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Chūō line (East)


JR East 東日本旅客鉄道 [JR東日本]  Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō [JR East]     East Japan Railway

Chūō hon (East) 中央本線 JR railway      1067 mm     1500V DC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Chūō Main Line or Chūō Line (Rapid)

AliasFrom - To
Chūō - Sōbu kankō Ochanomizu - Mitaka

Opened1894 - 1919Tōkyō - ShinjukuTracksDouble trackKanda - Ochanomizu
1889Shinjuku - TachikawaFour tracksOchanomizu - Mitaka
1901 - 1905Tachikawa - OkayaDouble trackMitaka - km 198.9 (Fumonji Signal Box)
1983Okaya - Shiojiri
(1906 via current Tatsuno branch)
Single trackKm 198.9 - Okaya
TracksDedicated double trackTōkyō - Kanda (along Tōhoku hon line)Double trackOkaya - Shiojiri

Between Yoyogi and Shinjuku, the Chūō line runs in parallel with Yamanote line.
At Kunitachi, there is a 5.0 km line to Shin-Kodaira at Musashino line. It is known as Musashino Kunitachi branch line. It is a freight line, but it is used by the Rapid Musashino between Ōmiya and Hachiōji.
MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
0.0 Tōkyō東京とうきょう JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen >Shin-Ōsaka
JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen* >Niigata
JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku >Yokohama
JR East: Keiyō >Soga
JR East: Sōbu hon >Chiba
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Shin-Aomori
JR East: Tōkaidō hon >Atami
JR East: Ueno-Tōkyō >Ueno
JR East: Yamanote >Ōsaki - Shinjuku >Ueno - Shinjuku
JR East: Yokosuka >Kurihama
Tōkyō Metro: Chiyoda [Nijūbashimae] >Yoyogi-Uehara >Ayase
Tōkyō Metro: Marunouchi >Ogikubo >Ikebukuro
Tōkyō : Chiyoda-ku Tōkyō
1.3 Kanda神田かんだ JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku >Ōmiya
JR East: Yamanote >Ueno - Ōsaki
Tōkyō Metro: Ginza >Shibuya >Asakusa
Tōkyō : Chiyoda-ku Tōkyō
2.6 Ochanomizu御茶ノ水おちゃのみず JR East: Sōbu hon "Chūō - Sōbu kankō line" >Chiba - Kinshichō
Tōkyō Metro: Chiyoda [Shin-Ochanomizu] >Yoyogi-Uehara >Ayase
Tōkyō Metro: Marunouchi >Ogikubo >Ikebukuro
3.4 Suidōbashi水道橋すいどうばし TOEI: Mita >Meguro >Nishi-Takashimadaira
4.3 Iidabashi飯田橋いいだばし TOEI: Ōedo >Tochōmae >Tochōmae - Hikarigaoka
Tōkyō Metro: Namboku >Meguro >Akabane-Iwabuchi
Tōkyō Metro: Tōzai >Nakano >Nishi-Funabashi
Tōkyō Metro: Yūrakuchō >Wakōshi >Shin-Kiba
5.8 Ichigaya市ケ谷いちがや TOEI: Shinjuku >Shinjuku >Motoyawata
Tōkyō Metro: Namboku >Meguro >Akabane-Iwabuchi
Tōkyō Metro: Yūrakuchō >Wakōshi >Shin-Kiba
6.6 Yotsuya四ツ谷よつや Tōkyō Metro: Marunouchi >Ogikubo >Ikebukuro
Tōkyō Metro: Namboku >Meguro >Akabane-Iwabuchi
Tōkyō : Shinjuku-ku
7.9 Shinanomachi信濃町しなのまち
8.6 Sendagaya千駄ケ谷せんだがや TOEI: Ōedo [Kokuritsu-kyōgijō] >Tochōmae >Hikarigaoka
Tōkyō : Shibuya-ku
9.6 Yoyogi代々木よよぎ JR East: Yamanote >Shibuya - Ueno >Ikebukuro - Ueno
TOEI: Ōedo >Tochōmae >Tochōmae - Hikarigaoka
10.3 Shinjuku新宿しんじゅく JR East: Saikyō >Ōsaki >Ōmiya
JR East: Shōnan-Shinjuku Line >Ōfuna >Ōmiya
