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Chūō Line Rapid
E233 series
Service type	Rapid
Operator	JR East
Line used	Chūō Main Line
Rolling stock	(See article text)

The Chūō Rapid Line (中央快速線, Chūō-Kaisoku-sen^?) is the rapid service on the Chūō Main Line operated by the East Japan Railway Company. It operates except early morning and late night.

Contents 1 Data 2 Services 2.1 Rapid 2.2 Chūō Special Rapid 2.3 Commuter Rapid 2.4 Commuter Special Rapid 2.5 Chūō Liner/Ōme Liner 3 Stations 3.1 Tokyo – Takao 3.2 Takao – Ōtsuki 4 Rolling stock 4.1 Rolling stock of The Past 5 History 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Data

• Length
  • Tokyo Station - Takao Station: 53.1 km
  • Tokyo Station - Ōtsuki Station: 87.8 km
• Segments
  • Main route: Tokyo Station - Takao Station
  • Extension: Takao Station - Ōtsuki Station
  • Through services to: Ōme Line, Itsukaichi Line, Fuji Kyūkō Line
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Safety system: ATS
• Stations
  • Tokyo - Takao: 32 stations
  • Tokyo - Ōtsuki: 40 stations

[edit] Services

The Chūō Rapid Line uses the two "rapid tracks" on the four-track section between Ochanomizu Station and Mitaka Station of the Chūō Main Line and the both tracks on the remaining double track section. Since the rapid tracks do not have platforms at several stations, even slowest services of the Chūō Rapid Line skip such stations and are therefore called "Rapid". In addition to the basic type of "Rapid", there are some variations of the service types with fewer stops.

[edit] Rapid

This train is the most common on this route. Asagaya, Kōenji and Nishi-Ogikubo Stations are not stopped at on weekends and holidays. Stop at all Stations from Nakano Station.First service at 4:39 (Local) from Tokyo, 4:28 (Local) from Takao. Last service at 0:00 from Tokyo, 22:55 from Takao.The line colour used of the rolling stock, Station signs and diagrams is orange ■.

[edit] Chūō Special Rapid

Four services per hour. Stops at all stations from Tachikawa Station. Line color is Bule ■.

• Stopping Stations
• Tokyo - Kanda - Ochanomizu - Yotsuya - Shinjuku - Nakano (not trains starting from Shinjuku) - Mitaka - Kokubunji - Tachikwa - Ōtsuki

[edit] Commuter Rapid

Evening of the weekday service. Line color is Purple ■.

• It stop at Tokyo - Kanda - Ochanomizu - Yotsuya - Shinjuku - Nakano - Kichijōji - Mitaka - Kokubunji - Tachikwa - Ōtsuki

[edit] Commuter Special Rapid

Up train only on weekday mornings.Five service a day from Ōtsuki,Ōme to and Takao. Line color is Pink ■.

• Tokyo - Kanda - Ochanomizu - Yotsuya - Shinjuku - Kokubunji - Tachikawa - Hachiōji - Takao

[edit] Chūō Liner/Ōme Liner

The Chūō Liner and Ōme Liner are "Liner" trains running between Tokyo - Shinjuku - Hachiōji and Takao and Tokyo - Shinjuku - Tachikawa - Ome respectively on weekdays only. Five service a day Tokyo to and from Hachiōji/Takao. Unlike other types of rapid services that use same type of EMUs, the "Liner" services are provided by E257 series 11-car or 9-car EMU and E351 series 12-car EMU introduced from March 18, 2008. These replaced the previous 183 series trains.

• Chūō Liner (Tokyo - Shinjuku - Hachiōji)
• Ōme Liner (Tokyo - Shinjuku - Tachikawa - Ōme)

[edit] Stations

[edit] Tokyo – Takao

• Asagaya Station, Kōenji Station and Nishi Ogikubo Station are not stopped at on weekends and holidays.

