Chūō–Sōbu Line


The Chūō-Sōbu Line is a railway line that runs through Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Chūō-Sōbu Line is part of the East Japan Railway Company network, but it operates on separate tracks along the right-of-way of the Chūō Main Line and Sōbu Main Line, providing service between Mitaka Station in the cities of Mitaka and Musashino and Chiba Station in Chiba.
The term Kankō distinguishes local trains on the Chūō-Sōbu line from rapid service trains running on the Chūō Main Line between Mitaka and and on the Sōbu Main Line between and Chiba.

Service patterns

Chūō-Sōbu Line

All through service trains enter the Tōzai Line at either Nakano, or Nishi-Funabashi. These trains operate within the following routes:
Certain limited express and seasonal trains run through, or stop at stations on this line. For information on the Shinjuku Wakashio and the Shinjuku Sazanami that make stops on the Chūō-Sōbu Line at, see their respective articles.

Former Early morning / Late night

At around 9 -10pm, a few westbound trains headed beyond Mitaka onto the Chūō Line, with some terminating at Musashi-Koganei, and the others at Tachikawa. The other trains during the hour operated regularly.
At around 4 - 6am and 11pm - 1am, Chūō-Sōbu Line services were divided at Ochanomizu Station, into two sections.
This service pattern last operated on 13 March 2020. To prepare for the eventual installation of platform doors on Chūō-Sōbu Line platforms and the future addition of Green Cars on the Rapid line, Chūō Line Rapid service trains no longer operate on the Chūō-Sōbu Line tracks.

Station list

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Chūō-Sōbu Line

Trains used on the line are based at Mitaka Depot.
Trains run between Mitaka and Tsudanuma or Toyo-Katsutadai, all via the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line between Nakano and Nishi-Funabashi.

Chūō-Sōbu Line

History

, designed to prevent gropers, were introduced on this line during morning peak periods starting on November 20, 2006.