Tokaido Main Line
The Tōkaidō Main Line (東海道本線 Tōkaidō-honsen) is the busiest trunk line of JR, connecting Tokyo Station and Kobe Station. It is 589.5 km long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The Tokaido Shinkansen runs largely parallel to the line.
The term "Tokaido Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days: now, various portions of the line have different names, which are officially used in JR. Today, there are no passenger trains that operate over the entire length of the line (other than certain overnight services; see below), so longer intercity trips require several transfers along the way.
The Tokaido Main Line is operated by three JR companies:
Stations
Tokyo Area
The section of the Tokaido Main Line nearest Tokyo has several overlapping names. The Tokyo-Yokohama portion is part of the Keihin-Tohoku Line, while the Tsurumi-Ofuna stretch is part of the Yokosuka Line, and the Shimbashi-Ofuna stretch is part of the Shonan-Shinjuku Line. Many Japanese rail fans call trains on the eastern section "Shonan densha" to avoid confusion.
- Tokyo Station
- Yurakucho Station
- Shimbashi Station
- Hamamatsucho Station
- Tamachi Station
- Shinagawa Station
- Oimachi Station
- Omori Station
- Kamata Station
- Kawasaki Station
- Tsurumi Station
- Shin-Koyasu Station
- Higashi-Kanagawa Station
- Yokohama Station
- Hodogaya Station
- Higashi-Totsuka Station
- Totsuka Station
- Ofuna Station
- Fujisawa Station
- Tsujido Station
- Chigasaki Station
- Hiratsuka Station
- Oiso Station
- Ninomiya Station
- Kozu Station
- Kamonomiya Station
- Odawara Station
- Hayakawa Station
- Nebukawa Station
- Manazuru Station
- Yugawara Station
- Atami Station
Tokaido Line
- Atami Station
- Kannami Station
- Mishima Station
- Numazu Station
- Katahama Station
- Hara Station
- Higashi-Tagonoura Station
- Yoshiwara Station
- Fuji Station
- Fujikawa Station
- Shin-Kambara Station
- Kambara Station
- Yui Station
- Okitsu Station
- Shimizu Station
- Kusanagi Station
- Higashi-Shizuoka Station
- Shizuoka Station
- Abekawa Station
- Mochimune Station
- Yaizu Station
- Nishi-Yaizu Station
- Fujieda Station
- Rokugo Station
- Shimada Station
- Kanaya Station
- Kikugawa Station
- Kakegawa Station
- Aino Station
- Fukuroi Station
- Iwata Station
- Toyodacho Station
- Tenryugawa Station
- Hamamatsu Station
- Takatsuka Station
- Maisaka Station
- Bentenjima Station
- Araimachi Station
- Washizu Station
- Shinjohara Station
- Futagawa Station
- Toyohashi Station
- Nishi-Kozakai Station
- Aichi-Mito Station
- Mikawa-Otsuka Station
- Mikawa-Miya Station
- Gamagori Station
- Mikawa-Shiotsu Station
- Sangane Station
- Koda Station
- Okazaki Station
- Nishi-Okazaki Station
- Anjo Station
- Mikawa-Anjo Station
- Higashi-Kariya Station
- Kariya Station
- Aizuma Station
- Obu Station
- Kyowa Station
- Odaka Station
- Kasadera Station
- Atsuta Station
- Kanayama Station
- Otobashi Station
- Nagoya Station
- Biwajima Station
- Kiyosu Station
- Inazawa Station
- Owari-Ichinomiya Station
- Kisogawa Station
- Gifu Station
- Nishi-Gifu Station
- Hozumi Station
- Ogaki Station
- Tarui Station
- Sekigahara Station
- Kashiwabara Station
- Omi-nagaoka Station
- Samegai Station
- Maibara Station
Biwako Line
Past Maibara, the Biwako Line also turns into the Hokuriku Line.
- Maibara Station
- Hikone Station
- Minami-Hikone Station
- Kawase Station
- Inae Station
- Notogawa Station
- Azuchi Station
- Omi-Hachiman Station
- Shinohara Station
- Yasu Station
- Moriyama Station
- Ritto Station
- Kusatsu Station
- Minami-Kusatsu Station
- Seta Station
- Ishiyama Station
- Zeze Station
- Otsu Station
- Yamashina Station
- Kyoto Station
Kyoto Line
- Kyoto Station
- Nishi-Oji Station
- Mukomachi Station
- Nagaoka Station
- Yamazaki Station
- Takatsuki Station
- Settsu-Tonda Station
- Ibaraki Station
- Senrioka Station
- Kishibe Station
- Suita Station
- Higashi-Yodogawa Station
- Shin-Osaka Station
- Osaka Station
Kobe Line
The JR Kobe Line continues as far west as Himeji Station, although the Kobe-Himeji portion is technically part of the Sanyo Main Line (which goes all the way to Fukuoka's Hakata Station).
- Osaka Station
- Tsukamoto Station
- Amagasaki Station
- Tachibana Station
- Koshienguchi Station
- Nishinomiya Station
- Ashiya Station
- Konan-Yamate Station
- Settsu-Motoyama Station
- Sumiyoshi Station
- Rokkomichi Station
- Nada Station
- Sannomiya Station
- Motomachi Station
- Kobe Station
Trains
In addition to standard local, rapid, and special rapid service trains, the Tokaido Line also hosts a number of limited express services.
Daytime trains
- Biwako Express (Maibara-Osaka)
- Fujikawa (Shizuoka-Fuji)
- Haruka (Maibara-Kansai International Airport)
- Hida (Nagoya-Gifu, Gifu-Osaka)
- Odoriko (Tokyo-Atami)
- Shinano (Nagoya-Osaka)
- Shirasagi (Nagoya-Maibara)
- Tokai (Tokyo-Shizuoka)
Overnight trains
Most overnight trains on the Tokaido Line go from Tokyo to western Honshu, or even as far as Kyushu.
- Asakaze (Tokyo-Shimonoseki)
- Fuji (Tokyo-Oita)
- Hayabusa (Tokyo-Kumamoto)
- Moonlight Nagara (Tokyo-Ogaki)