Sagami Railway Main Line

Not to be confused with Sagami Line.

Sagami Railway Main Line
A Sagami railway 8000 series train approaching Yokohama
Overview
Native name	相鉄本線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kanagawa Prefecture
Termini	Yokohama Ebina
Stations	18
Daily ridership	566,657 (FY2010)
Operation
Owner	Sagami Railway
Depot(s)	Kashiwadai
Technical
Line length	24.6 km (15.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Route map Legend 0.0 Yokohama 0.9 Hiranumabashi 1.8 Nishi-Yokohama 2.4 Tennochō 3.3 Hoshikawa 4.3 Wadamachi 5.0 Kamihoshikawa Yokohama Hazawa freight (JR) Tōkaidō Main Line freight line Bypass under construction 6.9 Nishiya Tōkaidō Shinkansen 8.5 Tsurugamine 10.5 Futamatagawa Sagami Railway Izumino Line 12.2 Kibōgaoka 13.6 Mitsukyō 15.5 Seya 17.4 Yamato Odakyu Enoshima Line 19.3 Sagami-Ōtsuka 20.5 Sagamino 21.8 Kashiwadai Kashiwadai Depot 23.8 0.0 Sagami-Kokubu Signal Odakyu Odawara Line 24.6 Ebina Sagami Railway Atsugi Line (freight) - 2.2 Atsugi Sagami Line

The Sagami Railway Main Line (相鉄本線, Sōtetsu Honsen), also known as the Sōtetsu line, is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu). It connects Yokohama and Ebina.

Services

In addition to all-stations "Local" services, Sotetsu operates limited-stop "Rapid" (快速, Kaisoku), "Express" (急行, Kyūkō), and "Limited Express" (特急, Tokkyū) services.

Local trains are split into 3 services: Yokohama to Futamatagawa, Futamatagawa to Ebina, and Futamatagawa along the Izumino Line to Shōnandai.

A link is under construction from Nishiya Station to a new station at Hazawa on the JR Freight Tokaido Line, enabling through services to and from the Tokaido Line. Completion is scheduled for March 2015. A further approximately 10 km extension is also planned from Hazawa to Shin-Yokohama and Hiyoshi on the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line to allow through services to and from Shibuya in Tokyo from March 2019.

Stations

• "Local" services stop at all stations.
• S: stop
• R: Rapid
• E: Express
• L: Limited Express

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	R	E	L	Transfers	Location
Yokohama	横浜	0.0	S	S	S	Tokaido Main Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Negishi Line, Yokosuka Line Tōkyū Tōyoko Line Keikyū Main Line Yokohama City Transportation Bureau: Yokohama municipal subway line 3 (Blue Line) Minatomirai Line	Nishi-ku, Yokohama	Kanagawa Prefecture
Hiranumabashi	平沼橋	0.9
Nishi-Yokohama	西横浜	1.8
Tennochō	天王町	2.4					Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Hoshikawa	星川	3.3	S
Wadamachi	和田町	4.3
Kamihoshikawa	上星川	5.0
Nishiya	西谷	6.9
Tsurugamine	鶴ヶ峰	8.5	S				Asahi-ku, Yokohama
Futamatagawa	二俣川	10.5	S	S	S	Izumino Line
Kibōgaoka	希望ヶ丘	12.2	S	S
Mitsukyō	三ツ境	13.6	S	S			Seya-ku, Yokohama
Seya	瀬谷	15.5	S	S
Yamato	大和	17.4	S	S	S	Odakyu Enoshima Line	Yamato
Sagami-Ōtsuka	相模大塚	19.3	S	S
Sagamino	さがみ野	20.5	S	S			Ebina
Kashiwadai	かしわ台	21.8	S	S
Ebina	海老名	24.6	S	S	S	Odakyu Odawara Line Sagami Line

Rolling stock

• 7000 series
• New 7000 series
• 8000 series
• 9000 series
• 10000 series
• 11000 series

Non-revenue-earning stock

• 2000 series
• ED10 electric locomotives

History

The line opened 12 May 1926 as the steam-operated Jinchu Railway (神中鉄道, Jinchū Tetsudō) between Futamatagawa and Atsugi (on the present-day Sagami Line). The line was extended from Futamatagawa to Yokohama in December 1933, and from the former station at Sagami-Kokubu (相模国分) (now closed) in November 1941.

The line became the Sagami Railway Jinchu Line (相模鉄道神中線) from 1 April 1943.

Work to electrify the line commenced in June 1942, with the entire line between Yokohama and Ebina electrified by 20 September 1944.

Work to double-track the line commenced in January 1957 between Yokohama and Nishi-Yokohama. The entire line was double-tracked by March 1974.

The first air-conditioned trains (4-car 6000 series EMUs) were introduced on the line on 3 July 1971.

10-car trains started operating on the line from 6 April 1981.

Station ticket barriers were modified to allow use of the Passnet magnetic farecard from 1 October 2000.