 19, 2015). E233系、ダイヤ改正で湘南新宿ラインにも登場 [E233 series also appear on Shonan–Shinjuku line from timetable revision]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

[9] [3]
"⾸都圏エリアへ「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). April 6, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

[10] [4]
Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (April 7, 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

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