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Railway	Line
JR East	Sōbu hon (Tōkyō - Chiba)
	Sōbu hon (Chiba - Chōshi)
	Sōbu hon (Ochanomizu branch)
	Chūō - Sōbu kankō

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

Sōbu hon (Tōkyō - Chiba) 総武本線 JR railway 1067 mm 1500V DC

Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Sōbu Line (Rapid)

Alias	From - To
Chūō - Sōbu kankō	Kinshichō - Chiba

Opened	1972	Tōkyō - Kinshichō	Tracks	Double track	Tōkyō - Kinshichō
Opened	1894	Kinshichō - Ichikawa - Chiba	Tracks	Four tracks	Kinshichō - Chiba

Maps	Km	Station name	Official name	Furigana name	Connecting lines	City	Prefecture
Mapion Google	0.0	Tōkyō	東京	とうきょう	JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen >Shin-Ōsaka JR East: Chūō hon* >Takao-Shiojiri JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen* >Niigata JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku >Ōmiya >Yokohama JR East: Keiyō >Soga 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
Mapion Google	1.2	Shin-Nihombashi	新日本橋	しんにほんばし	Tōkyō Metro: Ginza [Mitsukoshimae] >Shibuya >Asakusa Tōkyō Metro: Hanzōmon [Mitsukoshimae] >Shibuya >Oshiage	Tōkyō : Chūō-ku
Mapion Google	2.3	Bakurochō	馬喰町	ばくろちょう	TOEI: Asakusa [Higashi-Nihombashi] >Nishi-Magome >Oshiage TOEI: Shinjuku [Bakuro-Yokoyama] >Shinjuku >Motoyawata	Tōkyō : Chūō-ku
Mapion Google	4.8	Kinshichō	錦糸町	きんしちょう	JR East: Sōbu hon "Chūō - Sōbu kankō line" >Ochanomizu - Mitaka Tōkyō Metro: Hanzōmon >Shibuya >Oshiage	Tōkyō : Sumida-ku
Mapion Google	6.3	Kameido	亀戸	かめいど	Tōbu: Kameido >Hikifune	Tōkyō : Kōtō-ku
Mapion Google	8.2	Hirai	平井	ひらい		Tōkyō : Edogawa-ku
Mapion Google	10.0	Shin-Koiwa	新小岩	しんこいわ		Tōkyō : Katsushika-ku
Mapion Google	12.8	Koiwa	小岩	こいわ		Tōkyō : Edogawa-ku
Mapion Google	15.4	Ichikawa	市川	いちかわ	Keisei: Hon [Ichikawa-Mama] >Keisei Ueno >Narita airport	Ichikawa-shi	Chiba
Mapion Google	17.4	Motoyawata	本八幡	もとやわた	Keisei: Hon [Keisei Yawata] >Keisei Ueno >Narita airport TOEI: Shinjuku >Shinjuku	Ichikawa-shi
Mapion Google	19.0	Shimōsa-Nakayama	下総中山	しもうさなかやま		Funabashi-shi
Mapion Google	20.6	Nishi-Funabashi	西船橋	にしふなばし	JR East: Keiyō >Ichikawa-Shiohama JR East: Keiyō >Minami-Funabashi JR East: Musashino >Fuchū-Hommachi Keisei: Hon [Keisei Nishifuna] >Keisei Ueno >Narita airport Tōkyō Metro: Tōzai >Nakano Tōyō Kōsoku: Tōyō Kōsoku >Tōyō-Katsutadai
Mapion Google	23.2	Funabashi	船橋	ふなばし	Keisei: Hon [Keisei Funabashi] >Keisei Ueno >Narita airport Tōbu: Noda "Tobu Urban Park line" >Ōmiya
Mapion Google	25.0	Higashi-Funabashi	東船橋	ひがしふなばし
Mapion Google	26.7	Tsudanuma	津田沼	つだぬま	Shin-Keisei: Shin-Keisei [Shin-Tsudanuma] >Matsudo >Keisei Tsudanuma	Narashino-shi
Mapion Google	29.6	Makuharihongō	幕張本郷	まくはりほんごう	Keisei: Chiba [Keisei Makuharihongō] >Keisei Tsudanuma >Chiba-chūō	Chiba-shi
Mapion Google	31.6	Makuhari	幕張	まくはり	Keisei: Chiba [Keisei Makuhari] >Keisei Tsudanuma >Chiba-chūō
Mapion Google	33.2	Shin-Kemigawa	新検見川	しんけみがわ
Mapion Google	35.9	Inage	稲毛	いなげ
Mapion Google	37.8	Nishi-Chiba	西千葉	にしちば
Mapion Google	39.2	Chiba	千葉	ちば	Chiba Monorail: Line 1 >Chiba-minato >Kenchō-mae Chiba Monorail: Line 2 >Chiba-minato >Chishirodai JR East: Sōbu hon >Chōshi JR East: Sotobō >Kazusa-Ichinomiya - Awa-Kamogawa JR East: Uchibō* >Kimitsu - Awa-Kamogawa Keisei: Chiba [Keisei Chiba] >Keisei Tsudanuma >Chiba-chūō

Sōbu hon (Chiba - Chōshi) 総武本線 JR railway 1067 mm 1500V DC

Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Sōbu Main Line

Opened	1894	Chiba - Sakura	Tracks	Double track	Chiba - Sakura
Opened	1897	Sakura - Chōshi	Tracks	Single track	Sakura - Chōshi

