Musashino Line
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The Musashino Line (武蔵野線) is a trunk railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
It links Tsurumi Station, Yokohama, Kanagawa and Nishi-Funabashi Station, Funabashi, Chiba, forming a 100 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo. Passenger operations are limited to the 71.8 km portion between Fuchū-Hommachi Station and Nishi-Funabashi; the Tsurumi to Fuchūhommachi portion, called the Musashino South Line, is used almost exclusively by freight trains.
Some trains run on the Keiyō Line through Nishi-Funabashi to continue to Tokyo Station or Minami-Funabashi Station. Some go to Kaihinmakuhari Station via Minami-Funabashi.
Trains
Most trains on the Musashino Line are 205 series 8-car electric multiple units making all station stops.
Other trains include:
- Burari Kamakura, seasonal express service between Iwaki Station and Kamakura Station using the Musashino Line between Minami-Koshigaya and Tsurumi. Uses 485 series trains.
- Musashino, rapid service between Fuchu-Hommachi and Omiya Station. Uses 115 series trains.
Rolling stock previously used includes 101-1000 series 6-car EMUs, 201 series 6-car EMUs and 103 series 8-car EMUs (until 2005).
Stations
Tsurumi Station is considered to be the origin of the Musashino Line; trains going clockwise (toward Nishi-Funabashi) are therefore called while trains going counter-clockwise (toward Fuchu-Hommachi) are called . This is often counterintuitive, as it results in through trains to Tokyo Station being labeled and numbered as outbound trains while on the Musashino Line; however, such trains switch to inbound after passing into the Keiyo Line.
| Station | Ward / City | Transfers |
|---|---|---|
| Fuchu-Hommachi | Fuchu, Tokyo | Nambu Line |
| Kita-Fuchu | Fuchu, Tokyo | |
| Nishi-Kokubunji | Kokubunji, Tokyo | Chuo Main Line |
| Shin-Kodaira | Kodaira, Tokyo | |
| Shin-Akitsu | Higashimurayama, Tokyo | Seibu Ikebukuro Line(Akitsu Station) |
| Higashi-Tokorozawa | Tokorozawa, Saitama | |
| Niiza | Niiza, Saitama | |
| Kita-Asaka | Asaka, Saitama | Tobu Tojo Line (Asakadai Station) |
| Nishi-Urawa | Sakura-ku, Saitama | |
| Musashi-Urawa | Minami-ku, Saitama | Saikyo Line |
| Minami-Urawa | Minami-ku, Saitama | Keihin-Tohoku Line |
| Higashi-Urawa | Midori-ku, Saitama | |
| Higashi-Kawaguchi | Kawaguchi, Saitama | Saitama Rapid Railway |
| Minami-Koshigaya | Koshigaya, Saitama | Tobu Isesaki Line (Shin-Koshigaya Station) |
| Yoshikawa | Yoshikawa, Saitama | |
| Shin-Misato | Misato, Saitama | |
| Misato | Misato, Saitama | |
| Minami-Nagareyama | Nagareyama, Chiba | Tsukuba Express |
| Shin-Matsudo | Matsudo, Chiba | Joban Line, Sobu Nagareyama Line (Koya Station) |
| Shin-Yahashira | Matsudo, Chiba | Shin-Keisei Line (Yabashira Station) |
| Higashi-Matsudo | Matsudo, Chiba | Hokuso Line |
| Ichikawa-Ono | Ichikawa, Chiba | |
| Funabashi-Hoten | Funabashi, Chiba | |
| Nishi-Funabashi | Funabashi, Chiba | Keiyo Line (through service), Sobu Line, Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Toyo Rapid Railway, Keisei Main Line (Keisei Funabashi Station) |
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