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Chūō Main Line
	; JB JC
	; JR East E257 series Azusa limited express between Takao and Sagamiko; ;
Overview
Native name	中央本線
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight Rail; Intercity rail, Regional rail, Commuter rail;
Locale	; Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Aichi prefectures
Termini	; Tokyo; Nagoya;
Stations	112
Operation
Opened	1889
Operator(s)	; JR East, JR Central;
Technical
Line length	424.6 km (263.8 mi)
Track gauge	; 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC Overhead lines;
Operating speed	130 km/h (80 mph)
Route map
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The Chūō Main Line (中央本線, Chūō-honsen), commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the fastest rail link between the cities.

The eastern portion, the Chūō East Line (中央東線, Chūō-tōsen), is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), while the western portion, the Chūō West Line (中央西線, Chūō-saisen), is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The dividing point between the two companies is Shiojiri Station, where express trains from both operators continue to the Shinonoi Line towards the cities of Matsumoto and Nagano. Compared to the huge urban areas at either end of the Chūō Line, its central portion is very lightly traveled; the Shiojiri-Nakatsugawa corridor is only served by twice-hourly local and hourly limited express trains.

The Chūō Main Line passes through the mountainous center of Honshu. Its highest point (near Fujimi Station) is about 900 meters above sea level and much of the line has a gradient of 25 per mil (2.5% or 1 in 40). Along the Chūō East Line section, peaks of the Akaishi and Kiso as well as Mount Yatsugatake can be seen from trains. The Chūō West Line parallels the old Nakasendō highway (famous for the preserved post towns of Tsumago-juku and Magome-juku) and the steep Kiso Valley.

Routes

Entire Route (Tokyo - Nagoya including branch): 424.6 km

East Line (Tokyo - Shiojiri): 222.1 km
- Tokyo - Kanda: 1.3 km (officially part of the Tōhoku Main Line)
- Kanda - Yoyogi: 8.3 km
- Yoyogi - Shinjuku: 0.7 km (officially part of the Yamanote Line)
- Shinjuku - Shiojiri: 211.8 km

East Line - Tatsuno branch line (Okaya - Tatsuno - Shiojiri): 27.7 km

West Line (Shiojiri - Nagoya): 174.8 km
- Shiojiri - Kanayama: 171.5 km
- Kanayama - Nagoya: 3.3 km (alongside Tōkaidō Main Line)

Stations and services

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Chūō Main Line (East Line)

Legend

Tōkaidō Shinkansen

Tōkaidō Main Line

Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line

Yokosuka Line

Keiyō Line

0.0

Tokyo

M

Sōbu Line (Rapid)

Nihonbashi-gawa

Tohoku Shinkansen

1.3

Kanda

G

Ueno-Tokyo Line

1.9

Manseibashi

2.1

Shōheibashi

Until 1912

Chūō-Sōbu Line

2.6

Ochanomizu

M C

3.4

Suidōbashi

Iidamachi

Until 1999

4.3

Iidabashi

4.6

Ushigome

5.8

Ichigaya

Chūō Line (Rapid)

Chūō-Sōbu Line

6.6

Yotsuya

N

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line

7.9

Shinanomachi

Aoyama (temporary)

8.6

Sendagaya

Shinjuku Gyoen (temporary)

Yamanote Line (Freight)

Yamanote Line

9.6

Yoyogi

Odakyū Odawara Line

10.3

Shinjuku

M S E

Keio Line

Seibu-Shinjuku

Seibu Shinjuku Line

Yamanote Line (Freight)

Yamanote Line

11.7

Ōkubo

12.8

Higashi-Nakano

Tokyo Metro Tozai Line

14.7

Nakano

16.1

Kōenji

17.3

Asagaya

18.7

Ogikubo M

20.6

Nishi-Ogikubo

Keio Inokashira Line

22.5

Kichijōji

24.1

0.0*

Mitaka

Mitaka Rail Yard

3.2*

Musashino Stadium

Until 1959

25.7

Musashi-Sakai

Seibu Tamagawa Line

27.0

Sakai (Signal Box)

