Tōkaidō main line (Tokyo – Atami)

Tōkaidō main line (Tokyo – Atami)
Bridge over the Sagami
Route length:	104.6 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500 V  =
Top speed:	120 km / h
Dual track :	whole route
Society:	JR East
Legend 0.0 Tokyo ( 東京 )        1914– → Keiyō line 1990– Yūrakuchō ( 有 楽 町 ) → Yokosuka Line 1.9 Shimbashi ( 新橋 ) 1909– → Tōkaidō freight line (to Shiodome freight yard ) Hamamatsuchō ( 浜 松 町 ) → Tōkyō Monorail 1964– Tamachi ( 田 町 ) → Tōkaidō freight line Tamachi depot 6.8 Shinagawa ( 品 川 )      1872– ↔ Keikyū main line 1904– ← Yamanote Line 1885– ← Hinkaku line ← Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1964– ← Ōimachi line 1927– ↔ Rinkai Line 2002– Ōimachi ( 大 井 町 ) Ōmori ( 大 森 ) Nomi-gawa Kamata ( 蒲 田 ) Kamata depot Tama-gawa 19.2 Kawasaki ( 川 崎 )      1872– → Freight line ↔ Nambu line 1927– → Tōkaidō freight line ← Hinkaku line ← Musashino freight line Tsurumi-gawa Tsurumi ( 鶴 見 ) → Tsurumi line 1930– ← Tōkaidō freight line → Takashima Line Shin-Koyasu ( 新 子 安 ) ← Yokohama Line 1908– Kamakura depot Higashi-Kanagawa ( 東 神奈川 ) ← Toyoko Line 1932– Keihin-Kanagawa ( 京 浜 神奈川 ) 28.1 Kanagawa ( 神奈川 ) 1872–1928 → to the old Yokohama train station 28.8 Yokohama ( 横 浜 )      1928– → Minatomirai line 2004– → Negishi line 1872– → Keikyū main line 1931– Hiranumabashi ( 平沼 橋 ) 29.4 Hiranuma ( 平沼 )      -1915 Nishi-Yokohama ( 西 横 浜 ) ← Sōtetsu main line 1933– Hodogaya ( 保 土 ケ 谷 ) Dodge Gongen Yokohama-Yokosuka Highway Shimizuyato tunnel ← Tōkaidō freight line Higashi-Totsuka ( 東 戸 塚 ) 37.0 Dodge Kawakami 40.9 Totsuka ( 戸 塚 ) 1887– 43.6 Dodge Kubo -1921 → Negishi line 1973– 46.5 Ōfuna ( 大船 )          1888– → Yokosuka Line → Shōnan Monorail 1970– Kamakura Depot Katase-gawa → Enoshima-Dentetsu line 1902– 51.1 Fujisawa ( 藤 沢 )      1887– ↔ Odakyū Enoshima Line 1928– 54.8 Tsujidō ( 辻 堂 )      1916– Chigasaki parking area ← Sagami line 1921– 58.6 Chigasaki ( 茅 ケ 崎 )      1898– Shin Shonan Highway Sagami-gawa 63.8 Hiratsuka ( 平 塚 ) 1887– 65.7 Sagami freight yard Hanamizu-gawa 67.8 Ōiso ( 大 磯 ) 1887– 73.1 Ninomiya ( 二 宮 )      1902– ← Shōnan tram 1906-1937 77.7 Kōzu ( 国 府 津 ) 1887– ← Gotemba Line 1889– Kōzu depot 79.6 Seishō freight yard 80.8 Kamonomiya ( 鴨 宮 ) 1923– ← Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1964– Sakawa-gawa ← Daiyūzan Line 1935– Midorichō ( 緑 町 ) ← Odakyū Odawara line 1927– 83.9 Odawara ( 小田原 )      1920– Haya-kawa 86.0 Hayakawa ( 早川 )      1922– (2 tunnels) (2 tunnels) 90.4 Nebukawa ( 根 府 川 )      1922– Shiraito-gawa (2 tunnels) Manazuru tunnel (1710 m) 95.8 Manazuru ( 真 鶴 ) 1922– (2 tunnels) 99.1 Yugawara ( 湯河 原 ) 1924– Chitose-gawa Izumigoe tunnel (2457 m) 104.6 Atami ( 熱 海 ) 1925– Kinomiya ( 来 宮 ) → Itō line 1935– ↓ Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1964– ↓ Tōkaidō main line to Toyohashi

This article describes the part of the Tōkaidō Main Line , one of the most important railway lines in Japan , located in the Kantō region . The Cape-gauge section is 104.6 km long and is operated by the JR East railway company. From Tokyo it leads to Atami via Kawasaki , Yokohama and Odawara . The prefectures Tokyo and Kanagawa are crossed , the end point is in Shizuoka prefecture . The section between Tokyo and Yokohama is the oldest railway line in Japan.

