The Yokohama Line ( Japanese : 横浜線 , romanized : Yokohama-sen ) is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama , Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo . The line forms part of what JR East refers to as the "Tokyo Mega Loop" (Japanese: 東京メガループ ) around Tokyo, consisting of the Keiyo Line , Musashino Line , Nambu Line , and Yokohama Line. The line's name comes from the section between Nagatsuta and Higashi-Kanagawa that runs through the city of Yokohama. Nicknamed the Hama-sen ( 浜線 ) by locals, the line serves commuters in the southwestern suburbs of Tokyo and northeastern suburbs of Yokohama.
17-461: The line was opened by the private Yokohama Railway ( 横浜鉄道 , Yokohama Tetsudō ) on 23 September 1908 and leased to the government in 1910. The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917. The Higashi-Kanagawa to Haramachida (now Machida) section was electrified on 1 October 1932, with the Haramachida to Hachiōji section electrified on 14 April 1941. The Higashi-Kanagawa to Kozukue section
34-537: A public transit railway owned and operated by private sector, almost always organized as a joint-stock company , or in Japanese: kabushiki gaisha (lit. stock company), but may be any type of private business entity. Although the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies are also kabushiki gaishas, they are not classified as private railways because of their unique status as the primary successors of
51-505: A candidate within the organization (Constitutional Democratic Party) was elected in a proportional ward. As a result, for the first time in nine years, a member of the organization was elected to the Diet. In the 49th House of Representatives general election in 2021, Kiyomi Tsujimoto was defeated, but in the following 2022, in the 26th ordinary election for members of the House of Councillors,
68-490: A strike in 1952, and participated in the general transport strike of 1967, but generally focused on negotiation. By 1967, it had 255,882 members. In 1989, the union was a founding affiliate of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation . By 2020, it had 113,253 members. In 2019, the 25th House of Councillors ordinary election, Takashi Moriya (Constitutional Democratic Party) who stood as
85-520: A strike is severely limited by government legislation; there is very little tolerance for railway work stoppage. Employees of private railways may legally strike but its unheard of in Japan. There have only been two notable railroad strikes in Japanese history, both by employees of government run entities (government employees are legally barred from striking): One in 1973, and a major strike protesting
102-706: A variety of other businesses that depend on the traffic generated through their transit systems: hotels, department stores, supermarkets, resorts, and real estate development and leasing. Japanese railways, whether government run, semi-public, or private business, are subject to the regulations enforced by the Railway Bureau [ ja ] of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism . They may join unions such as National Railway Workers' Union and General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan , but their abilities to call
119-635: Is a trade union representing transport workers in Japan. Japan's railway companies, including major private railways excluding the JR Group, Taxis, Hire Companies, and Bus companies, are members, and follow the trend of the old general review system. Japan is a member of the Confederation of Trade Unions (Confederation), the Japan Transport Industry Trade Union Council (Transport Workers' Association), and
136-828: The Japanese National Railways (JNR). Voluntary sector railways (semi-public) are additionally not classified as shitetsu due to their origins as rural, money-losing JNR lines that have since been transferred to local possession, in spite of their organizational structures being corporatized. Among private railways in Japan, the Japan Private Railway Association [ ja ] categorizes 16 companies as "major" operators. They are often profitable and tend to be less expensive per passenger-kilometer than JR trains that also run less dense regional routes. Private railways corporations in Japan also run and generate profits from
153-750: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (pending privatization). The Japan Private Railway Association counts Tokyo Metro as one of the 16 major private railways. In the United States , a private railroad is a railroad owned by a company and serves only that company, and does not hold itself out as a "common carrier" (i.e., it does not provide rail transport services for the general public). General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers%27 Unions of Japan The General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan (PRU, Japanese : 日本私鉄労働組合総連合会 , Shitetsu Soren)
170-574: The Federation of Private Railways decided to make Tsujimoto a candidate "within the quasi-organization]. Tsujimoto, who ran as a proportional representation candidate from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the same election, won the election with more than 400,000 , and returned to national politics. There are blocks such as Hyogo and Wakayama. It is an organization of union members who are generally under
187-760: The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF). The union was founded on 10 January 1947 as a split from the Japan Transportation Labor Union Alliance. It was a founding affiliate of the original Japanese Trade Union Confederation. In 1949, it affiliated to the National Confederation of Trade Unions, but the following year, it left to become a founding affiliate of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan . It led
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#1732780245188204-659: The Sagami Line onto the Yokohama Line ended on 11 March 2022. Despite the line's name, only approximately half of all trains run as far as Yokohama Station . Rapid ( 快速 , Kaisoku ) trains operate every 20 minutes during the daytime. SH Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (SH01) [REDACTED] Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (SO52) [REDACTED] Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B25) Local and Rapid services Sagami Line through services 8-car 205 series EMU trains were introduced in 1988. In these sets,
221-468: The age of 31. In order to promote exchanges among union members, in addition to sports competitions and exchange camps, the "Peace and Friendship Festival, Private Railway Mountain Festival" and "Private Railway Okinawa Exchange" are held every other year. Previously, it was called the "Young Women's Council". In the case of small companies, there are workplaces where there are problems such as a decrease in
238-471: The breakup (and layoffs of tens of thousands of employees) of JNR in 1985. Though private railways such as industrial railways have existed in Japan they are not deemed shitetsu nor mintetsu in Japanese, as their purpose is not public transit. Tokyo Metro is a member of Japan Private Railway Association but is under special laws and its stock is owned by the Japanese Government and
255-522: The number of young employees due to rationalization and a shrinking of the organization of the Youth Women's Association. Note: The members of the Youth Women's Association will be replaced in accordance with the re-election of union officers. If you are 31 years old at that time, you will be disengaged. Normally, you are re-elected once every two years, so depending on the timing, you will have to do 1-2 more years (if you are 30 years and 11 months old at
272-593: The second car from the Higashi-Kanagawa end had six pairs of doors on each side to allow rapid boarding and disembarking during peak periods. The last 205 series set on the Yokohama Line ran on 23 August 2014. Private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector . In Japan , private sector railway ( 私鉄 or 民鉄 , Shitetsu or Mintetsu ) , commonly simply private railway , refers to
289-492: Was double-tracked by 1968, extended to Aihara by 1980, and completed to Hachiōji on 6 March 1988. Through service trains from the Sagami Line began on 16 March 1991, when that line was fully electrified. Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with stations being assigned station numbers between JH13 and JH32. Numbers increase towards in the westbound direction towards Hachioji. Through service operation from
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