Sōtetsu Izumino Line


The Sōtetsu Izumino Line is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway. It connects in Yokohama to in Fujisawa.

Services

Services on the Izumino Line operate as a branch of the Main Line, with most trains running through to and from Yokohama via the Main Line, or branching at Nishiya Station to or from Shin-yokohama via the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line which further connect with other railway systems.
  • Local services stop at all stations to Futamata-gawa, and some services continue to Yokohama stopping at all stations on the Main Line.
  • Rapid services stop at all stations to Futamata-gawa, and continue to Yokohama stopping only at Tsurugamine, Nishiya, and Hoshikawa.
  • Commuter Express services stop at all stations to Futamata-gawa.
  • Commuter Limited Express services stop between Shōnandai and Yokohama stopping only at Izumino, Futamata-gawa, Tsurugamine, and Nishiya.

    Station list

  • Local and rapid services stop at all stations; while commuter limited express services stop between Futamata-gawa and Shōnandai only at Izumino.
No.Station nameJapaneseDistance Distance Distance Commuter Limited ExpressTransfersLocation
No.Station nameJapanesebetween stationsfrom Futamata-gawafrom YokohamaCommuter Limited ExpressTransfersLocation
二俣川-0.010.5● Sotetsu Main Line Asahi-ku, Yokohama
南万騎が原1.61.612.1↑Asahi-ku, Yokohama
緑園都市1.53.113.6↑Izumi-ku, Yokohama
弥生台1.84.915.4↑Izumi-ku, Yokohama
いずみ野1.26.016.5●Izumi-ku, Yokohama
いずみ中央2.28.218.7↑Izumi-ku, Yokohama
ゆめが丘1.19.319.8↑Izumi-ku, Yokohama
湘南台2.011.321.8● Odakyū Enoshima Line
/> Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line 		Fujisawa, Kanagawa

History

The first section of the line, between Futamata-gawa and Izumino, opened on April 8, 1976, with Izumi-chūō station opening on April 4, 1990. A further extension to Shōnandai opened on March 10, 1999. On February 27, 1999, Rapid service trains started operation.

March 2023 timetable revision

Through services to and from the Tokyu Toyoko Line courtesy of the Shin-yokohama Line began operation on 18 March 2023. Effective this date, through services from Shonandai continue past Hiyoshi on the Tokyu Shin-yokohama Line towards Wakoshi on the Yurakucho Line.

Future developments

A westward extension from to Kurami Station on the JR East Sagami Line has been proposed. One of the station is to be built near the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus. As a new station is proposed to be built on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen near Kurami, the proposed terminus may become an interchange station with the Shinkansen.