Tsurumi Line

Tsurumi Line
Two Tsurumi Line 205-1100 series trains at Tsurumi Station, May 2006
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Tsurumi Ōgimachi
Operation
Opened	1926
Owner	JR East
Rolling stock	205-1100 series
Technical
Line length	7.0 km (4.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

The Tsurumi Line (鶴見線 Tsurumi-sen) is a group of 3 railway lines operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Originally built to service the port and adjacent industrial area, the lines provide passenger services (especially for local workers) along a line between Tsurumi Station in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama and Ōgimachi Station in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, and 2 short branches with a total length of track to 9.7 km. The gauge is 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), two sections of the line have double track and the line is electrified at 1,500 V DC.

Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) operates on three segments of the line, often to carry petroleum and other chemicals from the numerous refineries and factories in the area. The line is also used to carry jet fuel from the US Navy fuel depot near Anzen Station through the Musashino Line to Yokota Air Base in west Tokyo.

Station list

• All stations are located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
• All trains stop at every station, except for trains to/from Ōkawa which pass Musashi-Shiraishi.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers		Location
		Between Stations	From Tsurumi
Main Line
Tsurumi	鶴見	-	0.0	Keihin-Tōhoku Line Keikyu Main Line (Keikyū-Tsurumi)	∥	Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Kokudō	国道	0.9	0.9		∥
Tsurumi-Ono	鶴見小野	0.6	1.5		∥
Bentembashi	弁天橋	0.9	2.4		∥
Asano	浅野	0.6	3.0	Tsurumi Line (Umi-Shibaura Branch)	∥
Anzen	安善	0.5	3.5	Tsurumi Line (Ōkawa Branch)	∥
Musashi-Shiraishi	武蔵白石	0.6	4.1		∥	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
Hama-Kawasaki	浜川崎	1.6	5.7	Nambu Line (Branch Line)	∨
Shōwa	昭和	0.7	6.4		｜
Ōgimachi	扇町	0.6	7.0		｜
Umi-Shibaura Branch
Asano	浅野	-	3.0	Tsurumi Line (Main Line)	∥	Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Shin-Shibaura	新芝浦	0.9	3.9		∨
Umi-Shibaura	海芝浦	0.8	4.7		｜
Ōkawa Branch
Anzen	安善	-	3.5	Tsurumi Line (Main Line)	∥	Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Musashi-Shiraishi	武蔵白石	-	(4.1)		∨	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
Ōkawa	大川	1.6	5.1		｜

Rolling stock

A Tsurumi Line 205-1100 series EMU, August 2009

• 205-1100 series 3-car EMUs (since August 2004)

Three-car 205-1100 series EMU trainsets modified from former 205-0 series trainsets were introduced on the Tsurumi Line from 25 August 2004.^[1] Nine 205-1100 series 3-car trains operate on the line.

Former

• KuMoHa 12 (Ōkawa Branch Line service, from December 1972 until March 1996)
• 72 series (from 1972 until January 1980)
• 101 series (from 1980 until March 1992)
• 103 series (from 2 August 1990 until 16 December 2005)

• 

  A KuMoHa 12 car on the Ōkawa Branch Line in 1992

• 

  A 103 series train on the Tsurumi Line in 2005

Freight

Locomotives seen hauling freight trains include the EF65 and DE10.

Other

A shuttle bus for Toshiba employees at runs in a loop between Asano, Shin-Shibaura, and Umi-Shibaura stations on a schedule alternating with Tsurumi Line trains. Both the bus and the stops are marked with the Toshiba logo.

History

The Tsurumi Port Railway opened the Bentembashi to Hama-Kawasaki line, including the branch to Okawa in 1926, and extended the mainline to Ogimachi in 1928. In 1930, the Tsurumi to Bentembashi section opened, the lines were electrified at 600 V DC, and passenger services commenced on both lines. The Asano to Shin-Shibaura section opened as a freight-only line in 1932, and extended to Umi-Shibaura in 1940, with passengers services commencing upon the opening of the extension.

The company was nationalised in 1943, and in 1948 the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

1. "鶴見線に205系先頭車化改造車1100代が登場" [205-1100 series with modified end cars appear for Tsurumi Line]. Railway Journal (Japan: Tetsudō Journal) 38 (457): 92. November 2004.

External links

• Stations of the Tsurumi Line (JR East) (Japanese)