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Home Liner

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Home Liner (ホームライナー) is the generic name given to limited-stop commuter train services operated by railway companies in Japan, which require the purchase of a supplementary jōsha seiriken (乗車整理券) or Liner Ticket (ライナー券) in addition to the base fare ticket. The supplementary ticket guarantees passengers a seat on board.[1] This article describes all commuter services in Japan fitting this definition, regardless of whether their names actually include the title "Home Liner".

These services generally use express or limited-express train rolling stock, and the early morning inbound and late evening outbound movements often form an effective way to move rolling stock being to or from depots in preparation for the next day's operations.

History

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The name "Home Liner" was first coined in June 1984 by JNR when an empty stock working for an Asama 189 series EMU was used to carry passengers from Ueno to Ōmiya on the Tōhoku Main Line in the evening for a supplementary fare of 300 yen. Initially, only four of the twelve cars in the train were made available to passengers, but the popularity of the service resulted in three evening Home Liner trains being introduced from Ueno to Ōmiya from September 1984. The first morning Liner service appeared in November 1986 with the introduction of the Shōnan Liner from Odawara to Tokyo on the Tōkaidō Main Line, and the Hanwa Liner from Wakayama to Tennōji on the Hanwa Line.[2] JR West has since discontinued Home Liner services, replacing them with extra limited express or rapid trains.

Fares

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Additional fares required to ride JR Group home liner trains are as follows:[1]

List of services

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KiHa 261 series DMU on Home Liner service
Name Line Section Rolling stock Remarks
Home Liner Hakodate Main Line OtaruSapporo
Teine ↔ Sapporo
785 series
789-1000 series
KiHa 261 series
KiHa 281 series
KiHa 283 series
Weekdays only.
Supplementary fare is 100 yen to/from Teine.
Name Line Section Rolling stock Remarks
Rakuraku Train Murakami Hakushin Line - Uetsu Main Line NiigataMurakami E653-1000 series
Rakuraku Train Shin'etsu Shin'etsu Main Line NiigataNaoetsu E653-1100 series
KiHa 85 series DMU on a Home Liner Taita service
Name Line Section Rolling stock Remarks
Nagoya
Home Liner Toyohashi Tōkaidō Main Line Ōgaki/NagoyaToyohashi 373 series Weekdays only.
Home Liner Ōgaki Tōkaidō Main Line   Ōgaki → Nagoya
Toyohashi → Ōgaki
683 series
373 series
Home Liner Sekigahara Tōkaidō Main Line Nagoya → Sekigahara 683 series Weekday evenings only.
Home Liner Nakatsugawa Chūō Main Line Nagoya → Nakatsugawa 383 series
313-8000 series
Weekday evenings only.
Home Liner Tajimi Chūō Main Line - Tajimi → Nagoya 383 series Weekday mornings only.
Home Liner Mizunami Chūō Main Line Mizunami → Nagoya 383 series Weekday mornings only.
Home Liner Taita Chūō Main Line - Taita Line Nagoya - Mino-Ōta KiHa 85 series Weekday and Saturday mornings only.
Home Liner Yokkaichi Kansai Main Line Yokkaichi → Nagoya KiHa 85 series Weekday mornings only.
Shizuoka
Home Liner Numazu Tōkaidō Main Line ShizuokaNumazu 373 series
Home Liner Hamamatsu Tōkaidō Main Line Numazu/Shizuoka → Hamamatsu 373 series Weekday evenings only.
Home Liner Shizuoka Tōkaidō Main Line Numazu/Hamamatsu → Shizuoka 373 series
Name Line Section Rolling stock Remarks
Sawayaka Liner Kagoshima Main Line SendaiKagoshima-Chūō 485 series
Sawayaka Liner Nippō Main Line - Nichinan Line - Miyazaki Kūkō Line NobeokaMiyazaki-Kūkō, MiyakonojōMiyazaki 783 series, 485 series
Home Liner Kagoshima Main Line Kagoshima-ChūōSendai 485 series
Home Liner Nippō Main Line - Nichinan Line - Miyazaki Kūkō Line Miyazaki-KūkōNobeoka, MiyazakiMiyakonojō 485 series

