Chūō-Sōbu Line

The is a railway service that runs through Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network, the service operates on separate tracks along the right-of-way of the Chūō Main Line (Chūō Line (Rapid)) and Sōbu Main Line (Sōbu Line (Rapid)), providing continous travel between Mitaka Station in the cities of Mitaka and Musashino and Chiba Station in Chiba.

The term 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

File:ChuoSobuLineStations.png

Chūō-Sōbu Line

Regularly, trains terminate at Chiba or Tsudanuma at the east side, and terminate at Nakano or Mitaka at the west side
All trains stop at every station.
For station information on the parallel rapid/express lines, see the Chūō Line (Rapid) and Sōbu Line (Rapid) articles.

Tōzai Line through service

All through service trains enter the Tōzai Line at either Nakano, or Nishi-Funabashi. These trains operate within the following routes:

Mitaka – Nakano – (Tōzai Line) – Nishi-Funabashi – Tsudanuma (weekday mornings/evenings only)
Nakano – (Tōzai Line) – Nishi-Funabashi – Tsudanuma (weekday mornings/evenings only)
Mitaka – Nakano – (Tōzai Line) – Nishi-Funabashi
Mitaka – Nakano – (Tōzai Line) – Nishi-Funabashi – (Tōyō Rapid Railway Line) – Tōyō-Katsutadai (mornings/evenings only)

Limited express

Prior to March 2024, seasonal Limited Express Shinjuku Wakashio and Shinjuku Sazanami trains stopped at on the Chūō-Sōbu Line "mainly on weekends and holidays when service is heavy". , these trains no longer stop at Akihabara.

Station list

; Legend

●: All trains stop
■: Some trains pass
▲: All trains pass on weekends and holidays
｜: All trains pass

{| class="wikitable" rules="all"

!rowspan="2"|Official

Line name

!rowspan="2"|Station No.

!rowspan="2"|Station

!rowspan="2"|Japanese

!colspan="3"|Distance (km)

! colspan="2" |Local

!colspan="2"|Rapid

!rowspan="2"|Transfers

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Location

!Between stations

!colspan="2"|Total

!Chūō-Sōbu

Line

!Tozai Line

through

!background-color:#fc6; width:1em;"|Chūō Line

!background-color:#bcf; width:1em;"|Sōbu Line

| rowspan="18" |Sōbu Main Line

|align="center"|

|千葉

|style="text-align:right;"|-

|style="text-align:right;"|From Chiba 0.0

|style="text-align:right;"|From Tokyo 39.2

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

| rowspan="6" |

| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;"|↑ To Tokyo

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2"|Chūō-ku, Chiba

|rowspan="13"|Chiba

|align="center"|

|西千葉

|style="text-align:right;"|1.4

|style="text-align:right;"|37.8

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

|align="center"|

|稲毛

|style="text-align:right;"|1.9

|style="text-align:right;"|3.3

|style="text-align:right;"|35.9

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|●

| (JO27)

|Inage-ku, Chiba

|align="center"|

|新検見川

|style="text-align:right;"|2.7

|style="text-align:right;"|6.0

|style="text-align:right;"|33.2

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="3"|Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba

|align="center"|

|幕張

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|7.6

|style="text-align:right;"|31.6

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

| (: KS53)

|align="center"|

|幕張本郷

|style="text-align:right;"|2.0

|style="text-align:right;"|9.6

|style="text-align:right;"|29.6

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

| (: KS52)

|align="center"|

|津田沼

|style="text-align:right;"|2.9

|style="text-align:right;"|12.5

|style="text-align:right;"|26.7

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|●

|Narashino

|align="center"|

|東船橋

|style="text-align:right;"|1.7

|style="text-align:right;"|14.2

|style="text-align:right;"|25.0

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="4"|Funabashi

|align="center"|

|船橋

|style="text-align:right;"|1.8

|style="text-align:right;"|16.0

|style="text-align:right;"|23.2

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|●

|align="center"|

|西船橋

|style="text-align:right;"|2.6

|style="text-align:right;"|18.6

|style="text-align:right;"|20.6

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

|align="center"|

|下総中山

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|20.2

|style="text-align:right;"|19.0

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

| rowspan="26" |Through to

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

|align="center"|

|本八幡

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|21.8

|style="text-align:right;"|17.4

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

| (S-21)

