Shonan Shinjuku Line

The Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (湘南新宿ライン, Shōnan–shinjuku-rain) is a passenger railway service in Japan which debuted in December 2001. The line has no dedicated track as services run through shared sections ran by JR East.. It is treated as a distinct service at stations and on network maps.

Service patterns on the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line are as follows:

Utsunomiya Line–Yokosuka Line

 * Shōnan–Shinjuku Line local (Utsunomiya Line: local; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: local; Yokosuka Line: local)
 * Services commenced on December 1, 2001.
 * One train per hour is operated between Koganei (some to/from Utsunomiya) and Zushi; this increases to 2–3 trains per hour during peak periods. Sometimes trains operate to/from Ōfuna as well as to/from Koga on weekday mornings.
 * Most trains are operated in 15-car sets. Some pause at Koganei to couple-up or divide, with the 10-car portion continues northward; others are operated in 10-car sets along the entire line.
 * E233 series LED Displays show a green colour ■ for this service.
 * Shōnan–Shinjuku Line local / Shōnan–Shinjuku Line rapid (Utsunomiya Line: Rapid; Ōmiya–Ōfuna: Local; Yokosuka Line: Local)
 * Services commenced on October 16, 2004.
 * From morning to midday, trains are operated hourly between Utsunomiya and Zushi (some to/from Ōfuna). Trains operate as rapid services within the Utsunomiya Line and as local services within the Yokosuka Line. These services replace daytime Rabbit rapid trains within the Utsunomiya Line to/from Ueno.
 * Most trains are operated in 15-car sets. Some pause at Koganei to couple-up or divide, with the 10-car portion is operated north of Koganei; others are operated in 10-car sets along the entire line.

Takasaki Line–Tōkaidō Line route

 * Shōnan–Shinjuku Line local / Shōnan–Shinjuku Line rapid (Takasaki Line: Local; Ōmiya–Totsuka: Rapid; Totsuka–Tōkaidō Line: Local)
 * Services commenced on December 1, 2001.
 * One train per hour is operated between Kagohara and Hiratsuka (some to/from Kōzu). During peak periods when there are no special rapid services this increases to 2–3 trains per hour, with trains to/from Takasaki, Kōzu, and Odawara. Some morning southbound trains and weekday evening northbound trains operate to/from Maebashi via the Ryōmō Line; one weekday morning train is operated from Fukaya.
 * Except for a single northbound morning and southbound evening train, all trains are operated in 15-car sets south of Kagohara, where they are joined/separated; a 10-car train is operated north of Kagohara. The train from Fukaya is operated as a 15-car set.
 * E233 series LED Displays show an orange colour ■ between Ōmiya and Totsuka, and a green colour ■ within the Takasaki and Tōkaidō Lines for this service.

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shonan shinjuku line running near gotanda

Shonan shinjuku line train wizzing out of the station