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Tōkaidō Main Line
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Tōkaidō Main Line

The is the busiest trunk line of Japan Railway (JR), connecting Tokyo Station and Kobe Station. It is 589.5 km (366 miles) long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen runs largely parallel to the line.

The term "Tōkaidō Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days: now, various portions of the line have different names, which are officially used in JR. Today, there are no passenger trains that operate over the entire length of the line (other than certain overnight services; see below), so longer intercity trips require several transfers along the way.

The Tōkaidō Main Line is operated by three JR companies:

Contents

Route Data

JR-West 201 series EMU at Osaka Station
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JR-West 201 series EMU at Osaka Station

JR-West 223 series EMU at Osaka Station
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JR-West 223 series EMU at Osaka Station

Stations

Tokyo Area

The Tōkaidō Main Line in the Greater Tokyo Area is often referred to as Shonan densha (湘南電車). It runs on dedicated tracks parallel to the Yamanote Line in central Tokyo, the Keihin-Tohoku Line between Tokyo and Yokohama, and the Yokosuka Line between Tokyo and Ofuna.

All trains along this section of the line have double-decker "Green Cars" with forward-facing seats, which can be used for by paying an additional fee.

Shonan-Shinjuku Line trains also run on this segment north from Yokohama through west-central Tokyo to Saitama.

Station Ward/City Transfers
Tokyo Chiyoda, Tokyo Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Chuo Main Line, Sobu Main Line, Keiyo Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Shimbashi Minato, Tokyo Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Yurikamome
Shinagawa Minato, Tokyo Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Keikyu Main Line
Kawasaki Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki Nambu Line, Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Daishi Line
Yokohama Nishi-ku, Yokohama Keihin-Tohoku Line, Negishi Line, Yokosuka Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line, Keikyu Main Line, Sagami Railway, Yokohama Subway No. 3 Line, Minatomirai Line
Totsuka Totsuka-ku, Yokohama Yokosuka Line, Yokohama Subway No. 1 Line
Ofuna Kamakura, Kanagawa Negishi Line, Yokosuka Line, Shonan Monorail
Fujisawa Fujisawa, Kanagawa Odakyu Enoshima Line, Enoshima Railway
Tsujido Fujisawa, Kanagawa
Chigasaki Chigasaki, Kanagawa Sagami Line
Hiratsuka Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
Oiso Oiso, Kanagawa
Ninomiya Ninomiya, Kanagawa
Kozu Odawara, Kanagawa Gotemba Line
Kamonomiya Odawara, Kanagawa
Odawara Odawara, Kanagawa Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Odakyu Odawara Line, Hakone-Tozan Line, Izu-Hakone Daiyuzan Line
Hayakawa Odawara, Kanagawa
Nebukawa Odawara, Kanagawa
Manazuru Manazuru, Kanagawa
Yugawara Yugawara, Kanagawa
Atami Atami, Shizuoka Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Ito Line

The followng types of services run on the Tokyo-Atami segment:

Tōkaidō Line

  • Atami Station
  • Kannami Station
  • Mishima Station
  • Numazu Station
  • Katahama Station
  • Hara Station
  • Higashi-Tagonoura Station
  • Yoshiwara Station
  • Fuji Station
  • Fujikawa Station
  • Shin-Kambara Station
  • Kambara Station
  • Yui Station
  • Okitsu Station
  • Shimizu Station
  • Kusanagi Station
  • Higashi-Shizuoka Station
  • Shizuoka Station
  • Abekawa Station
  • Mochimune Station
  • Yaizu Station
  • Nishi-Yaizu Station
  • Fujieda Station
  • Rokugo Station
  • Shimada Station
  • Kanaya Station
  • Kikugawa Station
  • Kakegawa Station
  • Aino Station
  • Fukuroi Station
  • Iwata Station
  • Toyodacho Station
  • Tenryugawa Station
  • Hamamatsu Station
  • Takatsuka Station
  • Maisaka Station
  • Bentenjima Station
  • Araimachi Station
  • Washizu Station
  • Shinjohara Station
  • Futagawa Station
  • Toyohashi Station
  • Nishi-Kozakai Station
  • Aichi-Mito Station
  • Mikawa-Otsuka Station
  • Mikawa-Miya Station
  • Gamagori Station
  • Mikawa-Shiotsu Station
  • Sangane Station
  • Koda Station
  • Okazaki Station
  • Nishi-Okazaki Station
  • Anjo Station
  • Mikawa-Anjo Station
  • Higashi-Kariya Station
  • Kariya Station
  • Aizuma Station
  • Obu Station
  • Kyowa Station
  • Odaka Station
  • Kasadera Station
  • Atsuta Station
  • Kanayama Station
  • Otobashi Station
  • Nagoya Station
  • Biwajima Station
  • Kiyosu Station
  • Inazawa Station
  • Owari-Ichinomiya Station
  • Kisogawa Station
  • Gifu Station
  • Nishi-Gifu Station
  • Hozumi Station
  • Ogaki Station
  • Tarui Station
  • Sekigahara Station
  • Kashiwabara Station
  • Omi-nagaoka Station
  • Samegai Station
  • Maibara Station

Biwako Line

Beyond Maibara, the Biwako Line also turns into Nagahama Station on the Hokuriku Main Line.

Kyoto Line

JR Kyoto Line(JR京都線)

Kobe Line

The JR Kobe Line continues as far west as Himeji Station, although the line between Kobe and Himeji is technically part of the Sanyo Main Line (which goes all the way to Hakata Station in Fukuoka).

Trains

In addition to standard local, rapid, and special rapid service trains, the Tōkaidō Main Line also hosts a number of limited express services.

Daytime trains

Overnight trains

Most overnight trains on the Tōkaidō Line go from Tokyo to western Honshu, or even as far as Kyushu.

The Izumo (Tokyo-Izumo via Tottori) was discontinued as of March, 2006.

 

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