Jōban Line (Local)

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Jōban Line (Local)

E233 Series used on the Joban Line
Overview
Native name	常磐緩行線
Owner	JR East
Locale	Tokyo, Chiba, Ibaraki, Fukushima, Miyagi prefectures
Termini	Ayase Toride
Stations	14
Service
Operator	JR East
Technical
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Jōban Line (Local) (Japanese: 常磐緩行線, Hepburn: Jōban-kankō-sen) is a railway line that runs from Ayase in Tokyo to Toride in Ibaraki.

This article is about the Joban Line local (各駅停車) trains running from Ayase to Toride. For the Joban Line medium distance (普通) trains or Joban Line rapid (快速) trains please refer to Jōban Line and Jōban Line (Rapid) respectively.

Services

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Most trains continue on to the Chiyoda Line excluding trains during early morning and late evenings. Some trains also continue on to the Odakyu Line.

Trains don't go towards Ueno and Tokyo, so passengers must transfer to the Jōban Line (Rapid) at Kita-Senju on the Chiyoda Line. Passengers can also transfer to the Yamanote Line at Nishi-Nippori.

Trains operate every 10 minutes during daytime.^[1]

Station list

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Trains stop at all stations.
Trains only operate during weekday rush hours between Abiko and Toride.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)			Transfers	Location	Prefecture
Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total (from Ayase)	Total (from Nippori)	Transfers	Location	Prefecture
Ayase JL19	綾瀬	2.5	0.0	7.7	Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-19) (Through service to Odakyū Odawara Line until Isehara)	Adachi	Tokyo
Kameari JL20	亀有	2.2	2.2	9.9		Katsushika
Kanamachi JL21	金町	1.9	4.1	11.8	Keisei Kanamachi Line	Katsushika
Matsudo JL22	松戸	3.9	8.0	15.7	Jōban Line (Rapid) Keisei Matsudo Line	Matsudo	Chiba
Kita-Matsudo JL23	北松戸	2.1	10.1	17.8
Mabashi JL24	馬橋	1.3	11.4	19.1	■ Nagareyama Line
Shim-Matsudo JL25	新松戸	1.6	13.0	20.7	Musashino Line ■ Nagareyama Line (Kōya)
Kita-Kogane JL26	北小金	1.3	14.3	22.0
Minami-Kashiwa JL27	南柏	2.5	16.8	24.5		Kashiwa
Kashiwa JL28	柏	2.4	19.2	26.9	Jōban Line (Rapid) Tobu Urban Park Line
Kita-Kashiwa JL29	北柏	2.3	21.5	29.2
Abiko JL30	我孫子	2.2	23.6	31.3	Jōban Line (Rapid) ■ Narita Line (Abiko Branch Line), some through services for Narita	Abiko
Tennōdai JL31	天王台	2.7	26.3	34.0	Jōban Line (Rapid)	Abiko
Toride JL32	取手	3.4	29.7	37.4	Jōban Line (Rapid) ■ Jōban Line (For Tsuchiura) ■ Jōsō Line	Toride	Ibaraki

Rolling stock

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A JR East E233-2000 series train

A Tokyo Metro 16000 series train

An Odakyu 4000 series train

JR East stock
- E233-2000 series (x19) 10-car EMUs
Tokyo Metro stock
- Tokyo Metro 16000 series (x37) 10-car EMUs
Odakyu stock
- Odakyu 4000 series (x16) 10-car EMUs

References

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↑ "綾瀬駅(ＪＲ常磐線各駅停車取手方面)の時刻表 - 駅探". ekitan.com (in Japanese). 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-01-30.

