Keihin-Tōhoku Line

Keihin-Tōhoku Line E233 series EMU at Saitama-Shintoshin Station

Overview

Type

Heavy rail

Locale

Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa prefectures

Termini

Ōmiya
Yokohama

Stations

Operation

Opened

1914

Operator(s)

JR East

Technical

Line length

59.1 km (36.7 mi)

Track gauge

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Electrification

1,500 V DC overhead catenary

Operating speed

90 km/h (55 mph)

Route map

The Keihin-Tōhoku Line (京浜東北線, Keihin-tōhoku-sen^?), is a railway line in Japan which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawaguchi, Tokyo, Kawasaki, and Yokohama. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network. The line's name is derived from the characters for Tokyo (東京^?), Yokohama (横浜^?) and the Tōhoku Main Line (東北本線^?). The Keihin-Tōhoku Line officially follows portions of the Tōhoku Main Line and Tōkaidō Main Line. Between Ueno and Akabane stations the Keihin-Tohoku and Tohoku Main lines are physically separate and thus alternate routes.

All Keihin-Tōhoku Line trains have through service onto the Negishi Line between Yokohama and Ōfuna stations. As a result, the entire service between Ōmiya and Ōfuna is typically referred to as the Keihin-Tōhoku—Negishi Line (京浜東北線・根岸線^?) on system maps and in-train station guides. Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line trains are recognizable by their light blue stripe (the line's color on maps is also light blue).

Service

Trains run every 2–3 minutes at peak hours, every 5 minutes during the daytime, and less frequently the rest of the time. In most instances, these trains are classified as futsū (local), stopping at all stations en route. However, during the daytime, trains are classified as kaisoku (rapid). These rapid trains skip some stations in central Tokyo, where it runs parallel to the Yamanote Line.

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Station list

Local trains stop at all stations. Rapid trains stop at stations marked "●" and "■". (Stations marked "■" allow cross-platform transfers to the Yamanote Line.)

