Sagami Line

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name = Sagami Line
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caption = 205 series EMU at Hashimoto
type = Commuter rail
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locale = Kanagawa Prefecture
start = Chigasaki
end = Hashimoto
stations = 18
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open = 1921
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owner = JR East
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stock = 205-500 series
linelength = 33.3 km
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notrack = Single track
gauge = 1,067 mm
el = Overhead catenary 1,500 V DC
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The Nihongo|Sagami Line|相模線|Sagami-sen is a railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It stretches north-westerly roughly along the east bank of the Sagami River. The line connects Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara and Chigasaki Station in Chigasaki. This line was originally built and operated by Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu). This line alone was nationalized in 1944 in a wartime condition and the other line was left private, thus Sagami Line was nationally owned and private Sagami Railway began operating the then Nihongo|Jinchū Line|神中線, presently the Sagami Railway Main Line.

A short branch to Nishi-Samukawa Station from Samukawa Station was abandoned in 1984, and only after privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the line was electrified in 1991.

Before the JNR privatization, there were discussions to return the line to the Sagami Railway, because it had long been left unimproved as an unelectrified rural line, to meet the probable demands of passenger traffic in suburbs of Tokyo and Yokohama. The cost to upgrade the line was beyond the ability of then financially critical JNR, and Sagami Railway had and has succeeded in operating railway. But the they did not agree on terms and the plans were cancelled (more than once).

Operation

Some trains go through to the Yokohama Line beyond Hashimoto and make four additional stops, including Hachiōji Station, while most are operated inside the line as locals.

Rolling stock

All trains are operated with 205-500 series 4-car EMUs.

tation

For distances and transfers, see the route diagram at right.

All stations are in Kanagawa Prefecture. Notable among them is Atsugi Station that is not in the city of Atsugi, but in Ebina in the opposite side of the Sagami River.