Жапониядағы Сагами темір жол желісі

Railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

The Sagami Line (相模線) is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It approximately parallels the east bank of the Sagami River. The line connects Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara and Chigasaki Station in Chigasaki.

All services on the line are operated as local trains. Between March 1991 and 11 March 2022, some trains operated through services onto the Yokohama Line beyond Hashimoto and made four additional stops, terminating at Hachiōji Station.

All stations located in Kanagawa Prefecture. All trains stop at every station. Stations marked "o", "v", or "^" allow passing; stations marked"｜" do not. StationJapaneseDistance (km)Transfers LocationBetweenstationsTotal茅ヶ崎 0.0 Tōkaidō Line <br
/> Shōnan Shinjuku LinevChigasaki北茅ヶ崎1.31.3 o香川2.13.4 ｜寒川1.75.1 oSamukawa, Kōza District宮山2.17.2 ｜倉見1.48.6 o門沢橋1.410.0 ｜Ebina社家1.611.6 o厚木2.614.2 Odakyū Odawara Line｜海老名1.715.9 Odakyū Odawara Line Sagami Railway Main Lineo入谷3.018.9 ｜Zama相武台下1.720.6 oMinami ku, Sagamihara下溝2.923.5 ｜原当麻1.324.8 o番田2.126.9 oChūō ku, Sagamihara上溝1.528.4 ｜南橋本2.931.3 o橋本2.033.3 Yokohama Line Keiō Sagamihara Line^Midori ku, Sagamihara

The Chigasaki to Samukawa section was opened by the Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) in 1921, primarily to haul gravel. The line was extended to Atsugi in 1926, and to Hashimoto in 1931. The line was nationalized in 1944 during World War II; the private Sagami Railway began operating the then Jinchū Line (神中線), now the Sagami Railway Main Line. A short branch to Nishi Samukawa Station from Samukawa Station was closed in 1984, and freight services ceased in 1998. After privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987, the line was electrified in 1991. Before the JNR privatization, there were discussions to transfer the line to the Sagami Railway in order meet the expected demands of passenger traffic in the Tokyo and Yokohama suburbs. Because it had long been left as a non electrified rural line, the cost to upgrade the line was beyond the ability of then financially constrained JNR; Sagami Railway, on the other hand, was running a profitable operation on its own line. However, the two companies did not agree on a deal, and plans to transfer the line were cancelled. Upon electrification, through services to the Yokohama Line began, using the new 205 500 series EMUs. The through service operation ended on 11 March 2022.