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The is a railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Tachikawa Station with Kawasaki Station, by crossing and then following the Tama River, the border between Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefectures.
'Tachikawa Station' is a transfer point for the (Chūō Main Line, Ome Line, Itsukaichi Line, and Tama Toshi Monorail Line). 'Kawasaki Station' is a transfer point for the Tōkaidō Main Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line.
The name comes from ''Nan'' (南 ''south'') and ''Bu'' (武 ''Musashi Province''): the Nambu Line serves the southern part of Musashi.

Contents

Stations

Main Line

Nambu Branch Line

Branch line

Rolling stock

Rolling stock previously used

External link

Stations

Main Line

Name	in Japanese	Distance (km)		Connect Line	Location
			total		Ward, City	Prefecture
Kawasaki	川崎		0.0	JR East: Tōkaidō Main Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line Keikyu: Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Daishi Line (Keikyu Kawasaki Station is a short walk)	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa Prefecture
Shitte	尻手	1.7	1.7	JR East: Nambu Branch Line	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
Yakō	矢向	0.9	2.6		Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Kashimada	鹿島田	1.5	4.1	JR East: Yokosuka Line (Shin-Kawasaki Station is a little long walk, but it's treated as a different station)	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
Hirama	平間	1.2	5.3		Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
Mukaigawara	向河原	1.3	6.6
Musashi-Kosugi	武蔵小杉	0.9	7.5	Tokyu: Toyoko Line, Meguro Line
Musashi-Nakahara	武蔵中原	1.7	9.2
Musashi-Shinjō	武蔵新城	1.3	10.5
Musashi-Mizonokuchi	武蔵溝ノ口	2.2	12.7	Tokyu: Den-en-toshi Line (from Mizonokuchi Station)	Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
Tsudayama	津田山	1.2	13.9
Kuji	久地	1.0	14.9
Shukugawara	宿河原	1.3	16.2		Tama-ku, Kawasaki
Noborito	登戸	1.1	17.3	Odakyu: Odawara Line
Nakanoshima	中野島	2.2	19.5
Inadazutumi	稲田堤	1.3	20.8	Keio: Sagamihara Line (from Keio-Inadazutsumi Station in a short walk)
Yanokuchi	矢野口	1.6	22.4		Inagi, Tokyo	Tokyo Metropolis
Inagi-Naganuma	稲城長沼	1.7	24.1
Minami-Tama	南多摩	1.4	25.5
Fuchū-Honmachi	府中本町	2.4	27.9	JR East: Musashino Line	Fuchu, Tokyo
Bubaigawara	分倍河原	0.9	28.8	Keio: Keio Line
Yaho	谷保	2.8	31.6		Kunitachi, Tokyo
Yagawa	矢川	1.4	33.0
Nishi-Kunitachi	西国立	1.3	34.3		Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tachikawa	立川	1.2	35.5	JR East: Chūō Line, Ome Line Tama Toshi Monorail Line (Tachikawa-Kita Station or Tachikawa-Minami Station on a short walk)

Nambu Branch Line

Name	in Japanese	Distance (km)		Connect Line	Location
			total		Ward, City	Prefecture
Shitte	尻手		0.0	JR East: Nambu Line	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa Prefecture
Hatchōnawate	八丁畷	1.1	1.1	Keikyu: Keikyu Main Line	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
Kawasaki-Shinmachi	川崎新町	0.9	2.0
Hama-Kawasaki	浜川崎	2.1	4.1	JR East: Tsurumi Line (stations are physically separate)

Branch line

The Nambu Branch Line begins at Shitte Station with stations at Hatchōnawate and Kawasaki-Shinmachi as well as the Hama-Kawasaki terminal. At Hama-Kawasaki, passengers can board the Tsurumi Line. Services are operated using 205-1000 series 2-car EMUs, which are driver-only operated (Japanese "wanman"). Aside from the infrequent passenger service, the line is heavily used by freight trains serving the Keihin Industrial Area beside Tokyo Bay.

Rolling stock

The current EMU fleet used on Nambu Line services is based at Nakahara Depot.

★ 205-0 series 6-car EMUs (since March 1989)

★ 205-1200 series 6-car EMUs (since 2004)

★ 209 series 6-car EMUs x 2 (since April 1993)

★ 205-1000 series 2-car EMUs x 2 (Nambu Branchline services, since August 2002)

Rolling stock previously used

★ 72 series 4/6-car EMUs (from 1963 until 1978)

★ 101 series 4/6-car EMUs (from 1969 until January 1991)

★ 103 series 6-car EMUs (from 1982 until December 2004)

★ 101 series 2-car EMUs (Nambu Branchline services, until November 2003)

External link

★ Positions of all the stations and the route of Nambu Line on Google Maps or Earth