v t e Transit in Greater Tokyo
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Shinkansen Yamagata Akita Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen Chūō (planned)
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	Yamanote Line Keihin–Tōhoku Line - Negishi Line Chūō–Sōbu Line Chūō Line Yokosuka Line - Sōbu Line (Rapid) Utsunomiya Line & Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Line Ueno–Tokyo Line Saikyō Line Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Jōban Line (Rapid) Jōban Line (Local) Keiyō Line
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	Musashino Line Yokohama Line Nambu Line Tsurumi Line Sagami Line Hachikō Line/Kawagoe Line Ryōmō Line Jōetsu Line Agatsuma Line Shin'etsu Main Line Tohoku Direction Karasuyama Line Nikkō Line Chuo Direction Chūō Main Line Itsukaichi Line Ōme Line Koumi Line Shinonoi Line Ōito Sobu Direction Sōbu Main Line Sotobō Line Uchibō Line Kururi Line Tōgane Line Joban Direction Mito Line Narita Line Suigun Line Kashima Line Tokaido Direction Itō Line
Tokyo Metro	Chiyoda Line Fukutoshin Line Ginza Line Hibiya Line Marunouchi Line Namboku Line Tōzai Line Yūrakuchō Line Hanzōmon Line
Toei Subway	Asakusa Line Ōedo Line Mita Line Shinjuku Line
Yokohama Municipal Subway	Blue Line Green Line
Keikyu	Main Line Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio Corporation	Keiō Line Keiō New Line Dōbutsuen Line Keibajō Line Sagamihara Line Takao Line Inokashira Line
Keisei	Main Line Chiba Line Chihara Line Higashi-Narita Line Kanamachi Line Matsudo Line Oshiage Line Narita Sky Access Line
Odakyu	Odawara Line Enoshima Line Tama Line
Seibu Railway	Ikebukuro Line Sayama Line Seibu Chichibu Line Seibu Yūrakuchō Line Toshima Line Shinjuku Line Haijima Line Kokubunji Line Seibuen Line Tamagawa Line Tamako Line
Sagami Railway	Sōtetsu Main Line Sōtetsu Izumino Line Sōtetsu–JR Link Line Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line
Tobu Railway	Tobu Skytree Line Kameido Line Daishi Line Isesaki Line Sano Line Koizumi Line Kiryū Line Nikkō Line Kinugawa Line Utsunomiya Line Tōbu Urban Park Line Tojo Line Ogose Line
Tōkyū Railways	Den-en-toshi Line Ikegami Line Meguro Line Ōimachi Line Tōkyū Tamagawa Line Tōyoko Line Kodomonokuni Line Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line
Other heavy rail lines	Hokusō Line Kantō Railway Jōsō Line Ryūgasaki Line Nagareyama Line Rinkai Line Saitama Railway Line Shibayama Railway Line Tōyō Rapid Railway Line Tsukuba Express Minatomirai Line
Medium-capacity rails	Kanazawa Seaside Line New Shuttle Nippori–Toneri Liner Yurikamome
Monorails	Chiba Urban Monorail Disney Resort Line Shonan Monorail Tama Toshi Monorail Line Haneda Airport Line
Trams and light rails	Enoden Setagaya Line Toden Arakawa Line Utsunomiya Light Rail
People movers	Yamaguchi Line Yūkarigaoka
Hinterland	Chichibu Main Line Jōmō Line Jōshin Line Watarase Keikoku Yagan Mooka Line Minato Line Ōarai Kashima Line Chōshi Electric Railway Line Isumi Line Kominato Line
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway Yokohama Air Cabin
Bus	Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Bus Busta Shinjuku T-CAT Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
Miscellaneous	Transit cards Pasmo Suica ~~Passnet~~ Transport in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Toei Subway rolling stock Tokyo Metro rolling stock List of East Japan Railway Company stations List of Tokyo Metro stations List of Toei Subway stations Station numbering
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v t e JR East lines
Shinkansen	Hokuriku Jōetsu Tōhoku Akita Yamagata
Main	Chūō Ōu Shin'etsu Sōbu Tōhoku Tōkaidō Uetsu
Local	Agatsuma Aterazawa Ban'etsu East Ban'etsu West Echigo Gonō Hachikō Hachinohe Hakushin Hanawa Iiyama Ishinomaki Itō Itsukaichi Jōban Jōetsu Kamaishi Karasuyama Kashima Kawagoe Keiyō Kesennuma Kitakami Koumi Kururi Mito Musashino Nambu Narita Negishi Nikkō Ōfunato Oga Ōito Ōme Ōminato Rikuu East Rikuu West Ryōmō Sagami Senseki Senzan Shinonoi Sotobō Suigun Tadami Takasaki Tazawako Tōgane Tsugaru Tsurumi Uchibō Utsunomiya Yahiko Yamada Yamanote Yokohama Yokosuka Yonesaka
Others	Chūō Rapid Chūō-Sōbu Local Gala-Yuzawa Joban Local Keihin-Tōhoku Saikyō (incl. Akabane) Senseki-Tōhoku Shōnan-Shinjuku Sōbu Rapid Ueno-Tōkyō
Past (3rd Sector)	Aizu Ashio Kihara Marumori Mōka Nagai Shin'etsu Main (Shinano / Echigo Tokimeki) Tōhoku Main (Aoimori / Iwate Galaxy)
Past (Closed)	Iwaizumi