Private railways

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Name Line Section Rolling stock Remarks
Keikyu
Keikyu Wing
Morning Wing
Keikyū Main Line ShinagawaKeikyū Kurihama/Misakiguchi
Miurakaigan → Shinagawa/Sengakuji
2100 series Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 300 yen.[3]
Keisei Electric Railway
Morningliner
Eveningliner
Keisei Main Line Keisei UenoNarita Airport/Keisei Narita AE series Supplementary fare is 410 yen.[4]
Extra Liner Hokusō Line
Keisei Main Line
Inba-Nihon-IdaiKeisei Ueno AE series Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 500 yen.[5]
Keio
Keio Liner Keiō Line

Keio Sagamihara Line

ShinjukuKeiō-Hachioji

ShinjukuHashimoto

Keio 5000 series Supplementary fare is 400 yen.[6]
Tobu Railway
TJ Liner Tōbu Tōjō Line IkebukuroShinrinkōen/Ogawamachi 50090 series For the morning up services, supplementary fare is 310 yen for passengers boarding at Fujimino, and 410 yen for passengers boarding before Fujimino. For the evening down services, the 310 yen supplementary fare is charged from Ikebukuro only, and no supplementary ticket is necessary from Fujimino onwards.[7]
TH Liner Tōbu Skytree Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line KukiKasumigaseki/Ebisu 70090 series Entered service on 6 June 2020.[8]
Service is provided from Kuki to Ebisu on morning up services, and from Kasumigaseki to Kuki on evening down services.[9] Supplementary fare is 580 yen between the Hibiya Line stations and Sengenai (300 yen for children) and 680 yen for service to and from stations further out as far as Kuki (350 yen for children).[10]
Seibu Railway/Tokyo Metro/Tokyu Corporation
S-Train[11] Seibu Chichibu Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Seibu Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line, and Minatomirai Line Seibu-ChichibuMotomachi-Chūkagai
TokorozawaToyosu
Seibu 40000 series Weekday services operate between Tokorozawa and Toyosu; weekend services operate between Seibu-Chichibu and Motomachi-Chūkagai. Seat reservation fee charged.
Haijima Liner Seibu Shinjuku Line
Seibu Haijima Line
Seibu-ShinjukuHaijima Seibu 40000 series Supplementary fare is 300 yen.
Keihan Railway
Liner Keihan Main Line
Keihan Ōtō Line
YodoyabashiDemachiyanagi Keihan 8000 series Weekdays only. Supplementary fare is 380 yen between Yodoyabashi through Kyobashi and Chūshojima through Demachiyanagi, or 300 yen for other segments.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b JR East: Information on tickets (in Japanese)
  2. ^ "朝の"ライナー列車"総覧 (Overview of Morning "Liner" Trains)". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 39, no. 314. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. June 2010. pp. 23–29.
  3. ^ "モーニング・ウィング号、ウィング号" Morning Wing, Keikyu Wing information. Retrieved on 25 May 2016. (in Japanese)
  4. ^ "イブニング・モーニングライナーのご案内" Evening-/Morningliner information. Retrieved on 25 May 2016. (in Japanese)
  5. ^ "印旛日本医大駅・千葉ニュータウン中央駅に停車するAE形車両を用いた「臨時ライナー」を運行します" We will operate an "Extra Liner" using AE series cars that stop at Inba-Nihon-Idai Station and Chiba New Town Chūō Station.. Retrieved on 1 April 2022. (in Japanese)
  6. ^ ご利用案内|京王ライナー. www.keio.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  7. ^ "料金表 | TJライナー | 東武鉄道". railway.tobu.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  8. ^ "東武・東京メトロ,6月6日から座席指定制列車「THライナー」運転開始 あわせてダイヤ改正を実施へ". Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese).
  9. ^ "2020年6月6日(土)東武鉄道・東京メトロダイヤ改正 東武線・日比谷線相互直通列車に初の座席指定制列車「THライナー」が誕生!" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). 東武鉄道/東京地下鉄. 2019-12-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  10. ^ "TH Liner". tokyometro.jp. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "S-TRAIN" (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  12. ^ "朝のラッシュが快適に!ライナー登場|京阪電気鉄道株式会社" Keihan Railway Liner Information. Retrieved on 1 December 2019. (in Japanese)