JR East: Yamanote >Shibuya - Ueno >Ikebukuro - Ueno
Keiō: Keiō >Keiō-Hachiōji
Keiō: Keiō Shin >Sasazuka (- Chōfu)
Odakyū: Odawara >Odawara
Seibu: Shinjuku [Seibu-Shinjuku] >Hon-Kawagoe
TOEI: Ōedo >Daimon - Tochōmae >Tochōmae - Hikarigaoka
TOEI: Ōedo [Shinjuku-nishiguchi] >Tochōmae >Kiyosumi-Shirakawa
TOEI: Shinjuku >Motoyawata
Tōkyō Metro: Fukutoshin [Shinjuku 3-chōme] >Wakōshi >Shibuya
Tōkyō Metro: Marunouchi >Ogikubo >Ikebukuro
Tōkyō : Shinjuku-ku
11.7 Ōkubo大久保おおくぼ
12.8 Higashi-Nakano東中野ひがしなかの TOEI: Ōedo >Tochōmae >Hikarigaoka
Tōkyō : Nakano-ku
14.7 Nakano中野なかの Tōkyō Metro: Tōzai >Nishi-Funabashi
16.1 Kōenji高円寺こうえんじ
Tōkyō : Suginami-ku
17.3 Asagaya阿佐ケ谷あさがや
18.7 Ogikubo荻窪おぎくぼ Tōkyō Metro: Marunouchi >Ikebukuro
20.6 Nishi-Ogikubo西荻窪にしおぎくぼ
22.5 Kichijōji吉祥寺きちじょうじ Keiō: Inokashira >Shibuya
Musashino-shi
24.1 Mitaka三鷹みたか
Mitaka-shi
25.7 Musashi-Sakai武蔵境むさしさかい Seibu: Tamagawa >Koremasa
Musashino-shi
27.4 Higashi-Koganei東小金井ひがしこがねい
Koganei-shi
29.1 Musashi-Koganei武蔵小金井むさしこがねい
31.4 Kokubunji国分寺こくぶんじ Seibu: Kokubunji >Higashi-Murayama
Seibu: Tamako >Seibu-Yūenchi
Kokubunji-shi
32.8 Nishi-Kokubunji西国分寺にしこくぶんじ JR East: Musashino >Fuchū-Hommachi >Nishi-Funabashi
34.5 Kunitachi国立くにたち
Kunitachi-shi
37.5 Tachikawa立川たちかわ JR East: Nambu >Kawasaki
JR East: Ōme >Ōme - Okutama
Tama Monorail: Tama Toshi Monorēru [Tachikawa-kita] >Kamikitadai >Tama Center
Tama Monorail: Tama Toshi Monorēru [Tachikawa-minami] >Kamikitadai >Tama Center
Tachikawa-shi
40.8 Hino日野ひの
Hino-shi
43.1 Toyoda豊田とよだ
47.4 Hachiōji八王子はちおうじ JR East: Hachikō >Komagawa
JR East: Yokohama >Yokohama
Keiō: Keiō [Keiō-Hachiōji] >Shinjuku
Hachiōji-shi
49.8 Nishi-Hachiōji西八王子にしはちおうじ
53.1 Takao高尾たかお Keiō: Takao >Kitano >Takaosanguchi
62.6 Sagamiko相模湖さがみこ
Sagamihara-shi Kanagawa
66.3 Fujino藤野ふじの
69.8 Uenohara上野原うえのはら
Uenohara-shi Yamanashi
74.0 Shiotsu四方津しおつ
77.6 Yanagawa梁川やながわ
Ōtsuki-shi
81.2 Torisawa鳥沢とりさわ
85.3 Saruhashi猿橋さるはし
87.8 Ōtsuki大月おおつき Fujikyū: Ōtsuki "Fuji kyūkō line" >Fujisan - Kawaguchiko
93.9 Hatsukari初狩はつかり
100.4 Sasago笹子ささご
106.5 Kai-Yamato甲斐大和かいやまと
Kōshū-shi
112.5 Katsunuma-budōkyō勝沼ぶどう郷かつぬまぶどうきょう
116.9 Enzan塩山えんざん
120.1 Higashi-Yamanashi東山梨ひがしやまなし
Yamanashi-shi
122.2 Yamanashishi山梨市やまなしし
125.0 Kasugaichō春日居町かすがいちょう
Fuefuki-shi
127.8 Isawa-onsen石和温泉いさわおんせん
131.2 Sakaori酒折さかおり
Kōfu-shi
134.1 Kōfu甲府こうふ JR Central: Minobu >Fuji
138.6 Ryūō竜王りゅうおう
Kai-shi
142.7 Shiozaki塩崎しおざき
147.0 Nirasaki韮崎にらさき
Nirasaki-shi
151.2 Shimpu新府しんぷ
154.7 Anayama穴山あなやま
160.1 Hinoharu日野春ひのはる
Hokuto-shi
166.3 Nagasaka長坂ながさか
173.7 Kobuchizawa小淵沢こぶちざわ JR East: Koumi "Yatsugatake-Kōgen line" >Komoro
178.2 Shinano-Sakai信濃境しなのさかい
Fujimi-machi Nagano
182.9 Fujimi富士見ふじみ
186.1 Suzurannosatoすずらんの里すずらんのさと
188.0 Aoyagi青柳あおやぎ
Chino-shi
195.2 Chino茅野ちの
201.9 Kamisuwa上諏訪かみすわ
Suwa-shi
206.3 Shimosuwa下諏訪しもすわ
Shimosuwa-machi
210.4 Okaya岡谷おかや JR East: Chūō hon >Tatsuno
Okaya-shi
218.2 Midorikoみどり湖みどりこ
Shiojiri-shi
222.1 Shiojiri塩尻しおじり JR Central: Chūō hon >Nagoya
JR East: Chūō hon >Tatsuno
JR East: Shinonoi >Nagano

