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The Tōyoko Line (東横線, Tōyoko-sen) is a major railway line connecting Tokyo to Yokohama. The line is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation . The name of the line, Tōyoko (東横), is a combination of the first characters of Tō kyō ( 東 京) and Yoko hama ( 横 浜), and is the main line of the Tokyu ...
The Tōkaidō Main Line shown in orange in this map of the southern approaches to Tokyo Tōkaidō Main Line (JR East) service pattern diagram The section between Tokyo and Atami is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and it is located in the Greater Tokyo Area .
The route is a 19.7-kilometer (12.2 mi) long radial highway running southwest from the southern terminus of the Haneda Route in Ōta near Haneda International Airport in Tokyo to the Kariba Route in Naka-ku, Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture. Alongside the Haneda Route, it connects Tokyo's Inner Circular Route in central Tokyo to Yokohama.
The underground track section and new station building is expected to be completed in 2034. [ 7 ] On a side note, what is known today as the Sagami Line had been constructed and owned by Sōtetsu, until 1944 when it was acquired by the government during World War II .
The line runs between Shin-Yokohama and Hiyoshi, with one intermediate station at Shin-tsunashima, adjacent to Tsunashima on the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line. Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line trains run through service with Tōkyū, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway Lines via Shin-Yokohama. Shin-Yokohama Station is jointly operated by Tōkyū and Sōtetsu.
The following lines are under construction by Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) and the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency: . a 2.7 km new underground line, called the Sōtetsu JR Link Line (相鉄JR直通線, Sōtetsu JR Chokutsū-sen), connecting Nishiya Station on the Sagami Railway Main Line with the Tōkaidō Freight Line.
Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Tokyo and Chiba. Yokohama is the largest port city and high tech industrial hub in the Greater Tokyo Area and the Kantō region.
The Musashino Line (武蔵野線, Musashino-sen) is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Tsurumi Station in Yokohama with Nishi-Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture, forming a 100.6 km (62.5 mi) unclosed loop around central Tokyo.