Sōbu Line (Rapid)


The Sōbu Line is a railway service on the Sōbu Main Line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. It connects Tokyo Station in Chūō, Tokyo with Chiba Station in Chūō-ku, Chiba via the cities of Ichikawa, Funabashi, and Narashino.

Services

Rapid services on the Sōbu Line are primarily operated between Tokyo and Chiba, although there are many through services onto the Yokosuka Line as well as some through services operated from the Yokosuka Line via Tokyo terminating at. During weekday morning peak periods Tokyo-bound trains arrive once every 3–4 minutes; this is reduced to 10 Chiba-bound trains per hour during weekday evening peak periods. At other times there are approximately six trains per hour. There are many through services operated onto other lines.
Commuter rapid trains, operated during weekday peak periods in the mornings and evenings, make fewer stops than normal rapid trains. There are two Zushi-bound trains from Narita in the morning and a single Narita-bound train from Tokyo in the evening.
For information on the Narita Express, Shiosai, and other limited express services, see their respective articles.
Sōbu Line trains travel through onto the Yokosuka Line to,, and. Trains also travel through beyond Chiba to as far as:

Home Liner Chiba

Before 16 March 2019, there were five Home Liner Chiba commuter liner services that operated every weekday evening, four of which started from Tokyo and another which started at Shinjuku.
Stations served:
/ Tokyo – Tsudanuma – Inage – Chiba

Limited Express ''Ayame''

Station list

Note: Special Rapid service was discontinued on 4 March 2017.

Rolling stock

Rapid service

Future : E235-1000 series

Limited express service