Shōnan Liner


The Shōnan Liner is a "Home Liner" service for commuters on the Tōkaidō Main Line operated by East Japan Railway Company. This article also covers the Ohayō Liner Shinjuku morning and Home Liner Odawara evening services. All of these trains operate on weekdays only.

Service pattern

The trains connect the Shōnan region of Kanagawa Prefecture with central Tokyo.

''Shōnan Liner''

There are seven inbound and nine outbound Shōnan Liner services each weekday, taking 71 to 91 minutes between Tokyo and Odawara.

Route

The Shōnan Liner operates between Tokyo and Odawara, mainly on the Tōkaidō Line. Some trains run also on the Tōkaidō Freight Line and the Yokosuka Line, including Shōnan Liner No. 1 and Shōnan Liner No. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and among them, Shōnan Liner No. 4, 10 terminate at Shinagawa, and Shōnan Liner No. 6, 8 terminate at the Sōbu Line underground platforms at Tokyo.

Stations served

Legends:
Generally, the stations served for different services all follow the same rules:
  1. They all stop at Tokyo, Shinagawa, Fujisawa, Chigasaki and Odawara.
  2. Only inbound services via the Yokosuka Line stop at Shimbashi.
  3. Only services running solely on the Tōkaidō Main Line stop at Ōfuna and Tsujidō.
  4. Only services running on the Tōkaidō Main Line west of Chigasaki stop at Hiratsuka, Ninomiya and Kōzu.

    ''Ohayō Liner Shinjuku'' and ''Home Liner Odawara''

The Ohayō Liner Shinjuku operates from Odawara Station to Shinjuku Station in the morning, and the Home Liner Odawara operates in the opposite direction in the evening. There are three inbound and two outbound services each weekday, taking 80 to 88 minutes between Shinjuku and Odawara. The Shinjuku-Odawara service competes with the Romancecar limited express services on the Odakyū Odawara Line, which take a similar amount of travel time. These services were once referred to collectively as the Shōnan-Shinjuku Liner, until late 2002.

Route

The Ohayō Liner Shinjuku and Home Liner Odawara operates between Shinjuku and Odawara, on the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, the Tōkaidō Freight Line and the Tōkaidō Main Line.

Stations served

Legends:
Generally, the stations served for different services all follow the same rules:
  1. They all stop at Shinjuku, Shibuya, Fujisawa, Chigasaki and Odawara.
  2. Only services running on the Tōkaidō Main Line west of Chigasaki stop at Hiratsuka, Ninomiya and Kōzu.

    Ticketing

To board a Shōnan Liner, Ohayō Liner Shinjuku and Home Liner Odawara train, a Liner Ticket is required, which costs 510 yen. Liner Tickets can be bought at ticket machines in stations or on platforms, by using cash or IC Cards such as Suica.
To board the Green Cars on these trains, an additional Green Car Ticket is required.

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