Until 1937

27.4

Higashi-Koganei

29.1

Musashi-Koganei

←Seibu Tamako Line

31.4

Kokubunji

Seibu Kokubunji Line

Shimogawara Line

32.8

Nishi-Kokubunji

Musashino Line

34.5

Kunitachi

Railway Technical Research Institute

Nambu Line

37.5

Tachikawa

←Tachigawa-Kita/Tachigawa-Minami→

←Tama Toshi Monorail Line→

Ōme Line

39.2

Tamagawa (Signal Box)

Until 1946

Tamagawahara (Freight)

Tama River

40.8

Hino

43.1

Toyoda

Toyoda Rail Yard

Hachikō Line

Keio Line

Yokohama Line

Keiō-Hachiōji

Hachiōji

Until 1901

47.4

Hachiōji

Since 1901

49.8

Nishi-Hachiōji

Keio Goryō Line

Musashi Yokoyama

52.0

Higashi-Asakawa (Temporary)

Until 1960

Keiō Takao Line

53.1

Takao

57.2

Kobotoke (Signal Box)

Until 1964

Kobotoke Tunnel

↑Tokyo/Kanagawa↓

62.6

Sagamiko

66.3

Fujino

↑Kanagawa/Yamanashi↓

69.8

Uenohara

74.0

Shiotsu

Arakura Tunnel

77.6

Yanagawa

Gozenyama Tunnel

81.2

Torisawa

Katsuragawa

Saruhashi Tunnel

85.3

Saruhashi

87.8

Ōtsuki

Fujikyuko Line

Katsuragawa

93.9

Hatsukari

98.9

Hirogawara (Signal Box)

Until 1908

100.4

Sasago

Sasago Tunnel

106.5

Kai-Yamato

112.5

Katsunuma-budōkyō

116.9

Enzan

120.1

Higashi-Yamanashi

122.2

Yamanashishi

Fuefukigawa

125.0

Kasugaichō

127.8

Isawaonsen

131.2

Sakaori

131.8

Kai-Zenkōji (Temporary)

1917

Minobu Line

Kanente

134.1

Kōfu

Kōfu Depot

138.6

Ryūō

142.7

Shiozaki

Shiokawa

147.0

Nirasaki

151.2

Shimpu

154.7

Anayama

160.1

Hinoharu

166.3

Nagasaka

172.0

Takinomae (Signal Box)

Until 1966

173.7

Kobuchizawa

Koumi Line

↑Yamanashi/Nagano↓

178.2

Shinano-Sakai

Tatsubagawa

182.9

Fujimi

186.1

Suzurannosato

188.0

Aoyagi

192.1

Kifune (Signal Box)

Until 1967

195.2

Chino

198.9

Fumonji Junction

201.9

Kami-Suwa

206.3

Shimo-Suwa

210.4

Okaya

Tenryū River

Enrei Tunnel

218.2

Midoriko

Shiojiri

Until 1982

Main Line

Shiojiri Depot

Main Line

222.1

Shiojiri

Since 1982

Shinonoi Line

This section lists all stations on the Chūō Main Line and generally explains regional services on the line. In addition, there are limited express services connecting major cities along the line, namely Azusa, Super Azusa, Kaiji, Hamakaiji, Narita Express and Shinano. For details of the limited express trains, see the relevant articles.

Tokyo - Mitaka

Chūō Line E233 series train in Tokyo, June 2007

0 kilometer post at Tokyo Station

The section between Tokyo and Mitaka is grade-separated, with no level crossings. Between Ochanomizu and Mitaka, the Chūō Main Line has four tracks; two of them are local tracks (緩行線, kankō-sen) with platforms at every station; the other two are rapid tracks (快速線, kaisoku-sen)^{[citation needed]} with some stations without platforms. The local tracks are used by the main line local trains (operated only in early morning and late night) and the Chūō-Sōbu Line local trains, while the rapid tracks carry rapid service and limited express trains. The Tokyo-Mitaka portion is a vital cross-city rail link.

