The Sōtetsu–JR Link Line is a section of the

Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link The Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link () is a strategic railway project in Japan to improve the railway network connectivity and passenger convenience between the eastern Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo Metropolis, as well as access to Tōkaidō Shinkan ...

project, built by the

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(JRTT). It connects the

Sōtetsu Main Line The is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). It connects and . Services Services on the Main Line are divided into four categories. Some trains travel along the Izu ...

to the

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Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line () is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station (Saitama), Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is a portmant ...

, via the tracks of the

Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line The Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line is a commuter line operated by Sotetsu between Nishiya Station on the Sōtetsu Main Line to Shin-Yokohama Station. Sōtetsu has put its company names as a formal part of the line names, which is a first for the ...

and the Tōkaidō Freight Line. This service is publicly referred to as a Sotetsu Link Line by JR East,（JR線代表的駅構内図） and as a JR Link Line by the

Sagami Railway The , or , is a private railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of holding company Sōtetsu Holdings, Inc. Sōtetsu Holdings is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; 6.58% of it is own ...

(Sotetsu).（相鉄線代表的駅構内案内）

Services

JR through service trains enter the Tōkaido Freight Line once leaving

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, via the Tokyo-side of Yokohama-Hazawa Freight Station, then enters the

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tracks near

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. The service shares the same route as the

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, heading inbound towards Musashi-Kosugi, Ōsaki,

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, and

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. Trains operate from Ebina on the

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, via Nishiya, Musashi-Kosugi, and enter the Saikyō Line at Ōsaki. Trains will mostly terminate at Shinjuku. In the morning rush hours, some trains go further north towards Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, Sashiōgi (where the Kawagoe Line depot is located), and as far as Kawagoe. A total of 46 round trips will be operated every day, with a rush-hour frequency of 4 trains per hour, and off-peak frequency of 2-3 trains per hour. The fastest travel times are 44 minutes between Futamatagawa and Shinjuku, 45 minutes between

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and Shibuya, and 36 minutes between Ebina and Musashi-Kosugi.

Service types

* Local (各停), stopping at all stations * Limited Express (特急), stopping at all stations on the JR lines. ** However, when Limited Express trains are on the JR line, they are displayed as ''Local'' instead.

Past proposal

Past proposals also suggested Sōtetsu trains to operate through services with the Ueno-Tokyo Line, towards the

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and Jōban Lines. This requires trains to cross over level junctions to enter Tōkaido Line tracks near Tsurumi or Shinagawa (or somewhere in between), which would possibly undermine the high density train operations in this section, if no dedicated

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is built. Thus the idea was scrapped due to these difficulties.

Nomenclature

Station list

References

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