Stations	Distance (km)	Chūō Liner /Ōme Liner	Rapid	Special Rapid	Ōme Special Rapid	Commuter Rapid	Commuter Special Rapid	Transfers		Location
								JR East lines	Other lines
Tokyo	0.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	Tōhoku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Nagano Shinkansen Yamanote Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line Tōkaidō Main Line Sōbu Line (Rapid) Yokosuka Line Keiyō Line	JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	Chiyoda	Tokyo
Kanda	1.3	∥	●	●	●	●	●	Yamanote Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line	Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Ochanomizu	2.6	∥	●	●	●	●	●	Chūō-Sōbu Line	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Chiyoda Line (at Shin-Ochanomizu)
Yotsuya	6.6	∥	●	●	●	●	●	Chūō-Sōbu Line	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Namboku Line	Shinjuku
Shinjuku	10.3	●	●	●	●	●	●	Yamanote Line Saikyō Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Chūō Main Line Chūō-Sōbu Line	Odakyu Odawara Line Keio Keiō Line Keio New Line Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Toei Shinjuku Line Ōedo Line
Nakano	16.1	∥	●	▲	●	●	∥	Chūō-Sōbu Line	Toei Ōedo Line Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line	Nakano
Kōenji	16.1	∥	◆	∥	∥	●	∥	Chūō-Sōbu Line		Suginami
Asagaya	17.3	∥	◆	∥	∥	∥	∥	Chūō-Sōbu Line
Ogikubo	18.7	∥	●	∥	∥	●	∥	Chūō-Sōbu Line	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Nishi-Ogikubo	20.6	∥	◆	∥	∥	∥	∥	Chūō-Sōbu Line
Kichijōji	22.5	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	Chūō-Sōbu Line	Keio Inokashira Line	Musashino
Mitaka	24.1	∥	●	●	●	∥	∥	Chūō-Sōbu Line		Mitaka
Musashi-Sakai	25.7	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥		Seibu Tamagawa Line	Musashino
Higashi-Koganei	27.4	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥			Koganei
Musashi-Koganei	29.1	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥
Kokubunji	31.4	∥	●	●	●	●	●			Kokubunji
Nishi-Kokubunji	32.8	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	Musashino Line
Kunitachi	34.5	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥			Kunitachi
Tachikawa	37.5	●	●	●	● Through to Ōme Line	●	●	Ōme Line Nambu Line	Tama monorail	Tachikawa
Hino	40.8	∥	●	●		∥	∥			Hino
Toyoda	43.1	∥	●	●		●	∥
Hachiōji	47.4	●	●	●		●	●	Yokohama Line Hachikō Line		Hachiōji
Nishi-Hachiōji	49.8	∥	●	●		●	∥		Keio Keio Line
Takao	53.1	●	●	●		●	●	Chūō Main Line	Keio Takao Line

[edit] Takao – Ōtsuki

Name	Distance	Transfers	Location
Takao	53.1	Keio Takao Line	Hachiōji	Tokyo
Sagamiko	62.6		Sagamihara	Kanagawa
Fujino	66.3
Uenohara	69.8		Uenohara	Yamanashi
Shiotsu	74.0
Yanagawa	77.6		Ōtsuki
Torisawa	81.2
Sruhashi	85.3
Ōtsuki	87.8	Fuji Kyūkō Fuji Kyūkō Line JR East Azusa/Kaiji or Local train

[edit] Rolling stock

Rapid・Commuter Special Rapid・Chūō Special Rapid・Ōme Special Rapid ・Commuter Rapid

• 201 series (from August 1979)
• E233 series (from December 2006 December)
  • main vehicle of Chūō Rapid Line.

Chūō Liner / Ōme Liner

• E257 series (from July 2002)
• E351 series (from March 15, 2008)

[edit] Rolling stock of The Past

Rapid

• 72 series
• 101 series
• 103 series

Chūō Liner / Ōme Liner

• 183 series (1991 March 14 - 2008 March 14)

[edit] History

Most of the route of the Chūō Rapid Line was built by Kōbu Railway Company and acquired by the Japanese Government Railways in 1906.

The EMU operation on the Chūō Main Line began in 1904. By 1930, the EMU service had reached Tokyo Station to the east and Asakawa Station (now Takao Station) to the west. In 1933, two tracks were added to the exsiting double tracks between Ochanomizu Station and Iidamachi Station (later closed) to complete the four-track line between Ochanomizu Station and Nakano Station. On these additional tracks, the EMU express service (急行電車, kyūkō densha^?), which skipped all stations but Yotsuya and Shinjuku on this four-track section, was introduced in this year. The express service was renamed as the rapid service in March 1961.

Initially, the operation hour of the express service was limited to morning and evening rush hours on weekdays. It was expanded to weekends on March 5, 1944. The daytime (between rush hours) operation began on November 9, 1959, but it was limited to weekdays until April 28, 1966.

Manseibashi Station, existed between Kanda and Ochanomizu, was closed in 1943. On the section east of Takao, only Nishi-Kokubunji Station (opened in 1973) and Nishi-Hachiōji Station (opened in 1939) were opened after the start of the rapid (express) service.

• August 20, 1979 - 201 series EMU is introduced.
• March 16, 1991 - Ohayō Liner Takao/Ōme and Home Liner Takao/Ōme begin operation.
• April 10, 1993 - Kokubunji Station is added to Ōme Special Rapid stops. Commuter Special Rapid begins operation.
• December 1, 1997 - Chūō Main Line local service with 115 series EMU withdraws from Shinjuku Station.
• September 12, 1997 - Ōtsuki rail crash: the down Super Azusa No. 13 service from Shinjuku to Matsumoto (formed of sets S3+S23) collides with a 201 series local train which overruns a red signal while passing through Ōtsuki Station.
• October 5, 2005 - Woman exclusive carriage is introduced.
• December 26, 2006 - E233 series EMU is introduced.

[edit] See also

• Chūō Main Line
• Chūō-Sōbu Line
• Chūō Liner
• Ōme Liner

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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