The commuter services on the rapid tracks are collectively called the Chūō Line (Rapid) in comparison with the Chūō Line (Local) (中央線各駅停車, Chūō-sen-kakuekiteisha) or the Chūō-Sōbu Line on the local tracks. The former is usually referred to simply as the Chūō Line and the latter the Sōbu Line. Separate groups of trainsets are used for these two groups of services: cars with an orange belt for the rapid service trains and cars with a yellow belt for the local service trains, with the exception of early morning and late night local service trains which use cars with an orange belt. Signs at stations also use these colors to indicate the services.

This section is located entirely within Tokyo.

Mitaka - Takao

The four-track section ends at Mitaka. Most of the section between Mitaka and Tachikawa had been elevated between 2008-2011 to eliminate level crossings. Plans have been proposed to add another two tracks as far as Tachikawa, but were not included in the track elevation.

Takao - Shiojiri

Most of the rapid service trains from Tokyo terminate at Takao where the line exits the large urban area of Tokyo. The section between Takao and Ōtsuki still carries some commuter trains as well as long distance local trains and Limited Express trains. The Kaiji limited express terminates at Kōfu, the capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, while the Azusa and Super Azusa continue beyond Shiojiri to Matsumoto via the Shinonoi Line.

All stations from Tachikawa to Shiojiri are served by the Chūō Main Line Local.

Station No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)		Local	Rapid	Comm. Rapid	Special Rapid	Comm. Special Rapid	Transfers	Location
Station No.	Name	Japanese	Between stations	Total						Transfers	Location
JC24	Takao	高尾	3.3	53.1	○	●	●	●	●	Chūō Line (Rapid) Keiō Takao Line	Hachiōji	Tokyo
	Sagamiko	相模湖	9.5	62.6		●	↓	●	↑		Sagamihara	Kanagawa
	Fujino	藤野	3.7	66.3		●	↓	●	↑		Sagamihara	Kanagawa
	Uenohara	上野原	3.5	69.8		●	↓	●	↑		Uenohara	Yamanashi
	Shiotsu	四方津	4.2	74.0		●	↓	●	↑		Uenohara
	Yanagawa	梁川	3.6	77.6		●	↓	●	↑		Ōtsuki
	Torisawa	鳥沢	3.6	81.2		●	↓	●	↑
	Saruhashi	猿橋	4.1	85.3		●	↓	●	↑
	Ōtsuki	大月	2.5	87.8		●	●	●	●	Fujikyuko Line (some through trains to/from Kawaguchiko)

Station	Distance	Transfers	Location
Ōtsuki	87.8	Fujikyuko Line	Ōtsuki	Yamanashi
Hatsukari	93.9
Sasago	100.4
Kai-Yamato	106.5		Kōshū
Katsunuma-budōkyō	112.5
Enzan	116.9
Higashi-Yamanashi	120.1		Yamanashi
Yamanashishi	122.2		Yamanashi
Kasugaichō	125.0		Fuefuku
Isawa-onsen	127.8		Fuefuku
Sakaori	131.2		Kōfu
Kōfu	134.1	Minobu Line	Kōfu
Ryūō	138.6		Kai
Shiozaki	142.7		Kai
Nirasaki	147.0		Nirasaki
Shimpu	151.2
Anayama	154.7
Hinoharu	160.1		Hokuto
Nagasaka	166.3
Kobuchizawa	173.7	Koumi Line
Shinano-Sakai	178.2		Fujimi	Nagano
Fujimi	182.9
Suzurannosato	186.1
Aoyagi	188.0		Chino
Chino	195.2		Chino
Fumonji Junction	(198.9)		Suwa
Kami-Suwa	201.9		Suwa
Shimo-Suwa	206.3		Shimosuwa
Okaya	210.4	Chūō Line (For Tatsuno)	Okaya
Midoriko	218.2		Shiojiri
Shiojiri	222.1	Chūō line (for Tatsuno) Shinonoi Line Chūō Line (for Kiso-Fukushima and Nagoya)	Shiojiri