Line name	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)			Rapid	Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
			Between stations	from Ōmiya	from Tokyo
Tōhoku Main Line	Ōmiya	大宮	-	0.0	30.3	●	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Takasaki Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Saikyō Line, Kawagoe Line Tōbu Noda Line Ina Line (New Shuttle)	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama	Saitama
	Saitama-Shintoshin	さいたま新都心	1.6	1.6	28.7	●	Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Takasaki Line	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
	Yono	与野	1.1	2.7	27.6	●		Urawa-ku, Saitama
	Kita-Urawa	北浦和	1.6	4.3	26.0	●
	Urawa	浦和	1.8	6.1	24.2	●	Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Takasaki Line
	Minami-Urawa	南浦和	1.7	7.8	22.5	●	Musashino Line	Minami-ku, Saitama
	Warabi	蕨	2.8	10.6	19.7	●		Warabi
	Nishi-Kawaguchi	西川口	1.9	12.5	17.8	●		Kawaguchi
	Kawaguchi	川口	2.0	14.5	15.8	●		Kawaguchi
	Akabane	赤羽	2.6	17.1	13.2	●	Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Takasaki Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Saikyō Line	Kita	Tokyo
	Higashi-Jūjō	東十条	1.8	18.9	11.4	●
	Ōji	王子	1.5	20.4	9.9	●	Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N-16) Toden Arakawa Line (Ōji-Ekimae)
	Kami-Nakazato	上中里	1.1	21.5	8.8	●
	Tabata	田端	1.7	23.2	7.1	■	JR East: Yamanote Line
	Nishi-Nippori	西日暮里	0.8	24.0	6.3	｜	Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-16) Nippori-Toneri Liner (02)	Arakawa
	Nippori	日暮里	0.5	24.5	5.8	｜	Yamanote Line, Jōban Line Keisei Main Line Nippori-Toneri Liner (01)	Arakawa
	Uguisudani	鶯谷	1.1	25.6	4.7	｜	Yamanote Line	Taitō
	Ueno	上野	1.1	26.7	3.6	■	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Takasaki Line, Jōban Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-16), Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-17) Keisei Main Line (Keisei Ueno)
	Okachimachi	御徒町	0.6	27.3	3.0	｜	Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (Ueno-Hirokōji, G-15), Hibiya Line (Naka-Okachimachi, H-16) Toei Ōedo Line (Ueno-Okachimachi, E-09）
	Akihabara	秋葉原	1.0	28.3	2.0	■	Yamanote Line, Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-15) Tsukuba Express (01)	Chiyoda
	Kanda	神田	0.7	29.0	1.3	｜	Yamanote Line, Chūō Line (Rapid) \|Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-13)
	Tōkyō	東京	1.3	30.3	0.0	■	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Chūō Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Sōbu Line (Rapid), Yokosuka Line, Keiyō Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-17)
Tōkaidō Main Line	Tōkyō	東京	1.3	30.3	0.0	■
	Yūrakuchō	有楽町	0.8	31.1	0.8	｜	Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Y-18), Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (Hibiya, H-07), Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (Hibiya, C-09) Toei Mita Line (Hibiya, I-08)
	Shimbashi	新橋	1.1	32.2	1.9	｜	Yamanote Line, Tōkaidō Line, Yokosuka Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-08) Toei Asakusa Line (A-10) Yurikamome (U-01)	Minato
	Hamamatsuchō	浜松町	1.2	33.4	3.1	■	Yamanote Line Tokyo Monorail Toei Asakusa Line (Daimon, A-09), Toei Ōedo Line (Daimon, E-20)
	Tamachi	田町	1.5	34.9	4.6	■	Yamanote Line Toei Asakusa Line (Mita, A-08), Toei Mita Line (Mita, I-04)
	Shinagawa	品川	2.2	37.1	6.8	●	Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line, Tōkaidō Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Keikyū Main Line
	Ōimachi	大井町	2.4	39.5	9.2	●	Tōkyū Ōimachi Line Rinkai Line	Shinagawa
	Ōmori	大森	2.2	41.7	11.4	●		Ōta
	Kamata	蒲田	3.0	44.7	14.4	●	Tōkyū Ikegami Line, Tōkyū Tamagawa Line	Ōta
	Kawasaki	川崎	3.8	48.5	18.2	●	Tōkaidō Line, Nambu Line Keikyū Main Line, Keikyū Daishi Line (Keikyū Kawasaki)	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
	Tsurumi	鶴見	3.5	52.0	21.7	●	Tsurumi Line Keikyū Main Line (Keikyū Tsurumi)	Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
	Shin-Koyasu	新子安	3.1	55.1	24.8	●	Keikyū Main Line (Keikyū Shin-Koyasu)	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
	Higashi-Kanagawa	東神奈川	2.2	57.3	27.0	●	Yokohama Line (through service via the Negishi Line to Sakuragichō) Keikyū Main Line (Naka-Kido)	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
	Yokohama	横浜	1.8	59.1	28.8	●	Negishi Line (through service), Yokohama Line, Yokosuka Line, Tōkaidō Line Tōkyū Tōyoko Line Keikyū Main Line Sagami Railway Main Line Yokohama Municipal Subway: Blue Line (B20) Minatomirai Line	Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Through service via the Negishi Line to Sakuragichō, Isogo, and Ōfuna

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History

Morning peak on the Keihin-Tōhoku and Yamanote lines at Ueno Station

The Keihin Line opened in 1914 as an electrified passenger line connecting Tokyo Station with Takashimacho Station in Yokohama. (The latter station was renamed Yokohama Station in 1915, when the former Yokohama Station was renamed Sakuragicho Station). The Keihin Line service was extended north through the Tōhoku Main Line to Akabane Station in 1928 and to Ōmiya Station in 1932: this service was initially called the Tōhoku-Keihin Line in announcements.

