Sōtetsu–JR Link Line

Railway service in Japan

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Sōtetsu–JR Link Line

JSJA

Sotetsu 12000 series and E233-7000 series in 2019

Overview
Native name| 相鉄・JR直通線
Status| Operational
Owner|

* Sagami Railway
* JR East

Locale| Tokyo, Kanagawa prefectures
Termini|

* Shinjuku Station
* Ebina Station

Stations| 18
Service
Depot(s)|

* Kashiwadai (Sotetsu)
* Kawagoe (JR East)

History
Opened| 30 November 2019
Technical
Line length| 57 km (35 mi)
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

Sōtetsu–JR Link Line

Legend

| JR Kawagoe Line

to Komagawa

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JR Kawagoe Line

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JR Takasaki Line

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JR Utsunomiya Line

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JR Tōhoku Main Line

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JR Akabane Line

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JR Yamanote Freight Line

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| JR Yamanote

Freight Line

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JR Yamanote Freight Line

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Rinkai Line

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JR Yokosuka Line

JR Tōkaidō Main Line

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(since March 2023)

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| JR Shōnan–Shinjuku Line,

Yokosuka Line

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yokohama-kokudai

| Sōtetsu Shin-

Yokohama Line

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| Sōtetsu Main Line

to Yokohama

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Sōtetsu Main Line

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| Sōtetsu Izumino Line

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Key to symbols

service boundary

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existing rail network

stations omitted for brevity

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since 30 November 2019

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The Sōtetsu–JR Link Line is a section of the Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link project, built by the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT). It connects the Sōtetsu Main Line to the JR East Saikyō Line, via the tracks of the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line and the Tōkaidō Freight Line. This service is publicly referred to as a Sotetsu Link Line by JR East,[1][2][3] and as a JR Link Line by the Sagami Railway (Sotetsu).[4][5]

## Services

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JR through service trains enter the Tōkaido Freight Line once leaving Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai Station, via the Tokyo-side of Yokohama-Hazawa Freight Station, then enters the Yokosuka Line tracks near Tsurumi Station. The service shares the same route as the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, heading inbound towards Musashi-Kosugi, Ōsaki, Shibuya, and Shinjuku.

Trains operate from Ebina on the Sotetsu Main Line, via Nishiya, Musashi-Kosugi, and enter the Saikyō Line at Ōsaki. Trains will mostly terminate at Shinjuku. In the morning rush hours, some trains go further north towards Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, Sashiōgi (where the Kawagoe Line depot is located), and as far as Kawagoe. A total of 46 round trips will be operated every day, with a rush-hour frequency of 4 trains per hour, and off-peak frequency of 2-3 trains per hour.[6]

The fastest travel times are 44 minutes between Futamatagawa and Shinjuku, 45 minutes between Yamato and Shibuya, and 36 minutes between Ebina and Musashi-Kosugi.[6]

### Service types

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* Local (各停), stopping at all stations
* Limited Express (特急), stopping at all stations on the JR lines.
* However, when Limited Express trains are on the JR line, they are displayed as Local instead.

### Past proposal

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Past proposals also suggested Sōtetsu trains to operate through services with the Ueno-Tokyo Line, towards the Utsunomiya, Takasaki and Jōban Lines. This requires trains to cross over level junctions to enter Tōkaido Line tracks near Tsurumi or Shinagawa (or somewhere in between), which would possibly undermine the high density train operations in this section, if no dedicated grade separation is built. Thus the idea was scrapped due to these difficulties.

## Nomenclature

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| Ebina Station | ...  | Futamatagawa Station | ...  | Nishiya Station | Hazawa yokohama-kokudai Station | Tsurumi Station | Shin-Tsurumi Signal Station  | ...  | Ōsaki Station | Shinjuku Station

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Line name in passenger info  | →  | Through service to JR Saikyo Line  | Through service to Saikyo (Kawagoe) Line  | Saikyo (Kawagoe) Line
←  | Sotetsu Lines  | Through service to Sotetsu Lines  | Through service to Saikyo Line Sotetsu Line
Official route name  | Sotetsu Main Line | Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line | Tōkaidō Main Line | Yamanote Line
Track name  | Tokaido Freight Line  | Hinkaku Line  | Hinkaku Line  | Yamanote Freight Line

## Station list

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Company  | Line name  | No.  | Station  | Japanese  | Transfers  | Location

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Through service to Kawagoe on the Saikyō Line and Kawagoe Line
JR East | Yamanote Line |

SJKJA11

| Shinjuku | 新宿  |

* JC Chuo Line (Rapid)
* JB Chuo-Sobu Line
* JY Yamanote Line
* JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
* KO Keio Line
* KO Keio New Line
* Odakyu Odawara Line
* Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku)
* M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08)
* S Toei Shinjuku Line (S-01)
* E Toei Ōedo Line (E-27, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi: E-01)

| Shinjuku | Tokyo
Shibuya

SBYJA10

| Shibuya | 渋谷  |

* JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
* JY Yamanote Line
* IN Keio Inokashira Line
* DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
* TY Tokyu Toyoko Line
* G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-01)
* Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z-01)
* F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-16)

EBSJA09

| Ebisu | 恵比寿  |

* JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
* JY Yamanote Line
* H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-02)

OSKJS17JA08 | Ōsaki | 大崎  |

* JY Yamanote Line
* R Rinkai Line

| Shinagawa
Tōkaidō Main Line | JS16 | Nishi-Ōi | 西大井  | JO Yokosuka Line (for Shinagawa)

MKGJS15

| Musashi-Kosugi | 武蔵小杉  |

* JO Yokosuka Line (JO-15)
* JN Nambu Line (JN-07)
* TY Tokyu Toyoko Line (TY-11)
* MG Tokyu Meguro Line (MG-11)

| Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki | Kanagawa
| Hazawa yokohama-kokudai | 羽沢横浜国大  | Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (for Shin-Yokohama)  | Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
Sagami Railway

(Sotetsu)

| Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line
| Nishiya | 西谷  | Sōtetsu Main Line (for Yokohama)  | Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Sōtetsu Main Line
| Futamatagawa | 二俣川  | Izumino Line | Asahi-ku, Yokohama
| Yamato | 大和  |  Odakyu Enoshima Line | Yamato
| Ebina | 海老名  |  Odakyu Odawara Line
Sagami Line | Ebina

## References

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1. ^ "JR東日本：東京近郊路線図（車内掲出版）" (PDF). 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
2. ^ （JR線代表的駅構内図）"大崎駅構内図1F". 東日本旅客鉄道. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
3. ^ 佐藤利夫 (2021-03-01). "特集：東京近郊JR路線別ガイド ⑪埼京・川越・相鉄直通線". 鉄道ファン2021年3月号. 61 (第3号（通巻719号）). 交友社: 34–35.
4. ^ "相鉄線路線図（詳細版）" (PDF). 相模鉄道株式会社. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
5. ^ （相鉄線代表的駅構内案内）"西谷（にしや）". 相鉄グループ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-08.
6. ^ a b "相鉄・ＪＲ直通線の運行計画の概要について" [Regarding the operation summary of the Sotetsu JR Link Line] (PDF). July 16, 2019.

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