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The first railway in Japan was the line from Shimbashi to Sakuragicho in Yokohama, which opened in 1872; another segment of today's Tokaido Main Line, between Kyoto and Kobe, opened in 1877. [2] In 1883, the government decided to use the Nakasendō route, and construction of several segments commenced (including the modern-day Takasaki Line ...
The line opened on 12 May 1926 as the steam-operated Jinchu Railway (神中鉄道, Jinchū Tetsudō) between Futamata-gawa and Atsugi (on the present-day Sagami Line). [6] The line was extended from Futamata-gawa to Yokohama in December 1933, and from the former station at Sagami-Kokubu ( 相模国分 ) (now closed) in November 1941.
1 October 1930: Kita-Kamakura Station becomes a permanent station 1 April 1944: Line was extended to Kurihama; Kinugasa Station opens April–August 1945: Sagami-Kanaya Station (temporary) is operated to serve a military base between Yokosuka and Kinugasa
Ōfuna Station is an elevated station with five island platforms serving a total of 11 tracks. The adjacent Shonan Monorail station has a single bay platform. There are above-track station buildings at both ends of the platforms, toward Fujisawa and toward Totsuka, offering passage between lines inside the ticket gates. The Kashio River, which runs between the two current stati
Kamakura Station opened on 16 June 1889 as a station on a spur line from Ōfuna on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways (JNR) to serve the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and related Imperial Japanese Navy facilities at Yokosuka. This line was renamed the Yokosuka Line in October 1909.
The company subsequently went through a series of ownership changes: Yokohama Electric Railway Co. in 1911, Tokyo Electric Power Co. in 1921, (second) Enoshima Electric Railway Co. in 1926, Tokyu Corporation in 1938, Enoshima Kamakura Tourist Co. in 1949, and Odakyu Electric Railway Co. in 1953.
The average length of a single trip is 14 minutes. [6] The line includes two tunnels (between Shōnan-Fukasawa and Nishi-Kamakura stations, and between Mejiroyamashita and Shōnan-Enoshima stations). [7] The line's maintenance workshop is located at the Shonan Monorail Headquarters in Kamakura City. [8] All stations are in Kanagawa Prefecture.
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.