ChūŠMain Line
The Chūō Main Line (中央 本 线Japanese Chūō - Honsen ) is a compound of the East Japan Railway Company and the Central Japan Railway Company between Tokyo and Nagoya. From Tokyo to Shiojiri Station it is the responsibility of the former and from the station Shiojiri to Nagoya in that of the latter. The Chūō Main Line in Tokyo called the Rapid service between Tokyo and Otsuki and is next to the Yamanote Line as one of the most important lines in the Tokyo area. Especially the rapid service between Tokyo and Otsuki Station transported every day a lot of the commuters from the western part of Tokyo in the center. On the route riding alongside the commuter trains also different Express links the Chūō Main Line, so it is considered as one of the busiest routes in Tokyo.
The Chūō Main Line is also known as suicide - line since run here very many tracks at high speed. Especially in the area in front of Shinjuku access to the tracks is possible without problems and the driver can due to a long bend, see the route bad. Disruption of rail traffic due to suicide are accidents on the Chūō Line, therefore, not uncommon.
History
The oldest part of Chūō Main Line is the section between Shinjuku and Tachikawa, which was built back in 1889. In the following years, the line was continuously expanded towards the west and is connected to the Yamanashi Prefecture and Hachioji 1901 and finally in 1903 Kōfu.
The section between Iidabashi and Nakano was the first electrified urban railway in Japan.
Opening data Chūō Main Line / Kobu:
Opening data Chūō Main Line / JGR:
- July 25, 1900: Tajimi - Nagoya
- 01 August 1901: Hachioji - Uenohara
- 01 June 1902: Uenohara - Torisawa
- October 01, 1902 Torisawa - Otsuki
- December 21, 1902: | Nakatsugawa ( Nakatsu ) - Tajimi
- 01 February 1903: Otsuki- Kai - Yamato ( Hajikano )
- 06 November 1903: Kai- Yamato ( Hajikano ) - Kōfu
- December 15, 1903: Kōfu - Nirasaki
- December 21, 1904: Nirasaki - Fujimi
- November 25, 1905: Fujimi - Okaya
- June 11, 1906: Okaya - Shiojiri
- April 19, 1908: Shōheibashi (†) - Ochanomizu
- 01 August 1908: Sakashita - Nakatsugawa ( Nakatsu )
- July 15, 1909: Nagiso ( Midono ) - Sakashita
- 01 September 1909: Nojiri - Nagiso ( Midono )
- 01 December 1909: Shiojiri - Yabuhara
- 01 December 1909: Suhara - Nojiri
- 05 October 1910: Agematsu - Suhara
- 05 October 1910: Yabuhara - Miyanokoshi
- November 25, 1910: Kiso- Fukushima - Agematsu
- 01 May 1911 Miyanokoshi - Kiso- Fukushima
- 01 April 1912: Manseibashi (†) - Shōheibashi (†)
- 01 March 1919: Tokyo - Manseibashi (†)
Opening data Chūō Main Line / JNR:
- 05 May 1983, Okaya - Shiojiri
Operation
Tokyo - Takao
Serves mainly by the Chūō Rapid service, it is the most important link in the west of Tokyo. She runs between Ochanomizu and Mitaka parallel to the Chūō - sobu - line, but not normally holds at all stations. The main railway stations are on this route Tōkyō, Shinjuku, Nishi- Kokubunji and Tachikawa. Markedly on this line are the orange trains, the hallmark of the Chūō Main Line.
From Takao from start weekdays the Chūō - liner to Shinjuku, a particularly fast connection that holds between only in Hachioji and Tachikawa.
Nakatsugawa Nagoya
On this route run for commuting to Nagoya also fast trains (快速, kaisoku, Eng. Rapid Service ) that do not stop at some suburban stations of Nagoya, and the Central Liner (セントラル ライナー) which holds between Nagoya and Tajimi only three times, and Home of the liner (ホーム ライナー), an express train with reserved seats. For the Home Liner the features of the 383 series are mainly used.
Takao Kōfu
This route is served by slow Local Trains, which runs until Otsuki also the Rapid Service and Special Rapid Service to and from Tokyo.