Okaya – Shiojiri

Okaya – Shiojiri Branch

Legend

Main Line

0.0

Okaya

Tenryū River

3.5

Kawagishi

6.5

Hirade (Signal Box)

Until 1983

Tenryũ River

9.5

Tatsuno

Iida Line

13.8

Shinano-Kawashima

17.8

Ono

22.7

Higashi-Shiojiri (Signal Box)

Until 1983

Shiojiri

Until 1982

Main Line

Shiojiri Depot

Main Line

27.7

Shiojiri

Since 1982

Shinonoi Line

The Okaya-Shiojiri branch is an old route of the Chūō Main Line. It carries a small number of shuttle trains and trains from/to the Iida Line, which branches off at Tatsuno.

Station	Distance	Transfers	Location
Okaya	210.4	Chūō Line (for Kami-Suwa, Midoriko)	Okaya	Nagano
Kawagishi	213.9		Okaya
Tatsuno	219.9	Iida Line	Tatsuno
Shinano-Kawashima	224.2
Ono	228.2
Shiojiri	238.1	Chūō line (for Midoriko) Shinonoi Line Chūō Line (for Kiso-Fukushima)	Shiojiri

Prior to the opening of the new route between Okaya and Shiojiri, there was a junction (Higashi-Shiojiri Junction (東塩尻信号場)) between Ono and Shiojiri stations. It had a reversing layout. The signal station was closed on October 12, 1983.

Shiojiri - Nakatsugawa

Chūō Main Line (West Line)

Legend

Shinonoi Line

222.1

Shiojiri

Main Line for Okaya

Okaya - Shiojiri Railway

JR East - JR Central

226.3

Seba

231.0

Hideshio

Hideshio Tunnel

大岨T

中の沢T

Katahira Tunnel

236.2

Niekawa

権現T

241.4

Kiso-Hirasawa

Takami Tunnel

243.2

Narai

Torii Tunnel

249.8

Yabuhara

新鷲鳥T / 鷲鳥T

253.1

Yamabukiyama (Signal Box)

Until 1968

新鷲鳥T / 鷲鳥T

255.5

Miyanokoshi

258.3

Harano

Ueno Tunnel

合沢T

矢崎T

263.8

Kiso-Fukushima

Kiso Tunnel

Nakahira (Signal Box)

Until 1982

棧T

271.1

Agematsu

寝覚T

274.9

小野ノ滝 (SIgnal Box)

Until 1969

277.7

Kuramoto

282.5

Suhara

Nakayama Tunnel

285.8

Ōkuwa

関山T

288.8

Nojiri

292.5

Jūnikane

十二河原T / 新十二河原T

第三羅天T

第二羅天T

花巻T / 第一羅天T

298.0

Nagiso

Tokusho (Signal Box)

Until 1923

兜T 1,015m

Kiso River

Shimada Tunnel

Tadachi

Until 1973

304.3

Tadachi

Since 1973

↑Nagano/Gifu↓

Kiso River

上鐘山T

Sakagawa Railway Line

新上鐘山T

307.1

Sakashita

Shinsakashita

The second Takamineyama Tunnel

The first Takamineyama Tunnel

Mt Seto Tunnel

Kiso rIver

313.2

Ochiaigawa

The second Ochiaigawa Tunnel

The first Ochiaigawa Tunnel

Nakatsugawa Tunnel

Kitaena Railway Line

317.0

Nakatsugawa

323.4

Minosakamoto

Akechi Railway Akechi Line

328.6

Ena

334.0

Takenami

339.4

Kamado

346.8

Mizunami

353.7

Tokishi

Tōnō Railway Dachi Line

Kokeizan Tunnel

360.7

Tajimi

→Tounou Railway Kasahara Line

Shintajimi

←Taita Line

Ikedamachi Tunnel

Suwa Tunnel

365.3

Kokokei

↑Gifu Prefecture

↓Aichi Prefecture

368.8

Jōkōji

The 2nd Tamano Tunnel

The 1st Tamano Tunnel

Aichi Loop Line

372.9

Kōzōji

376.1

Jinryō

Jinryō Locomotive Depot

378.8

Kasugai

381.9

Kachigawa

TKJ Jōhoku Line

Shōnai River

384.6

Shin-Moriyama

Yadagawa

Meitetsu Seto Line

387.1

Ōzone

389.8

Chikusa

391.2

Tsurumai Park (Temporary Stop)

