Sagami Line

Not to be confused with Sagami Railway.

Sagami Line
300px A 205 series EMU at Hashimoto
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kanagawa Prefecture
Termini	Chigasaki Hashimoto
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	1921
Owner	JR East
Rolling stock	205-500 series
Technical
Line length	33.3 km (20.7 mi)
No. of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC Overhead catenary
Route map File:JR Sagami Line map.svg 300px

Route diagram

Legend Tōkaidō Main Line 0.0Chigasaki 1.3 Kita-Chigasaki 3.4 Kagawa 5.1 0.0 Samukawa "Nishi-Samukawa branch" - 1.5 Nishi-Samukawa - 2.0 Shinomiya 7.2 Miyayama Tōkaidō Shinkansen 8.6 Kurami 10.0 Kadosawabashi 11.6 Shake Sōtetsu Atsugi Line Odakyū Odawara Line 14.2 Atsugi 15.9 Ebina Sōtetsu Atsugi Line Sagami Railway Main Line Odakyū Odawara Line 18.9 Iriya 20.6 Sōbudaishita 23.5 Shimomizo 24.8 Harataima 26.9 Banda 28.4 Kamimizo 31.3 Minami-Hashimoto Yokohama Line Keiō Sagamihara Line 33.3 Hashimoto Yokohama Line x20px Hachiōji Chūō Main Line Hachikō Line

The Sagami Line (相模線, Sagami-sen) is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It approximately parallels the east bank of the Sagami River. The line connects Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara and Chigasaki Station in Chigasaki.

Services

While most services are operated inside the line as local trains, some run through onto the Yokohama Line beyond Hashimoto and make four additional stops, terminating at Hachiōji Station.

Rolling stock

All trains are operated with 205-500 series four-car EMUs.

Stations

• All stations located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
• All trains stop at every station.
• Stations marked "o", "v", or "^" allow passing; stations marked"｜" do not.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers		Location
		Between stations	Total
Chigasaki	茅ヶ崎	-	0.0	Tōkaidō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	v	Chigasaki
Kita-Chigasaki	北茅ヶ崎	1.3	1.3		o
Kagawa	香川	2.1	3.4		｜
Samukawa	寒川	1.7	5.1		o	Samukawa, Kōza District
Miyayama	宮山	2.1	7.2		｜
Kurami	倉見	1.4	8.6		o
Kadosawabashi	門沢橋	1.4	10.0		｜	Ebina
Shake	社家	1.6	11.6		o
Atsugi	厚木	2.6	14.2	Odakyū Odawara Line	｜
Ebina	海老名	1.7	15.9	Odakyū Odawara Line Sagami Railway Main Line	o
Iriya	入谷	3.0	18.9		｜	Zama
Sōbudaishita	相武台下	1.7	20.6		o	Sagamihara
Shimomizo	下溝	2.9	23.5		｜
Harataima	原当麻	1.3	24.8		o
Banda	番田	2.1	26.9		o
Kamimizo	上溝	1.5	28.4		｜
Minami-Hashimoto	南橋本	2.9	31.3		o
Hashimoto	橋本	2.0	33.3	Yokohama Line Keiō Sagamihara Line	^

History

The Chigasaki to Samukawa section was opened by the Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) in 1921, primarily to haul gravel. The line was extended to Atsugi in 1926, and to Hashimoto in 1931.

The line was nationalized in 1944 during World War II; the private Sagami Railway began operating the then Jinchū Line (神中線), now the Sagami Railway Main Line.

After privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987, the line was electrified in 1991. Before the JNR privatization, there were discussions to transfer the line to the Sagami Railway in order meet the expected demands of passenger traffic in the Tokyo and Yokohama suburbs. Because it had long been left as a non-electrified rural line, the cost to upgrade the line was beyond the ability of then financially constrained JNR; Sagami Railway, on the other hand, was running a profitable operation on its own line. However, the two companies did not agree on a deal, and plans to transfer the line were cancelled.

A short branch to Nishi-Samukawa Station from Samukawa Station was closed in 1984, and freight services ceased in 1998.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Stations of the Sagami Line (JR East) (Japanese)