|rowspan="2"|Ichikawa

|align="center"|

|市川

|style="text-align:right;"|2.0

|style="text-align:right;"|23.8

|style="text-align:right;"|15.4

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|●

| (JO24)

|align="center"|

|小岩

|style="text-align:right;"|2.6

|style="text-align:right;"|26.4

|style="text-align:right;"|12.8

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

|Edogawa

|rowspan="30"|Tokyo

|align="center"|

|新小岩

|style="text-align:right;"|2.8

|style="text-align:right;"|29.2

|style="text-align:right;"|10.0

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|●

| (JO23)

|Katsushika

|align="center"|

|平井

|style="text-align:right;"|1.8

|style="text-align:right;"|31.0

|style="text-align:right;"|8.2

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

|Edogawa

|align="center"|

|亀戸

|style="text-align:right;"|1.9

|style="text-align:right;"|32.9

|style="text-align:right;"|6.3

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|｜

| (TS44)

|Kōtō

|rowspan="2" align="center"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|錦糸町

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|34.4

|style="text-align:right;"|4.8

|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2" style="background:#bcf; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="3"|Sumida

| rowspan="5" |Sōbu Main Line Branch

|style="text-align:right;"|From Kinshichō 0.0

|align="center"|

|両国

|style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|style="text-align:right;"|35.9

|style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

| rowspan="24" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"|To and ↓

| (E-12)

|align="center"|

|浅草橋

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|36.7

|style="text-align:right;"|2.3

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

| (A-16)

|Taitō

|秋葉原

|style="text-align:right;"|1.1

|style="text-align:right;"|37.8

|style="text-align:right;"|3.4

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="6"|Chiyoda

|rowspan="2" align="center"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|御茶ノ水

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|0.9

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|38.7

|style="text-align:right;"|4.3

|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2" style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2" style="white-space:nowrap;"|

|rowspan="8"|Chūō Main Line

|style="text-align:right;"|From Tokyo 2.6

|align="center"|

|水道橋

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|39.5

|style="text-align:right;"|3.4

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

| (I-11)

|align="center"|

|飯田橋

|style="text-align:right;"|1.1

|style="text-align:right;"|40.6

|style="text-align:right;"|4.5

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

|align="center"|

|市ケ谷

|style="text-align:right;"|1.3

|style="text-align:right;"|41.9

|style="text-align:right;"|5.8

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

|align="center"|

|四ツ谷

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|42.7

|style="text-align:right;"|6.6

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2"|Shinjuku

|align="center"|

|信濃町

|style="text-align:right;"|1.3

|style="text-align:right;"|44.0

|style="text-align:right;"|7.9

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

|align="center"|

|千駄ケ谷

|style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|style="text-align:right;"|44.7

|style="text-align:right;"|8.6

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

| (: E-25)

|rowspan="3"|Shibuya

|rowspan="2" align="center"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|代々木

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|1.0

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|45.7

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|9.6

| rowspan="2" style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2" style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Yamanote Line

|rowspan="2" align="center"|

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|新宿

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|46.4

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|10.3

| rowspan="2" style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2" style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|●

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="3"|Shinjuku

|rowspan="10"|Chūō Main Line

|align="center"|

|大久保

|style="text-align:right;"|1.4

|style="text-align:right;"|47.8

|style="text-align:right;"|11.7

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

| (: JY16)

|align="center"|

|東中野

|style="text-align:right;"|1.1

|style="text-align:right;"|48.9

|style="text-align:right;"|12.8

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|｜

| (E-31)

|rowspan="2"|Nakano

|align="center"|

|中野

|style="text-align:right;"|1.9

|style="text-align:right;"|50.8

|style="text-align:right;"|14.7

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|■

|align="center"|

|高円寺

|style="text-align:right;"|1.4

|style="text-align:right;"|52.2

|style="text-align:right;"|16.1

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|▲

| (JC07)