391.3

Tsurumai

392.6

Furuwatari (Signal Box)

Tōkaidō Main Line (Freight)

Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Tōkaidō Main Line

393.6

Kanayama

Otobashi

JR Freight Nagoyaminato Branch

Nagoya Stadium Entrance

Until 1994

395.1

Sannō Junction

Sannō

Tōkaidō Shinkansen

Kansai Main Line

Narin-Express Aonami Line

Kintetsu Nagoya Line

Kintetsu Nagoya/Meitetsu Nagoya

396.9

Nagoya

Shiojiri is the dividing point of the East Line and the West Line; no train continues from one to the other. The Shinano limited express is the main service for the rural Shiojiri-Nakatsugawa section.

No.	Station	Distance	Transfers	Location
	Shiojiri	222.1	(see above)	Shiojiri	Nagano
	Seba	226.3
	Hideshio	231.0
	Niekawa	236.2
	Kiso-Hirasawa	241.4
	Narai	243.2
	Yabuhara	249.8		Kiso (village)
	Miyanokoshi	255.5		Kiso (town)
	Harano	258.3
CF30	Kiso-Fukushima	263.8
CF29	Agematsu	271.1		Agematsu
	Kuramoto	277.7		Agematsu
	Suhara	282.5		Ōkuwa
	Ōkuwa	285.8
	Nojiri	288.8
	Jūnikane	292.5		Nagiso
CF23	Nagiso	298.0
	Tadachi	304.3
	Sakashita	307.1		Nakatsugawa	Gifu
	Ochiaigawa	313.2
CF19	Nakatsugawa	317.0	Chūō Line (for Tajimi, Nagoya)

Nakatsugawa - Nagoya

Local and rapid service trains run on the line from Nakatsugawa to Nagoya. This section carries urban traffic for the Greater Nagoya Area.

Legends:

R: Rapid

CL: Central Liner

HL: Home Liner (Only some Home Liner trains stop at stations marked with an asterisk.)

No.	Station	Distance (km)	Stops			Transfers	Location
CF19	Nakatsugawa	317.0	R	CL	HL		Nakatsugawa	Gifu
CF18	Mino-Sakamoto	323.4	R	CL	\|		Nakatsugawa
CF17	Ena	328.6	R	CL	HL	Akechi Railroad Akechi Line	Ena
CF16	Takenami	334.0	R	CL	\|		Ena
CF15	Kamado	339.4	R	CL	\|		Mizunami
CF14	Mizunami	346.8	R	CL	HL		Mizunami
CF13	Tokishi	353.7	R	CL	HL		Toki
CF12	Tajimi	360.7	R	CL	HL	Taita Line	Tajimi
CF11	Kokokei	365.3	\|	\|	\|		Tajimi
CF10	Jōkōji	368.8	\|	\|	\|		Kasugai	Aichi
CF09	Kōzōji	372.9	R	CL	HL*	Aichi Loop Line
CF08	Jinryō	376.1	\|	\|	\|
CF07	Kasugai	378.8	R	\|	\|
CF06	Kachigawa	381.9	R	\|	\|	Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line
CF05	Shin-Moriyama	384.6	\|	\|	\|		Nagoya
CF04	Ōzone	387.1	R	\|	HL*
CF03	Chikusa	389.8	R	CL	HL	■Higashiyama Line
CF02	Tsurumai	391.3	R	\|	HL*	■Tsurumai Line
CF01	Kanayama	393.6	R	CL	HL
	Sannō Junction	395.1				JR Freight Nagoyaminato Branch
CF00	Nagoya	396.9	R	CL	HL

Signals and junctions

Fumonji Junction

Fumonji Junction (普門寺信号場, Fumonji Shingōjō) is a junction between Chino and Kami-Suwa stations in Suwa, Nagano. It entered into use on 2 September 1970.