The general features and history of the entire Tokyo – Kobe route are covered in the main article. Further sections:

• Tōkaidō main line (Atami – Toyohashi)
• Tōkaidō main line (Toyohashi – Maibara)
• Biwako Line (Maibara – Kyōto)
• JR Kyōto Line (Kyōto – Osaka)
• JR Kobe Line (Osaka – Kobe)

Route description

The eastern starting point is Tokyo Station , which opened in 1914 . In the city center, the double lane of the Tōkaidō main line runs parallel to those of the Yamanote line and the Keihin-Tōhoku line and to that of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen ; the Yokosuka Line runs through a tunnel below. Just south of Shimbashi, a short branch line branched off to the Shiodome freight yard . This was Tokyo's first main train station from 1872 to 1914 and then served freight traffic until 1986.

In the area of Hamamatsuchō , the Tōkyō monorail also runs parallel to the route for about a kilometer . After Shinagawa which will route the Keikyū Main Line passes under. To the south of this branch off the Yamanote Line, the Hinkaku Line, which is mainly used for freight traffic, and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen to the west, while the Keihin-Tōhoku Line continues to run parallel to the Tōkaidō main line. Both cross under the Rinkai line at Ōimachi . The 519 m long Rokugogawa Bridge, built in 1971, leads the route over the Tama River , which also forms the border between the Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures .

After leaving Kawasaki station , the Tōkaidō main line is spanned by the Nambu line and the Musashino freight line. In the area of ​​the river crossing of the Tsurumi, it runs parallel to the Tōkaidō freight line , which is mainly used to keep goods traffic away from the center of Yokohama . Then she changes to the other side of the Keihin-Tōhoku line by means of a flyover structure . From the Tsurumi Bridge there is also a parallel tour of the Yokosuka Line. The Yokohama Station is located since 1928 at its present location. Previously, the Sakuragichō station closer to the port was the city's main train station and the southern terminus of the first line opened in 1872; most trains had to make heads there .

From Yokohama there is a parallel tour with the Shōnan-Shinjuku line . The Shimizuyato Tunnel, located southwest of the city center and opened in 1887, is the oldest railway tunnel in Japan still in operation. Shortly thereafter, the line meets the Tōkaidō freight line again, before Ōfuna also the Negishi line , while the Yokosuka line branches off there. After Fujisawa the Sagami is bridged. Here the Tōkaidō main line leaves the Kantō plain and reaches the coastal strip between the Ōiso range of hills and Sagami Bay .

From Kōzu , the trains once ran over today's Gotemba Line to get west. The direct route via Odawara was only created four decades later. The parallel route with the Shōnan-Shinjuku line ends in Odawara and the trains on the Tōkaidō main line now serve all stations. The route along Sagami Bay is winding here - due to its location on the eastern edge of the Hakone mountain range - and has numerous tunnels. The two longest are the Manazuru Tunnel (1710 m) and the Izumigoe Tunnel (2457 m), which runs alongside the Tōkaidō Shinkansen. In between the border with Shizuoka Prefecture is passed. JR East's jurisdiction ends after Atami Station; for the subsequent west part about Shizuoka and Nagoya after Maibara is JR Central responsible.

Trains

Passenger trains once stopped at every station on the Tōkaidō main line, which together with long-distance traffic increasingly led to congestion. In the metropolitan region of Tokyo , the small-scale local transport was therefore gradually transferred to other, predominantly parallel lines that have their own tracks. These are the Yamanote line in central Tokyo, the Keihin-Tōhoku line between Tokyo and Yokohama , the Yokosuka line between Tokyo and Ōfuna and the Shōnan-Shinjuku line between Yokohama and Odawara .

Most commuter trains whose terminal was formerly the Tokyo Station, run since 2015 further to the Ueno Tokyo-line , a viaduct route across the tracks of the high-speed line Tōhoku Shinkansen to Ueno Station . This will link them to routes in the northern part of the metropolitan area. The national long-distance traffic is handled on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen , the rail freight traffic by JR Freight mainly on the Tōkaidō freight line .

