Yokosuka Line

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A northbound Yokosuka Line train heading towards Narita Airport approaches a level crossing near Kita-Kamakura station

Green car (upper floor) interior.

The Yokosuka Line (横須賀線, Yokosuka-sen^?) is a rail line of JR East.

The line is 73.3 km long from Tokyo Station to Kurihama Station, is of 1,067 mm gauge and is double-tracked between Tokyo and Yokosuka. Officially the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between Ōfuna Station and Kurihama Station, but because the trains on the Yokosuka Line departs from Tokyo Station, the entire route of the trains is usually recognized as the Yokosuka Line.

It runs underground from Tokyo to Shinagawa (parallel to the Tōkaidō Main Line, the Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line), then branches to the west following the Tōkaidō Shinkansen into the city of Kawasaki (this section, commonly called the Hinkaku Line (品鶴線, Hinkaku-sen^?), is originally a freight branch of the Tōkaidō Main Line). It rejoins the Tōkaidō Main Line corridor near Tsurumi Station and follows the Tōkaidō Main Line to Ōfuna, where it branches off to the southeast toward stops on the Miura Peninsula.

[edit] Trains

Local trains make all stops along the Yokosuka Line. Most are 11-car trains with two first class "Green Cars."
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains use the Yokosuka Line between Nishi-Ōi and Zushi, making all stops.
Ohayo Liner and Home Liner commuter express trains stop at Tokyo, Shimbashi, Shinagawa, Ōfuna, Kamakura and Zushi.
Narita Express trains stop at Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Ōfuna.

Northbound trains frequently continue from Tokyo Station as Sōbu Line Rapid trains to Chiba Station or Narita Airport.

[edit] Stations

Note that the Yokosuka Line does not pass through Kawasaki Station.

Station	Connections	Ward / City
Tokyo	Sōbu Main Line (through service), Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Chūō Main Line, Keiyō Line, Musashino Line Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Shimbashi	Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Yurikamome	Minato-ku, Tokyo
Shinagawa	Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Keikyu Main Line	Minato-ku, Tokyo
Nishi-Ōi	Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service)	Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Musashi-Kosugi (not yet opened)	Nambu Line, Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, Tōkyū Meguro Line (Planned opening 2009)	Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
Shin-Kawasaki	Nambu Line (Kashimada Station, 8 min. walk)	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
Yokohama	Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Negishi Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, Keikyu Main Line, Sagami Railway, Yokohama Subway Blue Line, Minatomirai Line	Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Hodogaya		Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Higashi-Totsuka		Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
Totsuka	Tōkaidō Main Line (shared platform), Yokohama Subway Blue Line	Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
Ōfuna	Tōkaidō Main Line, Negishi Line, Shonan Monorail	Kamakura
Kita-Kamakura
Kamakura	Enoshima Electric Railway
Zushi	Keikyū Zushi Line (Shin-Zushi Station, 8 min. walk)	Zushi
Higashi-Zushi		Zushi
Taura		Yokosuka
Yokosuka
Kinugasa
Kurihama	Keikyū Kurihama Line (Keikyū Kurihama Station, 5 min. walk)

v • d • e Stations of the Sōbu Line (Rapid) / Yokosuka Line
Chiba - Inage - Tsudanuma - Funabashi - Ichikawa - Shin Koiwa - Kinshicho - Bakurocho - Shin-Nihombashi - Tokyo - Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Nishi-Ōi - Shin-Kawasaki - Yokohama - Hodogaya - Higashi-Totsuka - Totsuka - Ōfuna - Kita-Kamakura - Kamakura - Zushi - Higashi-Zushi - Taura - Yokosuka - Kinugasa - Kurihama

v • d • e Mass transit in the Tokyo area (# of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines	■Yamanote • ■Chūō • ■Chūō-Sōbu • ■Jōban • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Saikyō •■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu Rapid • ■Tōkaidō • ■Utsunomiya • ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines	○Chiyoda (C) • ○Fukutoshin (F) • ○Ginza (G) • ○Hibiya (H) • ○Marunouchi (M) • ○Namboku (N) • ○Tōzai (T) • ○Yūrakuchō (Y) • ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines	Subway: ○Asakusa (A) • ○Ōedo (E) • ○Mita (I) • ○Shinjuku (S) • Guideway: Nippori-Toneri • Streetcar: Arakawa
Major / semi-major lines	Keikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Shin-Keisei • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8)
Other lines	Tama Monorail • Tokyo Monorail • TWR • TX • Yurikamome
Suburban, JR	■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama
Suburban, Non-JR	Chiba Monorail • Nagareyama • New Shuttle • Saitama • Seaside Line • Shōnan Monorail • Yokohama MM • Yokohama Subway (2, 3 in 2008)
Terminals	Akihabara • Chiba • Ikebukuro • Kawasaki • Kita-Senju • Ōmiya • Ōtemachi • Shibuya • Shinagawa • Shinjuku • Tokyo • Ueno • Yokohama
Miscellaneous	Shinkansen (commuter) • PASMO • Passnet • Suica • Transportation in Greater Tokyo