27-822: Key to symbols The Sōtetsu–JR Link Line is a section of the Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link project, built by the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT). It connects the Sōtetsu Main Line to the JR East Saikyō Line , via the tracks of the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line and the Tōkaidō Freight Line . This service is publicly referred to as a Sotetsu Link Line by JR East, and as
54-749: A JR Link Line by the Sagami Railway . JR through service trains enter the Tōkaido Freight Line once leaving Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai Station , via the Tokyo-side of Yokohama-Hazawa Freight Station, then enters the Yokosuka Line tracks near Tsurumi Station . The service shares the same route as the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line , heading inbound towards Musashi-Kosugi , Ōsaki , Shibuya , and Shinjuku . Trains operate from Ebina on
81-547: A change of train is not required. These trains commonly run through multiple lines of Network Rail for their journey. In addition, there are also some through service across different infrastructure owners as well, which include: In the United States, a through train is referred to as interline and is defined as "the interchange of passengers between one or more bus lines, rail transit lines, or railroads" or "the transfer of transit vehicles or trains between routes during
108-399: A change of train number as a result of changing from an up-line to another down-line, or vice versa (see below), it is obvious to the passenger. In mainland China, as train numbers are decided on the direction (up/down) of track, with up (to Beijing) trains having even train numbers and down (from Beijing) trains having odd train numbers. If a services travel on tracks in different directions,
135-402: A day to improve staff or vehicle assignment efficiency". Examples of interlining include: There are some bus services which travel on a route, or a section of it, and change the route number while allowing passengers to stay on board. Such services can be describe as through services. For example, morebus routes 16 and 17 may operate as a through service through Bournemouth Square , allowing
162-607: A model which separate the construction/maintenance (整備主体) and operation (営業主体) of infrastructure to different entities. Under this new law, in June 2006, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism approved the initial maintenance and operation plans of the Sōtetsu–JR Link Line (SJLL) and Sōtetsu–Tōkyū Link Line (STLL) submitted by the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT). The SJLL
189-422: A wider meaning encompassing a route which allows the passenger to travel without alighting, for example, in a route change announcement, if a route A-B and a route B-C is combined to A-B-C, it may be described as a new "through service" between A and C. This is in contrast with direct service , where a through service may be a circuitous route but allows the passenger on board for the whole circuitous journey. This
216-557: Is a Narita -to- Haneda Airport Express service, which runs on four companies' tracks- Keikyu , Toei , Keisei , and Hokuso Railway . Despite fewer new lines in recent years as the system is mature, more through services are proliferating to reduce cross metropolitan area connection time, at least in theory. A 2016 MLIT study has shown that minor train delays are quite commonplace in Greater Tokyo during rush hour, at odds with Japan's image of train punctuality. The reason for this
243-613: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link Key to symbols Key to symbols The Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link ( Japanese : 神奈川東部方面線 , romanized : Kanagawa Tōbu Hōmen Sen ) is a strategic railway project in Japan to improve the railway network connectivity and passenger convenience between the eastern Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo Metropolis , as well as access to Tōkaidō Shinkansen at Shin-Yokohama Station . The new infrastructures of this project are constructed and owned by
270-622: Is codenamed the "Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link" began its infancy from the Transport Policy Review Forum [ ja ] in January 2000. In the initial proposal, a new railroad would connect Futamata-gawa of Sōtetsu to Ōkurayama of Tōkyū Railways via Shin-yokohama. Originally Sōtetsu, which was only operating within Kanagawa Prefecture and did not have any through service with other railway operators,
297-638: Is that the subway lines in particular are subject to heavier loads, and thus more delay as riders rush in at the last minute, and forcing final door closings to be delayed. The proliferation of through-services has only magnified the problem, as it acts as a double-edged sword, though convenient in not having to switch trains, central Tokyo delays increasingly cause a ripple effect to through services on suburban lines. Subway trains of Seoul Subway Line 1 , Line 3 and Line 4 run through to Korail suburban lines. Suin Line and Bundang Line services were merged into
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#1732801677781324-480: Is to be distinguished with operating arrangement which a vehicle changes its service route between revenue journeys at a terminus, but requires passengers to alight or retender fare. A train on a through service may also be called a through train (also referred to as through service , run-through service/train or interline ). In operational terms, a through train is a train operated on different railway lines, possibly between different operators as well. This
351-436: Is usually accomplished through compatible infrastructure—identical track gauge and durability issues (although variable gauge trains do exist, they tend to be expensive), rolling stock dimensions, curve speed and signaling compatibility, train station dimensions (to avoid damage to rolling stock), tunnels and bridge dimensions and maximum weight, and power requirements. The exact terminology (and definition) vary as usage; in
378-487: The Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT), which is an Independent Administrative Institution governed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism , while operation is divided between Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu), JR East and Tōkyū Railways . In its finalized form, this railway project comprises 2 major portions: Similar railway plans which proposed to connect different existing passenger railways for through service around
