Shōnan Liner

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.

Shōnan Liner

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

In spring of 2021, along with the replacement of all older vehicles with the E257 series, all three services will be upgraded to a limited express and will be rebranded as the Shōnan.[1]

Service pattern

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

Shōnan Liner

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

Route

The Shōnan Liner operates between Tokyo and Odawara, mainly on the Tōkaidō Line. Some trains run also on the Tōkaidō Freight Line and the Yokosuka Line, including Shōnan Liner No. 1 (outbound) and Shōnan Liner No. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 (inbound), and among them, Shōnan Liner No. 4, 10 terminate at Shinagawa, and Shōnan Liner No. 6, 8 terminate at the Sōbu Line underground platforms at Tokyo.

Stations served

Legends:

△ = Stops, boarding only

▽ = Stops, alighting only

● = Stops, boarding and alighting

↑ / ↓ = Passage

■ = via Tōkaidō Main Line

■ = via Tōkaidō Freight Line

■ = via Yokosuka Line

Station	Train number
	Outbound			Inbound
	1	3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17	7	2, 14	4	6	8	10	12
Tokyo	△	△	△	▽		▽	▽		▽
Shimbashi	↓	↓	↓	↑		▽	▽		↑
Shinagawa	△	△	△	▽	▽	▽	▽	▽	▽
Ōfuna	↓	●	●	△	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑
Fujisawa	●	●	●	△	△	△	△	△	△
Tsujidō	↓	●	●	△	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑
Chigasaki	●	●	●	△	△	△	△	△	△
Hiratsuka	↓	●	●	△	↑	↑	△	△	↑
Ninomiya	↓	↓	●	↑	↑	↑	△	△	↑
Kōzu	↓	●	●	↑	↑	↑	△	△	↑
Odawara	▽	▽	▽	△	△	△	△	△	△

Generally, the stations served for different services all follow the same rules:

1. They all stop at Tokyo, Shinagawa, Fujisawa, Chigasaki and Odawara.
2. Only inbound services via the Yokosuka Line stop at Shimbashi.
3. Only services running solely on the Tōkaidō Main Line stop at Ōfuna and Tsujidō.
4. Only services running on the Tōkaidō Main Line (not Freight Line) west of Chigasaki stop at Hiratsuka, Ninomiya and Kōzu.

Ohayō Liner Shinjuku and Home Liner 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. These services were once referred to collectively as the Shōnan-Shinjuku Liner, until late 2002.

Route

The Ohayō Liner Shinjuku and Home Liner Odawara operates between Shinjuku and Odawara, on the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, the Tōkaidō Freight Line and the Tōkaidō Main Line.

Stations served

Legends:

△ = Stops, boarding only

▽ = Stops, alighting only

● = Stops, boarding and alighting

↑ / ↓ = Passage

■ = via Tōkaidō Main Line

■ = via Tōkaidō Freight Line

■ = via Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

Station	Train number
	Ohayō Liner Shinjuku		Home Liner Odawara
	22, 26	24	21, 23
Shinjuku	▽	▽	△
Shibuya	▽	▽	△
Fujisawa	△	△	●
Chigasaki	△	△	●
Hiratsuka	↑	△	●
Ninomiya	↑	△	●
Kōzu	↑	△	●
Odawara	△	△	▽

Generally, the stations served for different services all follow the same rules:

1. They all stop at Shinjuku, Shibuya, Fujisawa, Chigasaki and Odawara.
2. Only services running on the Tōkaidō Main Line (not Freight Line) west of Chigasaki stop at Hiratsuka, Ninomiya and Kōzu.

Ticketing

To board a Shōnan Liner, Ohayō Liner Shinjuku and Home Liner Odawara train, a Liner Ticket (ライナー券) is required, which costs 510 yen. Liner Tickets can be bought at ticket machines in stations or on platforms, by using cash or IC Cards such as Suica.

To board the Green Cars (グリーン車) on these trains, an additional Green Car Ticket (グリーン券) is required.

Rolling stock

Future

• E257-2000/2500 series 5-, 9-, or 14-car EMUs (from spring 2021)

Current

• 185 series 7-, 10-, 12-, or 15-car EMUs
• 215 series 10-car EMUs

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 11-car EMUs (from July 1, 2002 until March 14, 2008)
• 251 series 10-car EMUs (Shinjuku services only, until March 2020)

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

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

See also

• List of named passenger trains of Japan

References

1. "東海道線特急が新しく生まれ変わります" (PDF). 12 November 2020.