Today the Tōkaidō main line mainly serves the accelerated commuter traffic over medium distances. Two different express trains run at frequent intervals , and they do not stop at all stations:

• Rapid Acty ( 快速 ア ク テ ィ ー ; Kaisoku akutī ) from Tokyo to Atami
• Commuter Rapid ( 通勤 快速 ; Tsūkin Kaisoku ) from Tokyo to Odawara

There are also the Shōnan Liner (express trains during peak traffic with reserved seats), tourist excursion trains, the Odoriko regional express train, which runs between Tokyo and the Izu Peninsula , and the Sunrise Izumo and Sunrise Seto night trains .

photos

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  Kilometer zero in Tokyo station

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  Yokohama Railway Station

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  Shimizuyato tunnel

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  Shiraito Bridge

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  Atami train station

Chronology of important events

• June 12, 1872: Opening of the Shinagawa - Yokohama line (today Sakuragichō )
• Oct. 14, 1872: The Shimbashi (later Shiodome ) - Shinagawa line opens
• Sep 15 1873: Freight traffic begins
• 0Dec. 1, 1876: second track between Shimbashi and Shinagawa
• 01st Mar 1879: second track between Ōmori and Kawasaki
• 0Nov. 1, 1879: second track between Kawasaki and Tsurumi
• Nov. 14, 1880: second track between Shinagawa and Ōmori
• 0May 4, 1881: second track between Tsurumi and Yokohama; Tokyo - Yokohama dual lane expansion completed
• July 11, 1887: Opening of the Yokohama (Sakuragichō) - Kōzu line
• 0Feb. 1, 1889: Opening of the Kōzu - Gotemba - Numazu line (corresponds to today's Gotemba line ) and continuation to the west
• April 16, 1889: End-to-end connection Tokyo - Kobe completed
• 0April 1, 1895: Introduction of the route designation Tōkaidō Line (Tōkaidō-sen)
• 0Aug. 1, 1898: second track between Yokohama (Sakuragichō) and Ōfuna ; Opening of the shortcut between Kanagawa and Hodogaya
• Dec. 15, 1898: second track between Ōfuna and Chigasaki
• 05th Aug. 1899: second track between Hiratsuka and Kōzu
• Apr. 29, 1900: second track between Chigasaki and Hiratsuka; Dual track expansion Yokohama - Kōzu completed
• October 12, 1909: Introduction of the route name Tōkaidō Main Line (Tōkaidō-honsen)
• Dec. 20, 1914: Tokyo station opens (new terminus); Use of the old Shimbashi station as Shiodome freight yard ; between Tokyo and Yokohama opening of the parallel Keihin-Tōhoku line with electric suburban traffic
• Aug 15, 1915: Opening of the new Yokohama Station (at what is now Takashimachō Station )
• 0April 1, 1918: Construction of the Tanna Tunnel begins
• Oct. 21, 1920: opening of the Kōzu - Odawara line ; temporary name: Atami line (Atami-sen)
• Dec. 21, 1922: the Odawara - Manazuru line (Atami line) opened
• 0Sep 1 1923: Destruction of Yokohama Station in the Great Kantō Earthquake ; Resumption of traffic on October 28, 1923
• 0Sep 1 1923: The Nebukawa railway accident caused by the earthquake kills 112 people
• 0Oct. 1, 1924: The Manazuru - Yugawara (Atami Line) line opens
• 25th Mar 1925: The Yugawara - Atami line opens
• Dec. 13, 1925: Electrification of the Yokohama - Kōzu line
• December 23, 1925: Electrification of the Yokosuka Line, which runs partially parallel between Tokyo and Yokohama
• 0Feb. 1, 1926: Electrification of the Kōzu - Odawara line (Atami line)
• 0Feb. 5, 1928: electrification of the Odawara - Atami line (Atami line)
• Oct. 15, 1928: Yokohama Station opens at its current location
• 0Dec. 1, 1934: opening of the Atami - Numazu line and the Tanna tunnel (electrified double track); Integration of the Atami line into the Tōkaidō main line; No detour via Gotemba (outsourced as Gotemba line)
• May 19, 1964: Transfer of the Yokohama - Sakuragichō line to the Negishi Line
• 0Oct. 1, 1980: Opening of the Yokosuka Line tunnel between Tokyo and Shinagawa and a separate double lane between Shinagawa and Ōfuna
• 0Sep 1 1986: Shiodome freight depot and access route closed; Tokyo's first main train station will thus disappear for good
• 0April 1, 1987: Privatization of the Japanese State Railways and transfer of the Tōkaidō main line as well as its parallel and branch lines between Tokyo and Atami to the newly founded JR East
• 0Dec. 1, 2001: Opening of a separate double lane for the Shōnan-Shinjuku line between Yokohama and Ōfuna
• 14 Mar 2015: opening of the Ueno-Tokyo line ; enables the connection of the Tōkaidō main line with the Tōhoku main line , the Jōban line and the Takasaki line

List of train stations

RA = Rapid Acty; Ts = Tsūkin-kaisoku (Commuter Rapid); Ka = Kaisoku (Rapid); Tk = Tokubetsu-kaisoku (Special Rapid)

