Sōbu Line (Rapid)
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Sōbu Line (Rapid)
総武快速線 |
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 E217 series EMU at Chiba Station |
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Heavy rail | ||
| Locale | Tokyo, Chiba prefectures | ||
| Termini | Tōkyō Chiba |
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| Stations | 10 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1972 | ||
| Operator(s) | JR East | ||
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| Line length | 60.2 km (37.4 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary | ||
| Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) | ||
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The Sōbu Line (Rapid) (総武快速線 Sōbu-kaisoku-sen) is a railway service on the Sōbu Main Line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It connects Tōkyō in Chūō, Tokyo and Chiba in Chūō-ku, Chiba via the cities of Ichikawa, Funabashi, and Narashino. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network.
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[edit] Services
Rapid services on the Sōbu Line are primarily operated between Tōkyō and Chiba, though there are many through services onto the Yokosuka Line as well as some through services operated from the Yokosuka Line via Tokyo terminating at Tsudanuma. During weekday morning peak periods Tōkyō-bound trains arrive once every 3-4 minutes; this is reduced to 10 Chiba-bound trains per hour during weekday evening peak periods. At other times there are approximately six trains per hour. There are many through services operated onto other lines. In addition, there is an hourly Airport Narita rapid service that runs to Narita Airport, parallel to the Narita Express.
Commuter rapid trains, operated during weekday peak periods in the mornings and evenings, make fewer stops that normal rapid trains. There are two Zushi-bound trains from Narita in the morning and a single Narita-bound train from Tokyo in the evening.
There are four Home Liner Chiba commuter liner services that operate every weekday evening, three of which start from Tōkyō and another which starts at Shinjuku. It stops at the stations shown in the list below (the service departing from Shinjuku stops once at Akihabara).
For information on the Narita Express, Shiosai, Ayame, and other limited express services, please see their respective articles.
Sōbu Line (Rapid) trains travel through onto the Yokosuka Line to Ōfuna, Zushi, and Kurihama. Trains also travel through beyond Chiba to as far as:
- Kazusa-Ichinomiya on the Sotobō Line
- Kimitsu on the Uchibō Line
- Narita Airport via Narita on the Narita Line
- Kashima-Jingū on the Kashima Line
- Narutō on the Sōbu Main Line
[edit] Station list
- For information on local service between Kinshichō and Chiba, please see the Chūō-Sōbu Line article.
- Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".
[edit] Rolling stock
- Rapid service: E217 series
- Limited express service:
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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- Stations of the Sōbu Line (Rapid) (unofficial) (Japanese)
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