Sannō Junction (山王信号場, Sannō Shingōjō) is a junction that diverts freight traffic from the Chūō Main Line to the Tōkaidō Line freight branch between Kanayama and Nagoya stations in Nagoya. It entered into use on 10 October 1962.

Rolling stock

Chūō East Line (JR East)

E233 series

115 series

E351 series on a Super Azusa service

New E233 series trains entered service on Tokyo-area commuter services from 26 December 2006. These trains are a development of the E231 series used on other commuter lines in the Tokyo area, and replaced the aging 201 series rolling stock introduced on the line in 1981.

From 2016, new E353 series EMUs are scheduled to be introduced on Azusa and Super Azusa limited express services, replacing the E351 and E257 series trains.^[1]

Chūō Rapid Line
- E233 series
- 209-1000 series

Chūō-Sōbu Line
- 209-500 series
- E231 series
- E231-500 series

Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line
- 05 series
- 07 series
- 15000 series

Local trains
- 211 series
- E127 series

Limited Express
- E257 series (Azusa, Kaiji, Chūō Liner, Ōme Liner)
- E353 series (Azusa, Super Azusa, Kaiji)
- E259 series (Narita Express) (One train per day starts/terminates at Takao)

Seasonal services
- 183 series (Azusa, Wing Azusa, Moonlight Shinshū)
- 185 series (Hamakaiji)
- 215 series (View Yamanashi)

Chūō West Line (JR Central)

383 series trainset on a Shinano service

Local Trains
- 211 series
- 213 series
- 311 series
- 313 series

Limited Express
- 383 series (Shinano)
- 381 series

Freight train

JNR Class EF64

JR Freight Class EH200

History

The Kobu Railway (甲武鉄道) opened the initial section of the Chūō Line from Shinjuku Station to Tachikawa Station in 1889.^[2] The company then extended the line both westward and eastward (towards Tokyo) until it was nationalised in 1906. The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) then continued to extend the line, reaching Shiojiri the same year, and Tokyo (at Shōheibashi Station (昌平橋駅)) in 1908.^{[citation needed]} The JGR also built the line from Nagoya, the first section opening in 1900, with the lines connecting in 1911. The Table below gives the section opening dates.

In 1904, the section between Iidamachi Station (formerly located between Suidōbashi Station and Iidabashi Station) and Nakano Station was the first urban electric railway in Japan using 600 V DC. Electrification was extended in 1919 and 1922, was increased to 1,200 V DC when extended to Tokyo in 1927, boosted again to 1,500 V DC in 1929, and reached Kofu in 1931. Electrification from the Nagano end was commissioned in sections from 1966, and the entire line was electrified by 1973.^{[citation needed]}