Maps	Km		Station name	Official name	Furigana name	Connecting lines	City	Prefecture
Mapion Google	39.2		Chiba	千葉	ちば	Chiba Monorail: Line 1 >Chiba-minato >Kenchō-mae Chiba Monorail: Line 2 >Chiba-minato >Chishirodai JR East: Sōbu hon "Chūō - Sōbu kankō line" >Tōkyō JR East: Sotobō >Kazusa-Ichinomiya - Awa-Kamogawa JR East: Uchibō* >Awa-Kamogawa Keisei: Chiba [Keisei Chiba] >Keisei Tsudanuma >Chiba-chūō	Chiba-shi	Chiba
Mapion Google	40.1		Higashi-Chiba	東千葉	ひがしちば
Mapion Google	43.4		Tsuga	都賀	つが	Chiba Monorail: Line 2 >Chiba-minato >Chishirodai
Mapion Google	46.9		Yotsukaidō	四街道	よつかいどう		Yotsukaidō-shi
Mapion Google	51.1		Monoi	物井	ものい		Yotsukaidō-shi
Mapion Google	55.3		Sakura	佐倉	さくら	JR East: Narita >Chōshi	Sakura-shi
Mapion Google	59.3		Minami-Shisui	南酒々井	みなみしすい		Shisui-machi
Mapion Google	62.2		Enokido	榎戸	えのきど		Yachimata-shi
Mapion Google	65.9		Yachimata	八街	やちまた		Yachimata-shi
Mapion Google	71.7		Hyūga	日向	ひゅうが		Sammu-shi
Mapion Google	76.9		Narutō	成東	なるとう	JR East: Tōgane >Ōami
Mapion Google	82.5		Matsuo	松尾	まつお
Mapion Google	86.8		Yokoshiba	横芝	よこしば		Yokoshibahikari-machi
Mapion Google	90.6		Iigura	飯倉	いいぐら		Sōsa-shi
Mapion Google	93.7		Yōkaichiba	八日市場	ようかいちば		Sōsa-shi
Mapion Google	98.8		Higata	干潟	ひがた		Asahi-shi
Mapion Google	103.6		Asahi	旭	あさひ
Mapion Google	106.3		Iioka	飯岡	いいおか
Mapion Google	109.2		Kurahashi	倉橋	くらはし
Mapion Google	111.8		Saruda	猿田	さるだ		Chōshi-shi
Mapion Google	117.3	#	Matsugishi	松岸	まつぎし	JR East: Narita >Sakura
Mapion Google	120.5	#	Chōshi	銚子	ちょうし	Chōshi: Chōshi Denki Tetsudō >Tokawa

Other services using this line
This line is also used:

Between Matsugishi and Chōshi by the Narita line service

Sōbu hon (Ochanomizu branch) 総武本線 [御茶ノ水支線] JR railway 1067 mm 1500V DC

Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Chūō–Sōbu Line

Alias	From - To
Chūō - Sōbu kankō	Ochanomizu - Kinshichō

Opened	1904	Kinshichō - Ryōgoku	Tracks	Double track
Opened	1932	Ryōgoku - Ochanomizu

Maps	Km	Station name	Official name	Furigana name	Connecting lines	City	Prefecture
Mapion Google	0.0	Ochanomizu	御茶ノ水	おちゃのみず	JR East: Chūō hon >Tōkyō >Mitaka - Takao Tōkyō Metro: Chiyoda [Shin-Ochanomizu] >Yoyogi-Uehara >Ayase Tōkyō Metro: Marunouchi >Ogikubo >Ikebukuro	Tōkyō : Chiyoda-ku	Tōkyō
Mapion Google	0.9	Akihabara	秋葉原	あきはばら	JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku >Ōmiya >Yokohama JR East: Yamanote >Tōkyō - Ōsaki >Ueno - Ōsaki MIR: Tsukuba Express >Tsukuba Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya >Kita-Senju >Naka-Meguro	Tōkyō : Chiyoda-ku
Mapion Google	2.0	Asakusabashi	浅草橋	あさくさばし	TOEI: Asakusa >Nishi-Magome >Oshiage	Tōkyō : Taitō-ku
Mapion Google	2.8	Ryōgoku	両国	りょうごく	TOEI: Ōedo >Tochōmae >Hikarigaoka	Tōkyō : Sumida-ku
Mapion Google	4.3	Kinshichō	錦糸町	きんしちょう	JR East: Sōbu hon >Tōkyō >"Chūō - Sōbu kankō line" Chiba Tōkyō Metro: Hanzōmon >Shibuya >Oshiage	Tōkyō : Sumida-ku

Chūō - Sōbu kankō 中央・総武緩行線

Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Sōbu Line (Rapid)

Chūō-Sōbu Kankō "slow run" is the name used for the local train service running on Chūō and Sōbu lines - connected by the Sōbu Ochanomizu branch - from Mitaka in west to Chiba in east.
It has its own dedicated tracks running in parallel with the tracks used for faster trains. Some stations have platforms only on the Chūō-Sōbu Kankō line tracks.
The line colour is yellow which is used on trains and in station signs.

Real line name	From - To
JR East: Chūō hon (East)	Mitaka - Ochanomizu
JR East: Sōbu hon (Ochanomizu branch)	Ochanomizu - Kinshichō
JR East: Sōbu hon (Tōkyō - Chiba)	Kinshichō - Chiba

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This page is updated Mar 29, 2023