Ōme Line

Ōme Line 青梅線
Hatonosu Station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Tachikawa Okutama
Stations	25
Operation
Opened	1894
Owner	JR East
Operator(s)	JR East, JR Freight
Technical
Line length	37.2 km (23.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map

The Ōme Line (青梅線, Ōme-sen^?) is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in western Tokyo, Japan. It links Tachikawa and the Chūō Line with the town of Okutama. Many Chūō Line trains operate via the Ōme Line to Ōme Station, providing non-stop service to Tokyo Station.

Services

Services on the Ōme Line are formed of E233 series trains. Trains from Tachikawa to Ōme typically operate as a 10-car trains (sometimes 4- and 6-car trainｓ coupled together). At Ōme, trains uncouple, with the 4-car set going in the direction of Oku-Tama, and the 6-car set heading back to Tachikawa.

The Ōme Line, at times, runs along the Chūō Rapid, Itsukaichi, and Hachikō lines. Supplemental trains during the peak season may also run along the Nambu Line. Trains that operate only on the Ōme Line have a "Ōme-Itsukaichi Line" sticker on the front.

At present there is only one Tachikawa-bound rapid train, which runs once every weekday morning. Local trains still stop at these stations.

Shinjuku-bound Holiday Rapid Okutama (E233 series EMU) at Ōme Station

Holiday Rapid Okutama and Holiday Rapid Akigawa services run on weekends from Shinjuku (and sometimes from Chiba; some Shinjuku-bound services are extended to Tokyo). They are paired together until they reach Haijima. The Okutama stops at Tachikawa, Nishi-Tachikawa, Haijima, Fussa, Ōme, Mitake, and Okutama; the Akigawa splits off from the Ōme Line at Haijima and runs on the Itsukaichi Line tracks to Musashi-Itsukaichi, stopping at every station.

History

The private Ōme Electric Railway established a railway line between Tachikawa and Ōme in 1894, extending it to Mitake in 1929. It was nationalized on April 1, 1944; the Okutama Electric Railway between Mitake and Hikawa (now Okutama) was under construction when it was purchased three months later. Both were merged to create the present-day Ōme Line and opened on the same day.

Station list

• All stations are located in Tokyo.
• Local, rapid, and special rapid trains stop at all stations.
• Trains can pass one another at stations marked "∥", "◇", "∨", and "∧". They cannot pass at stations marked "｜".

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Ōme Liner	Transfers		Location
		Between stations	Total
Tachikawa	立川	-	0.0	●	Chūō Main Line, Nambu Line Tama Toshi Monorail Line (Tachikawa-Kita, Tachikawa-Minami)	∥	Tachikawa
Nishi-Tachikawa	西立川	1.9	1.9	｜		∥
Higashi-Nakagami	東中神	0.8	2.7	｜		∥	Akishima
Nakagami	中神	0.9	3.6	｜		∥
Akishima	昭島	1.4	5.0	｜		∥
Haijima	拝島	1.9	6.9	●	Itsukaichi Line, Hachikō Line Seibu Haijima Line	∥
Ushihama	牛浜	1.7	8.6	｜		∥	Fussa
Fussa	福生	1.0	9.6	｜		∥
Hamura	羽村	2.1	11.7	｜		∥	Hamura
Ozaku	小作	2.4	14.1	｜		∥
Kabe	河辺	1.8	15.9	●		∥	Ōme
Higashi-Ōme	東青梅	1.3	17.2	｜		∨
Ōme	青梅	1.3	18.5	●		◇
Miyanohira	宮ノ平	2.1	20.6			◇
Hinatawada	日向和田	0.8	21.4			｜
Ishigamimae	石神前	1.0	22.4			｜
Futamatao	二俣尾	1.2	23.6			◇
Ikusabata	軍畑	0.9	24.5			｜
Sawai	沢井	1.4	25.9			◇
Mitake	御嶽	1.3	27.2		Mitake Tozan Railway: Cable car (Takimoto via bus)	◇
Kawai	川井	2.8	30.0			｜	Okutama, Nishitama District
Kori	古里	1.6	31.6			◇
Hatonosu	鳩ノ巣	2.2	33.8			◇
Shiromaru	白丸	1.4	35.2			｜
Okutama	奥多摩	2.0	37.2			∧

References

External links

Media related to Ōme Line at Wikimedia Commons

• Stations of the Ōme Line (JR East) (Japanese)