The Keihin Line initially had third-class and second-class cars, analogous to today's ordinary cars and Green Cars respectively. Second-class service ended in 1938 in order to accommodate special military cars during World War II. The military seating was converted to seating for women and children after the war, and back to ordinary seating in 1973 amid overcrowding concerns: second-class service was briefly restored in the 1950s but abandoned shortly thereafter.

In 1956, the Keihin-Tōhoku Line was physically separated from the Yamanote Line between Tamachi and Tabata, allowing more frequent service. Through service with the Negishi Line began in 1964. The frequency increased again in 1968 when the Tōhoku Main Line moved to separate tracks. Rapid service trains were introduced in 1988 to further ease congestion in the Yamanote Line corridor.

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Rolling stock

As of January 2010, all Keihin-Tōhoku Line services are formed of E233-1000 series 10-car EMUs. These were phased in from December 2007, and replaced the previous 209 series 10-car EMUs by 24 January 2010. All Keihin-Tohōku Line rolling stock is based at Urawa Depot.

Rolling stock currently used

E233-1000 series 10-car EMUs (sky blue stripe) (from December 2007)^[1]

Rolling stock used in the past

A Keihin-Tōhoku Line 209 series train, March 2009

72 series 8-car EMUs (brown livery) (until October 1970)
101 series 10-car EMUs (sky blue livery) (from December 1970 until March 1978)^[1]
103 series 10-car EMUs (sky blue livery) (from October 1965 until March 1998)^[1]
205 series 10-car EMU (sky blue stripe) (from October 1989 until February 1996)^[1]
209-900 series 10-car EMUs (sky blue stripe) (from May 1992 until August 2007)^[2]
209-0 series 10-car EMUs (sky blue stripe) (from March 1993 until January 2010)^[3]
209-500 series 10-car EMUs (sky blue stripe) (from January 2001 until 2009)

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 鉄道友の会　東京支部　JR電車部会 (December 2007). "京浜東北線を駆け抜けた車両たち後編". Japan Railfan Magazine 48 (562): 77–84.
^ 鉄道友の会　東京支部　JR電車部会 (November 2007). "京浜東北線を駆け抜けた車両たち前編". Japan Railfan Magazine 48 (561): 86–93.
^ Hobidas: "京浜東北線・根岸線209系引退で記念イベント" (14 December 2009). Retrieved 14 December 2009. (Japanese)

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External links

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Other commuter rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai Kodomonokuni Minatomirai 21 Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Green

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Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Ikebukuro Kawasaki Kita-Senju Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Airports Haneda Int'l Narita Int'l Chofu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo

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Shinkansen	Hokuriku Jōetsu Nagano Tōhoku Akita Yamagata

Main	Chūō Ōu Shin'etsu Sōbu Tōhoku Tōkaidō Uetsu

Local	Agatsuma Aterazawa Ban'etsu East Ban'etsu West Echigo Gonō Hachikō Hachinohe Hakushin Hanawa Iiyama Ishinomaki Itō Itsukaichi Jōban Jōetsu Kamaishi Karasuyama Kashima Kawagoe Keiyō Kesennuma Kitakami Koumi Kururi Mito Musashino Nambu Narita Negishi Nikkō Ōfunato Oga Ōito Ōme Ōminato Rikuu East Rikuu West Ryōmō Sagami Senseki Senzan Shinonoi Sotobō Suigun Tadami Takasaki Tazawako Tōgane Tsugaru Tsurumi Uchibō Utsunomiya Yahiko Yamada Yamanote Yokohama Yokosuka Yonesaka

Others	Chūō Rapid Chūō-Sōbu Gala-Yuzawa Keihin-Tōhoku Saikyō (incl. Akabane) Shōnan-Shinjuku Sōbu Rapid (Tōhoku Jūkan - under construction)

Past	Aizu Ashio Iwaizumi Kihara Marumori Mōka Nagai Shin'etsu Main (Shinano) Tōhoku Main (Aoimori / Iwate Galaxy)

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