Chūō Main Line construction timeline
Section		Opening date	Builder
East Line	Tokyo	1 March 1919^[3]	JGR
	Manseibashi †	1 March 1919^[3]
	Manseibashi †	1 April 1912^[3]
	Shōheibashi †	1 April 1912^[3]
	Shōheibashi †	19 April 1908
	Ochanomizu	19 April 1908
	Ochanomizu	31 December 1904	Kōbu
	Iidamachi †	31 December 1904
	Iidamachi †	3 April 1895
	Ushigome †	3 April 1895
	Ushigome †	9 October 1894
	Shinjuku	9 October 1894
	Shinjuku	11 April 1889
	Tachikawa	11 April 1889
	Tachikawa	11 August 1889
	Hachiōji	11 August 1889
	Hachiōji	1 August 1901	JGR
	Uenohara	1 August 1901
	Uenohara	1 June 1902
	Torisawa	1 June 1902
	Torisawa	1 October 1902
	Ōtsuki	1 October 1902
	Ōtsuki	1 February 1903
	Kai-Yamato (Hajikano)	1 February 1903
	Kai-Yamato (Hajikano)	11 June 1903
	Kōfu	11 June 1903
	Kōfu	15 December 1903
	Nirasaki	15 December 1903
	Nirasaki	21 December 1904
	Fujimi	21 December 1904
	Fujimi	25 November 1905
	Okaya	25 November 1905
	Okaya	5 July 1983^[3] (See note below)	JNR
	Shiojiri	5 July 1983^[3] (See note below)	JNR
West Line	Shiojiri	1 December 1909	JGR
	Yabuhara	1 December 1909
	Yabuhara	5 October 1910
	Miyanokoshi	5 October 1910
	Miyanokoshi	1 May 1911
	Kiso-Fukushima	1 May 1911
	Kiso-Fukushima	25 November 1910
	Agematsu	25 November 1910
	Agematsu	5 October 1910
	Suhara	5 October 1910
	Suhara	1 December 1909
	Nojiri	1 December 1909
	Nojiri	1 September 1909
	Nagiso (Midono)	1 September 1909
	Nagiso (Midono)	15 July 1909
	Sakashita	15 July 1909
	Sakashita	1 August 1908
	Nakatsugawa (Nakatsu)	1 August 1908
	Nakatsugawa (Nakatsu)	21 December 1902
	Tajimi	21 December 1902
	Tajimi	25 July 1900
	Nagoya	25 July 1900

Notes:

The section between Okaya Station and Shiojiri Station is the new route that replaced the old route opened on June 11, 1906 by JGR.

Station names in parentheses are original names.

Stations marked † are now closed.

Prior to the connection of the East Line and the West Line in 1911, the section between Shiojiri Station and Miyanokoshi Station belonged to the East Line.

Former connecting lines

Kitaena train on the Kisogawa bridge, which still exists

Mitaka Station: A 3 km line to a Nakajima Aircraft factory opened in 1942, and was out of service in 1945.^{[citation needed]} In 1950, the factory site was used to build a sports stadium. The line from Mitaka to Musashino Stadium (武蔵野競技場前) opened on 14 April 1951, but was closed from 1 November 1959.^[3]

Kokubunji Station: A 7 km line was opened in 1910 to haul gravel from the Tamagawa. It closed in 1914 due to flood damage, but was reopened in 1916 after being rebuilt by the Japanese Army.^{[citation needed]} On 26 May 1920, the line was absorbed into JNR, but operations were suspended from 1 December 1921.^[3] A 6 km^{[citation needed]} extension to the Tokyo Racecourse opened on 1934.^[3] Services on the line were suspended from 1 October 1944, resuming from 24 April 1947.^[3] On 1 April 1973, the line to Tokyo Racecourse closed, and the freight line was absorbed into the Musashino Line.^[3]

Kofu Station: The Yamanashi horse-drawn tramway opened its first 660 mm (2 ft 2 in) gauge section in 1898, and by 1904 had opened two lines (to Katsunuma and Fujikawa) totaling 34 km. In 1930, the Katsunuma Line was closed, and the other line was closed beyond Kai-Aoyagi, 20 km from Kofu. The company renamed itself the Yamanashi Electric Railway, regauged (to 1,067 mm) and electrified the line at 600 V DC, and operated it until 1962.

Sakashita Station: The 11 km 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge Sakagawa Line was opened to Maruno by the Hisaka River Railway in 1926. A passenger service was operated 8 km to Okuya. The Forest Service opened a 9 km line connecting at Maruno the same year, and a 2 km branch from Okuya that operated from 1933 until 1958. In 1944, the Forest Service took over the Sakagawa line, operating it until 1961, when the entire 20 km line closed.^{[citation needed]}

Nakatsugawa Station: The Kitaena Railway operated the 23 km Enaden Line to Tsukechi, electrified at 600 V DC, from 1924 until 1978. At Tsukechi, it transshipped timber from a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge forest railway with an 18 km "main line" and a 14 km and two 5 km branch lines operated from 1932 until 1959.