405-877: The Sotetsu Main Line , via Nishiya, Musashi-Kosugi, and enter the Saikyō Line at Ōsaki. Trains will mostly terminate at Shinjuku. In the morning rush hours, some trains go further north towards Musashi-Urawa , Ōmiya, Sashiōgi (where the Kawagoe Line depot is located), and as far as Kawagoe. A total of 46 round trips will be operated every day, with a rush-hour frequency of 4 trains per hour, and off-peak frequency of 2-3 trains per hour. The fastest travel times are 44 minutes between Futamatagawa and Shinjuku, 45 minutes between Yamato and Shibuya, and 36 minutes between Ebina and Musashi-Kosugi. Past proposals also suggested Sōtetsu trains to operate through services with
432-609: The Suin-Bundang Line . Russia operates regular scheduled through services with other countries: The mainline rail network in Great Britain, with a few exception, is owned and operated by Network Rail which organises its track into lines, such as South West Main Line and East Coast Main Line . A through service on the National Rail network running on the mainline rail is defined as a journey for which
459-565: The Ueno-Tokyo Line , towards the Utsunomiya , Takasaki and Jōban Lines . This requires trains to cross over level junctions to enter Tōkaido Line tracks near Tsurumi or Shinagawa (or somewhere in between), which would possibly undermine the high density train operations in this section, if no dedicated grade separation is built. Thus the idea was scrapped due to these difficulties. This Japanese rail transport related article
486-561: The case of National Rail of the UK, a through train is one which may be used by a passenger to make their entire journey without changing trains. However, the fact that a train travels on different lines, or even tracks of different operators, may not be obvious if it is operated within the same network from a passenger's perspective. For example, trains in China commonly travel between lines to service different destination, but only when it involves
513-648: The eastern Kanagawa regions had been devised before the Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link. In 1983, a team of experts of civil engineering, environmental management, railway, etc. proposed numerous public transit plans in a study of Kanagawa transportation infrastructure provision. Among those plans were new railroads which would connect Sōtetsu and/or Shin-yokohama with the Tōkaidō Freight Line for Haneda Airport , as well as Tsurugamine , Yokohama-Hazawa, Shin-yokohama and Ōkurayama to allow through service between Sōtetsu and Tōkyū. The project which
540-469: The initial projection, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic . Through service A through service is a concept of passenger transport that involves a vehicle travelling between lines, networks or operators on a regularly specified schedule, on which the passenger can remain on board without alighting. It may be in form of either the following: The term through service may be extended to have
567-415: The revenues from operating the railways owned by JRTT, and then they pay JRTT a portion of those revenues for maintenance and loan reimbursement for this project. Both Sōtetsu and Tōkyū Railways applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for an additional fare charge of using the new railways. This was due to the high cost of construction and the drop in estimated ridership from
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#1732801677781594-596: The ticket. Chinese cities operate several through services: Several metro systems have through operation ( simplified Chinese : 贯通运营 ; traditional Chinese : 貫通運營 ; pinyin : guàntōng yùnyíng ) between lines. Paris Réseau express régional : In both cases, trains run contiguously, thus providing a one-seat ride across both SNCF and RATP networks. To achieve smooth network crossing, RATP and SNCF jointly designed and ordered specific MI 79 rolling stock (where MI stands for matériel d'interconnexion , French for "cross-network rolling stock.") Change of drivers
621-420: The train number changes at the station where the train changes direction, creating a through service. For example, the train service from Guangzhou to Lhasa operates between Guangzhou to Zhengzhou as Z264 on the up line, and changes to Z265 from Zhengzhou to Lhasa on the down line, and passengers can stay on board for the whole journey. If a ticket is bought across both section, both train numbers will be shown on
648-525: Was compulsory at network boundaries until 2008 when one-driver cross-network runs were introduced. In Germany, such services are called Durchbindung . Through services ( 直通運転 , chokutsū unten ) are regularly scheduled train services owned by an operator which runs over tracks which it does not own. Many urban railways in Japan operate such services to increase ridership, increase convenience and simplicity, and reduce time to destinations by eliminating transfers through seamless connection. One example
675-679: Was formally announced which would provide a more direct access to Shinjuku , Tokyo from areas served by Sōtetsu between Nishiya and Ebina . In May 2005, the Urban Railroad Convenience Improvement Act [ ja ] was passed by the parliament of Japan and went into effect on 1 August 2005 with the aim of encouraging many different railway operators of major metropolitan areas of Japan to provide better and more convenient passenger experience via new railroads which would enable through services between different operators. The new law also stipulates
702-418: Was green-lighted on 21 November 2006 and STLL on 11 April 2007. The Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link project was funded one-third from the national coffer, one-third from the local governments (both prefectural and municipal), and one-third from private loan. The JRTT coordinated the construction of this project, owns the completed rail infrastructure, and is responsible for its maintenance. Sōtetsu and Tōkyū collect
729-527: Was not interested in this plan, because a through service via Shin-yokohama would divert passengers away from its Yokohama hub terminus. However, as the population decline led to ridership drop of Sōtetsu, the rail company became more favorable towards the plan which improves connectivity with the Tokyo Metropolis and Saitama Prefecture . In September 2004, the Sōtetsu–JR Link Line plan
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