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Shōnan

E257-2000 seriesShōnan in April 2022
Overview
Service type	Limited Express (since 15 March 2021) Liner (until 12 March 2021)
First service	15 March 2021 (Limited Express) 1992 (Liner)
Last service	12 March 2021 (Liner)
Current operator	JR East
Route
Termini	Tokyo,Shinjuku Hiratsuka,Odawara
Line used	Tokaido Main Line
Technical
Rolling stock	E257 series EMUs

TheShōnan (湘南) is a weekdaylimited express train service for commuters on theTōkaidō Main Line operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Before 15 March 2021, this was a "Home Liner" weekday commuter service, consisting ofShōnan Liner (湘南ライナー,Shōnan Rainā) (all day),Ohayō Liner Shinjuku (おはようライナー新宿,Ohayō-rainā Shinjuku) (morning), andHome Liner Odawara (ホームライナー小田原,Hōmurainā Odawara) (evening) services.

The trains connect theShōnan region of Kanagawa Prefecture with centralTokyo.

There are ten inbound (morning) and eleven outbound (evening)Shōnan services each weekday, taking 69 to 86 minutes between Tokyo/Shinjuku and Odawara.

TheShōnan operates betweenTokyo orShinjuku andOdawara, mainly on theTōkaidō Line. Some trains run also on theTōkaidō Freight Line and theYokosuka Line, includingShōnan No. 1 (outbound) andShōnan No. 6, 8, 10 (inbound), and among them,Shōnan No.6 terminates atShinagawa, andShōnan No. 8, 10 terminate at theSōbu Line underground platforms at Tokyo.Shōnan No. 22, 24, 26 terminate atShinjuku, whileShōnan No. 21, 13 begin at Shinjuku.

Legends:

△ = Stops, boarding only

▽ = Stops, alighting only

● = Stops, boarding and alighting

↑ / ↓ = Passage

| = Doesn't operate in this section

■ = viaTōkaidō Main Line

■ = viaTōkaidō Freight Line

■ = viaYokosuka Line

■ = viaShōnan-Shinjuku Line (Yamanote Freight Line)

There were seven inbound (morning) and nine outbound (evening)Shōnan Liner services each weekday, taking 71 to 91 minutes between Tokyo and Odawara.

TheShōnan Liner operated betweenTokyo andOdawara, mainly on theTōkaidō Line. Some trains ran also on theTōkaidō Freight Line and theYokosuka Line, includingShōnan Liner No. 1 (outbound) andShōnan Liner No. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 (inbound), and among them,Shōnan Liner No. 4, 10 terminated atShinagawa, andShōnan Liner No. 6, 8 terminated at theSōbu Line underground platforms at Tokyo.

Legends:

△ = Stops, boarding only

▽ = Stops, alighting only

● = Stops, boarding and alighting

↑ / ↓ = Passage

■ = viaTōkaidō Main Line

■ = viaTōkaidō Freight Line

■ = viaYokosuka Line

Generally, the stations served for different services all follow the same rules:

1. They all stop at Tokyo, Shinagawa, Fujisawa, Chigasaki and Odawara.
2. Only inbound services via the Yokosuka Line stop at Shimbashi.
3. Only services running solely on the Tōkaidō Main Line stop at Ōfuna and Tsujidō.
4. Only services running on the Tōkaidō Main Line (not Freight Line) west of Chigasaki stop at Hiratsuka, Ninomiya and Kōzu.

TheOhayō Liner Shinjuku operated from Odawara Station to Shinjuku Station in the morning, and theHome Liner Odawara operated in the opposite direction in the evening. There were three inbound and two outbound services each weekday, taking 80 to 88 minutes between Shinjuku and Odawara. The Shinjuku-Odawara service competes with theRomancecar limited express services on theOdakyū Odawara Line, which take a similar amount of travel time. These services were once referred to collectively as theShōnan-Shinjuku Liner, until late 2002.

TheOhayō Liner Shinjuku andHome Liner Odawara operated between Shinjuku and Odawara, on theShōnan–Shinjuku Line, theTōkaidō Freight Line and theTōkaidō Main Line.

Legends:

△ = Stops, boarding only

▽ = Stops, alighting only

● = Stops, boarding and alighting

↑ / ↓ = Passage

■ = viaTōkaidō Main Line

■ = viaTōkaidō Freight Line

■ = viaShōnan-Shinjuku Line

Generally, the stations served for different services all follow the same rules:

1. They all stop at Shinjuku, Shibuya, Fujisawa, Chigasaki and Odawara.
2. Only services running on the Tōkaidō Main Line (not Freight Line) west of Chigasaki stop at Hiratsuka, Ninomiya and Kōzu.

To board aShōnan Liner,Ohayō Liner Shinjuku andHome Liner Odawara train, a Liner Ticket (ライナー券) is required, which costs 510 yen. Liner Tickets can be bought at ticket machines in stations or on platforms, by using cash or IC Cards such asSuica.

To board the Green Cars (グリーン車) on these trains, an additional Green Car Ticket (グリーン券) is required.

• E257-2000/2500 series 5-, 9-, or 14-car EMUs (since 15 March 2021)^[2]

• 
  E257-2500 seriesShōnan

• 183 series 9-car EMUs (until June 2002)
• 185 series 7-, 10-, 12-, or 15-car EMUs (until 12 March 2021)
• 189 series 9-car EMUs (until June 2002)
• E351 series 12-car EMUs (from March 18, 1996 until March 14, 2008)
• E257 series 11-car EMUs (from July 1, 2002 until March 14, 2008)
• 215 series 10-car EMUs (until 12 March 2021)
• 251 series 10-car EMUs (Shinjuku services only, until March 2020)

• 
  185 seriesShōnan Liner
• 
  215 seriesShōnan Liner
• 
  251 series

• 
  183 series
• 
  189 series
• 
  E351 seriesOhayō Liner Shinjuku
• 
  E257 series

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