Shōnan Liner

Shōnan Liner

Overview
Service type	Liner
First service	1992
Current operator(s)	JR East
Route
Line used	Tokaido Main Line
Technical
Rolling stock	185 series, 215 series, 251 series EMUs

The Shōnan Liner (湘南ライナー, Shōnan Rainā) is a "Home Liner" service for commuters on the Tōkaidō Main Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). This article also covers the Ohayō Liner Shinjuku (おはようライナー新宿, Ohayō-rainā Shinjuku) morning and Home Liner Odawara (ホームライナー小田原, Hōmurainā Odawara) evening services. All of these trains operate on weekdays only.

Route

The trains connect the Shōnan region of Kanagawa Prefecture with central Tokyo.

Shōnan Liner

Tokyo - Shimbashi - Shinagawa - Ōfuna - Fujisawa - Tsujidō - Chigasaki - Hiratsuka - Ninomiya - Kōzu - Odawara

There are seven inbound and nine outbound Shōnan Liner services each weekday, taking 71 to 91 minutes between Tokyo and Odawara.

Ohayō Liner Shinjuku and Home Liner Odawara

Shinjuku - Shibuya - Fujisawa - Chigasaki - Hiratsuka - Ninomiya - Kōzu - Odawara

The Ohayō Liner Shinjuku operates from Odawara Station to Shinjuku Station in the morning, and the Home Liner Odawara operates in the opposite direction in the evening. There are three inbound and two outbound services each weekday, taking 80 to 88 minutes between Shinjuku and Odawara. The Shinjuku-Odawara service competes with the Romancecar limited express services on the Odakyū Odawara Line, which take a similar amount of travel time.

Rolling stock

Current

• 185 series 7-, 10-, 12- or 15-car EMUs
• 215 series 10-car EMUs
• 251 series 10-car EMUs (Shinjuku services only)

• 
  185 series Shōnan Liner
• 
  215 series Shōnan Liner
• 
  251 series

Past

• 183 series 9-car EMUs (until June 2002)
• 189 series 9-car EMUs (until June 2002)
• E351 series 12-car EMUs (from March 18, 1996 until March 14, 2008)
• E257 series 9-car EMUs (from July 1, 2002 until March 14, 2008)

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

See also

• List of named passenger trains of Japan

References

Named trains of East Japan Railway Company
Shinkansen	Aoba Asahi Asama Hakutaka Hayabusa Hayate Kagayaki Komachi Nasuno Tanigawa Toki Tsubasa Yamabiko
Limited express (daytime)	Akagi Akita Relay Ayame Azusa Hakuchō Hatsukari Hitachi Hokuetsu Hometown Tochigi Inaho Kaiji Kamoshika Kinugawa Komakusa Kusatsu Minakami Minori Narita Express Nikkō Odoriko Ohayō Tochigi Sazanami Shiosai Shirayuki Soyokaze Spacia Kinugawa Super Azusa Super Hakuchō Super Hatsukari Hitachi Super View Odoriko Swallow Akagi Tazawa Tokiwa Tsugaru Wakashio
Limited express (overnight)	Akebono Cassiopeia Hokuriku Hokutosei Nihonkai Yume Kūkan
Express	Noto
Rapid	Airport Narita Aizu Liner Banetsu Monogatari Kubikino Moonlight Echigo Moonlight Nagara Moonlight Shinshū Myōkō Resort Shirakami
Liner	Chūō Liner Home Liner Odawara Ohayō Liner Shinjuku Ōme Liner Shōnan Liner
Local	Musashino