↑ SSL = Shōnan Shinjuku line

Surname		km	RA	Ts	Ka	Tk	Connecting lines	location	place	prefecture
JT01	Tokyo ( 東京 )	000.0	●	●	↑ SSL		Tōhoku-Shinkansen Tōkaidō-Shinkansen Jōetsu-Shinkansen Hokuriku-Shinkansen Ueno-Tokyo Line Tōhoku Main Line ( Utsunomiya Line ) Keihin-Tōhoku Line Yamanote Line Yokosuka Line Chūō Main Line ( Sōbu Main Line ) Chūō Main Line ( Sōbu Main Line ) rapid transit ) Keiyō line Tokyo subway : Marunouchi line	Coord.	Chiyoda , Tokyo	Tokyo
JT02	Shimbashi ( 新橋 )	001.9	●	●			Tokyo Yurikamome Subway: Asakusa Line , Ginza Line	Coord.	Minato , Tokyo
JT03	Shinagawa ( 品 川 )	006.8	●	●			Tōkaidō Shinkansen Yamanote Line Yokosuka Line Keikyū Main Line	Coord.
JT04	Kawasaki ( 川 崎 )	018.2	●	ǀ			Nambu Line at Keikyū Kawasaki Station : Keikyū Main Line Keikyū Daishi Line	Coord.	Kawasaki	Kanagawa
JT05	Yokohama ( 横 浜 )	028.8	●	ǀ	●	●	Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Yokosuka Line Tōyoko Line Keikyū Main Line Sōtetsu Main Line Yokohama Subway : Blue Line Minatomirai Line	Coord.	Yokohama
JT06	Totsuka ( 戸 塚 )	040.9	●	ǀ	●	●	Yokohama Subway: Blue Line	Coord.
JT07	Ōfuna ( 大船 )	046.5	●	●	●	●	Negishi Line Yokosuka Line Shōnan Monorail	Coord.	Kamakura
JT08	Fujisawa ( 藤 沢 )	051.1	●	●	●	●	Odakyū Enoshima Line Enoshima-Dentetsu Line	Coord.	Fujisawa
JT09	Tsujidō ( 辻 堂 )	054.8	ǀ	ǀ	●	ǀ		Coord.
JT10	Chigasaki ( 茅 ケ 崎 )	058.6	●	●	●	●	Sagami line	Coord.	Chigasaki
JT11	Hiratsuka ( 平 塚 )	063.8	●	●	●	●		Coord.	Hiratsuka
JT12	Ōiso ( 大 磯 )	067.8	ǀ	ǀ	●	ǀ		Coord.	Ōiso
JT13	Ninomiya ( 二 宮 )	073.1	ǀ	ǀ	●	ǀ		Coord.	Ninomiya
JT14	Kōzu ( 国 府 津 )	077.7	●	●	●	●	Gotemba line	Coord.	Odawara
JT15	Kamonomiya ( 鴨 宮 )	080.8	ǀ	ǀ	●	ǀ		Coord.
JT16	Odawara ( 小田原 )	083.9	●	●	●	●	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Shōnan Shinjuku Line Odakyū Odawara Line Hakone-Tozan Line Daiyūzan Line	Coord.
JT17	Hayakawa ( 早川 )	086.0	●					Coord.
JT18	Nebukawa ( 根 府 川 )	090.4	●					Coord.
JT19	Manazuru ( 真 鶴 )	095.8	●					Coord.	Manazuru
JT20	Yugawara ( 湯河 原 )	099.1	●					Coord.	Yugawara
JT21	Atami ( 熱 海 )	104.6	●				Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō main line (Atami – Toyohashi) Itō line	Coord.	Atami	Shizuoka

Web links

Commons : Tōkaidō main line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• JR East route network (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Stations on the Tōkaidō Main Line (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Supporting local cultural activities. East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, accessed July 31, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Scene-8 多摩川 右岸 『京 浜 急 行 ・ 東海 道 ・ 京 浜 東北 六 郷 川 橋梁』. freedomwalk, 2013, accessed July 31, 2018 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ Yokohama firsts. Taiken Japan, accessed July 31, 2018 . 
4. ^ Tadayoshi Niitsu: Maintenance and Management of JR East Civil Engineering Structures. (PDF, 1.0 MB) In: Japan Railway & Transport Review. East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, March 2014, accessed July 31, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} JR 時刻表 2016 年 3 月 号 (JR timetable March 2016). Kōtsū shinbunsha, Tokyo 2016.
6. ^ Ueno Tokyo Line opens for service, helping commuters to the north. The Japan Times , March 15, 2015, accessed July 31, 2018 . 

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