Ena Station: The Iwamura Electric Railway operated a 13 km line electrified at 600 V DC to its namesake town between 1906 and 1935. A 4 km line to the site of Oi dam was opened in 1922 to transport construction materials. Upon the dam's completion, the line was sold to the Kita-Ena Railway. but it closed in 1934.

Tokishi Station: The Ogawa Railway opened a 10 km line to its namesake town between 1922 and 1924. The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1950, and closed as a result of flood damage in 1972.

Yabuhara Station: The Ogiso Forest line operated for an unknown period.

Agematsu Station: The Otaki Forest Railway operated between 1911 and 1975.

Nojiri Station: The Nojiri Forest Railway operated for an unknown period.

Tajima Station: The Kasahara Railway opened a 5 km line to its namesake town in 1928. Passenger services ceased in 1971, and the line closed in 1978.

Proposed connecting lines

Chino Station: The Saku Railway, which had built the line from Komoro on the Shinetsu Line to Koumi, proposed to build a line from Tanaka on the Shinetsu Line to this station. The company was nationalised before construction started, and JGR connected the Koumi line to the Chuo Main Line in 1935, making this proposal redundant.

Accidents

On September 12, 1997, a Super Azusa limited express bound for Matsumoto collided with a 201 series local train that failed to stop at a red signal while passing through Ōtsuki Station.

References

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

^ ＪＲ東日本　富士山観光見込み、中央線特急に新型車両 [JR East to introduce new trains on Chuo Line limited express services, eying Mt Fuji tourism]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Japan: Sports Nippon Newspapers. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/press/20070702/

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^h Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. I. Japan: JTB. pp. 93–94. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links

[sponichi20130916-1] ＪＲ東日本　富士山観光見込み、中央線特急に新型車両 [JR East to introduce new trains on Chuo Line limited express services, eying Mt Fuji tourism]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Japan: Sports Nippon Newspapers. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

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[teishajo1998-3] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. I. Japan: JTB. pp. 93–94. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

v t e JR East lines
Shinkansen	Hokuriku Jōetsu Tōhoku Akita Yamagata
Main	Chūō Ōu Shin'etsu Sōbu Tōhoku Tōkaidō Uetsu
Local	Agatsuma Aterazawa Ban'etsu East Ban'etsu West Echigo Gonō Hachikō Hachinohe Hakushin Hanawa Iiyama Ishinomaki Itō Itsukaichi Jōban Jōetsu Kamaishi Karasuyama Kashima Kawagoe Keiyō Kesennuma Kitakami Koumi Kururi Mito Musashino Nambu Narita Negishi Nikkō Ōfunato Oga Ōito Ōme Ōminato Rikuu East Rikuu West Ryōmō Sagami Senseki Senzan Shinonoi Sotobō Suigun Tadami Takasaki Tazawako Tōgane Tsugaru Tsurumi Uchibō Utsunomiya Yahiko Yamada Yamanote Yokohama Yokosuka Yonesaka
Others	Chūō Rapid Chūō-Sōbu Gala-Yuzawa Keihin-Tōhoku Saikyō (incl. Akabane) Senseki-Tōhoku Shōnan-Shinjuku Sōbu Rapid Ueno-Tōkyō
Past	Aizu Ashio Iwaizumi Kihara Marumori Mōka Nagai Shin'etsu Main (Shinano / Echigo Tokimeki) Tōhoku Main (Aoimori / Iwate Galaxy)

v t e JR Central lines
Shinkansen	Tōkaidō
Main	Chūō Kansai Kisei Takayama Tōkaidō
Local	Gotemba Jōhoku Iida Meishō Minobu Sangū Taita Taketoyo
Past	Akechi Etsumi-Nan Futamata Okata

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Chūō Main Line

Contents

Routes

Stations and services

Tokyo - Mitaka

Mitaka - Takao

Takao - Shiojiri

Okaya – Shiojiri

Shiojiri - Nakatsugawa

Nakatsugawa - Nagoya

Signals and junctions

Rolling stock

Chūō East Line (JR East)

Chūō West Line (JR Central)

Freight train

History

Former connecting lines

Proposed connecting lines

Accidents

References

External links

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