Other lines used by this service
Traffic notes

Between Ochanomizu and Mitaka, the Chūō line is used by two different local train services:

Chūō Rapid Line (Chūō Kaisoku-sen)
Main route is Tōkyō - Ochanomizu - Mitaka - Tachikawa - Takao (or parts thereof). Some services continue from Tachikawa to Ōme on Ōme line, other continue from Takao to Ōtsuki. The Chūō Rapid service uses the "Rapid tracks", two out of four tracks, between Ochanomizu and Mitaka. The trains do not stop at every station in this section - many stations do not have platforms for the "Rapid tracks". Beyond Mitaka, the Chūō Rapid Line trains normally stop at all stations, but there are some "non-stopping" services.
Some early morning/late night trains originating in Tōkyō use the "Local tracks" (stopping at all stations) and continue beyond Mitaka.

Chūō-Sōbu Line (Chūō Sōbu Kankō-sen)
Through local train service from Chiba or Tsudanuma (Sōbu line) via Kinshichō - Ochanomiya to Mitaka. It uses the "Local tracks" between Ochanomiya and Mitaka and stops at all stations.

On the Nakano - Mitaka section, the Chūō line is also used by:
Tōkyō Metro Tōzai line
Tōzai Line trains from Nishi-Funabashi run Nakano - Mitaka on the "local tracks". Some trains originate in Tōyō-Katsutadai (Tōyō Rapid Railway) or in Tsudanuma (JR Sōbu line).



This page is updated Mar 29, 2023