|rowspan="4"|Suginami

|align="center"|

|阿佐ケ谷

|style="text-align:right;"|1.2

|style="text-align:right;"|53.4

|style="text-align:right;"|17.3

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|▲

| (JC08)

|align="center"|

|荻窪

|style="text-align:right;"|1.4

|style="text-align:right;"|54.8

|style="text-align:right;"|18.7

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|■

|align="center"|

|西荻窪

|style="text-align:right;"|1.9

|style="text-align:right;"|56.7

|style="text-align:right;"|20.6

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|▲

| (JC10)

|align="center"|

|吉祥寺

|style="text-align:right;"|1.9

|style="text-align:right;"|58.6

|style="text-align:right;"|22.5

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|■

|Musashino

|align="center"|

|三鷹

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|60.2

|style="text-align:right;"|24.1

|style="background:#FFD700; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#00a7db; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:#ffa500; text-align:center;"|■

| (JC12; for )

|Mitaka

Rolling stock

Chūō-Sōbu Line

Trains used on the line are based at Mitaka Depot.

E231-0 series 10-car EMUs (yellow stripe) (since February 2000)
E231-500 series 10-car EMUs (yellow stripe) (since 1 December 2014)

Tozai Line - Toyo Rapid Line through service

Trains run between Mitaka and Tsudanuma (Chūō-Sōbu Line) or Toyo-Katsutadai (Toyo Rapid Line), all via the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line between Nakano and Nishi-Funabashi.

E231-800 series 10-car EMUs (light blue and blue stripe) (Does not run on the Toyo Rapid Line)

Tokyo Metro 05 series 10-car EMUs (light blue stripe)
Tokyo Metro 07 series 10-car EMUs (light blue stripe)
Tokyo Metro 15000 series 10-car EMUs (light blue stripe)

File:SeriesE231-0 Sobu-Line.jpg|JR East E231-0 series

File:Series-E231-A545.jpg|JR East E231-500 series

File:Tokyo-Metro-Series05 115R.jpg|Tokyo Metro 05 series

File:Tokyo-Metro-Series15000 15109.jpg|Tokyo Metro 15000 series

File:Tokyo-Metro Series07R-71.jpg|Tokyo Metro 07 series

File:Series-E231-800-K5.jpg|JR East E231-800 series

</gallery>

Former rolling stock

Chūō-Sōbu Line

101 series EMUs (yellow livery) (from 1963 until November 1988)

Tozai Line - Toyo Rapid Line through service

301 series 10-car EMUs (light blue stripe) (on Tozai Line inter-running services from 1966 until 2003)

Chūō Line (Early morning / Late night)

See Chūō Line (Rapid)#Rolling stock for the train types which operated this service until 13 March 2020.

File:錦糸町駅-78-04.jpg|A Chūō-Sōbu Line 101 series EMU in August 1978

File:Chuo-Sobu 201 set 6 Akihabara 20010504.jpg|A Chūō-Sōbu Line 201 series EMU in May 2001

File:301 K5 Mitaka 20030222.JPG|A Chūō-Sōbu Line 301 series EMU in February 2003

File:JR205-Chuo-Sobu-Line.jpg|A Chūō-Sōbu Line 205 series EMU

File:JREast-209-500-Mitsu511.jpg|A Chūō-Sōbu Line 209-500 series EMU in April 2009

File:JR East E231-900 series.jpg|The sole E231-900 series EMU in June 2019

</gallery>

Timeline

History

thumbtime=2|thumb|A Chūō–Sōbu Line train crosses a bridge in [[Chiyoda, Tokyo, 2021]]

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

On 20 August 2016, station numbering was introduced to the Chuo-Sobu line with stations being assigned station numbers between JB01 and JB39. Numbers increase towards in the eastbound direction towards Chiba.

References

External links

Chūō-Sōbu Line (Japan Visitor)