Saikyō Line

Saikyō Line
Saikyō Line
	JA
	Saikyō Line E233 series EMU set 101 approaching Yonohommachi Station in July 2013
Overview
Native name	埼京線
Owner	JR East
Locale	Tokyo, Saitama prefectures
Termini	Ōsaki; Ōmiya
Stations	19
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Depot(s)	Kawagoe (Minami-Furuya)
Rolling stock	E233-7000 series, TWR 70-000 series , Sotetsu 12000 series EMUs
Daily ridership	1,105,557 (daily 2015)
History
Opened	1985
Technical
Line length	36.9 km (22.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (60 mph)
Route map

The Saikyō Line(Japanese: 埼京線, Japanese pronunciation: [Saikyō-sen]) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is an abbreviation of the two areas the line connects: Saitama(Japanese: 埼玉) and Tōkyō(Japanese: 東京).

Service

There are three types of trains on the Saikyō Line: "Local"(Japanese: 各駅停車, Japanese pronunciation: [Kakueki-Teisha]), "Rapid"(Japanese: 快速, Japanese pronunciation: [kaisoku]), and "Commuter Rapid"(Japanese: 通勤快速, Japanese pronunciation: [tsūkin kaisoku]).

Station list

Rapid and commuter rapid trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".

Line name	No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)			Rapid	Comm. Rapid	Transfers	Location
Line name	No.	Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total		Rapid	Comm. Rapid	Transfers	Location
	Through service to Shin-Kiba via the Rinkai Line Through service to Ebina via the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Yamanote Line	OSKJA08 R08	Ōsaki	大崎	-	from Shinagawa 2.0	from Ōsaki 0.0	●	●	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line (through service) JY Yamanote Line R Rinkai Line (through service)	Shinagawa	Tokyo
	EBSJA09	Ebisu	恵比寿	3.6	5.6	3.6	●	●	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line JY Yamanote Line H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-02)	Shibuya
	SBYJA10	Shibuya	渋谷^[a]	1.6	7.2	5.2	●	●	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line JY Yamanote Line ■Keio Inokashira Line DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line TY Tokyu Toyoko Line G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-01) Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z-01) F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-16)
	SJKJA11	Shinjuku	新宿	3.4	10.6	8.6	●	●	JC Chuo Line (Rapid) JB Chuo-Sobu Line JY Yamanote Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line ■Keio Line ■Keio New Line ■Odakyu Odawara Line ■Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku) M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08) S Toei Shinjuku Line (S-01) E Toei Ōedo Line (E-27, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi: E-01)
	SJKJA11	Shinjuku	新宿	3.4	10.6	8.6	●	●		Shinjuku
	IKBJA12	Ikebukuro	池袋	4.8	15.4	13.4	●	●	JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line JY Yamanote Line ■Seibu Ikebukuro Line TJ Tobu Tojo Line M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-25) Y Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Y-09) F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-09)	Toshima
Akabane Line	IKBJA12	Ikebukuro	池袋	4.8	from Ikebukuro 0.0	13.4	●	●		Toshima
	JA13	Itabashi	板橋	1.8	1.8	15.2	●	●	I Toei Mita Line (Shin-Itabashi: I-17) TJ Tobu Tojo Line (Shimo-Itabashi)	Itabashi
	JA14	Jūjō	十条	1.7	3.5	16.9	●	●		Kita
	ABNJA15	Akabane	赤羽	2.0	5.5	18.9	●	●	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line JU Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) JU Takasaki Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Tohoku Main Line (branch)	ABNJA15	Akabane	赤羽	2.0	from Akabane 0.0	18.9	●	●
	JA16	Kita-Akabane	北赤羽	1.5	1.5	20.4	｜	｜
	JA17	Ukima-Funado	浮間舟渡	1.6	3.1	22.0	｜	｜
	JA18	Toda-Kōen	戸田公園	2.4	5.5	24.4	●	｜		Toda	Saitama
	JA19	Toda	戸田	1.3	6.8	25.7	｜	｜
	JA20	Kita-Toda	北戸田	1.4	8.2	27.1	｜	｜
	JA21	Musashi-Urawa	武蔵浦和	2.4	10.6	29.5	●	●	JM Musashino Line	Minami-ku, Saitama
	JA22	Naka-Urawa	中浦和	1.2	11.8	30.7	●	｜		Minami-ku, Saitama
	JA23	Minami-Yono	南与野	1.7	13.5	32.4	●	｜		Chūō-ku, Saitama
	JA24	Yonohommachi	与野本町	1.6	15.1	34.0	●	｜
	JA25	Kita-Yono	北与野	1.1	16.2	35.1	●	｜
	OMYJA26	Ōmiya	大宮^[b]	1.8	18.0	36.9	●	●	■Kawagoe Line (some through services) ■Tohoku Shinkansen ■Yamagata Shinkansen ■Akita Shinkansen ■Joetsu Shinkansen ■Hokuriku Shinkansen JK Keihin-Tohoku Line JU Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) JU Takasaki Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line TD Tobu Urban Park Line New Shuttle	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
	Through service to Kawagoe on the Kawagoe Line

References

↑ "平成27年大都市交通センサス首都圏報告書" (PDF). P.92. 国土交通省.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "埼京線の駅名標 - 駅名標あつめ。".

Notes

↑ The platform of the Saikyo Line and Shonan Shinjuku Line was quite far from the Yamanote Line platform and was ridiculed as "Minami Shibuya Station".^[2]
↑ There are many trains that run directly from here to Kawagoe on the Kawagoe Line.^[2]

[ridership-1] "平成27年大都市交通センサス首都圏報告書" (PDF). P.92. 国土交通省.

[ekimeihyo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "埼京線の駅名標 - 駅名標あつめ。".

[3] The platform of the Saikyo Line and Shonan Shinjuku Line was quite far from the Yamanote Line platform and was ridiculed as "Minami Shibuya Station".^[2]

[4] There are many trains that run directly from here to Kawagoe on the Kawagoe Line.^[2]

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