The Shōnan (湘南) is a weekday limited express train service for commuters on the Tōkaidō Main Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Before 15 March 2021, this was a "Home Liner" weekday commuter service, consisting of Shōnan Liner (湘南ライナー) (all day), Ohayō Liner Shinjuku (おはようライナー新宿) (morning), and Home Liner Odawara (ホームライナー小田原) (evening) services.

Service pattern

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

Shōnan Limited Express

There are ten inbound (morning) and eleven outbound (evening) Shōnan services each weekday, taking 69 to 86 minutes between Tokyo/Shinjuku and Odawara.

Route

The Shōnan operates between Tokyo or Shinjuku and Odawara, mainly on the Tōkaidō Line. Some trains run also on the Tōkaidō Freight Line and the Yokosuka Line, including Shōnan No. 1 (outbound) and Shōnan No. 6, 8, 10 (inbound), and among them, Shōnan No.6 terminates at Shinagawa, and Shōnan No. 8, 10 terminate at the Sōbu Line underground platforms at Tokyo. Shōnan No. 22, 24, 26 terminate at Shinjuku, while Shōnan No. 21, 13 begin at Shinjuku.

Stations served

Legends:

Previous service patterns

Shōnan Liner

There were 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 operated between Tokyo and Odawara, mainly on the Tōkaidō Line. Some trains ran 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 terminated at Shinagawa, and Shōnan Liner No. 6, 8 terminated at the Sōbu Line underground platforms at Tokyo.

Stations served

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

Ohayō Liner Shinjuku and Home Liner Odawara

The Ohayō Liner Shinjuku operated from Odawara Station to Shinjuku Station in the morning, and the Home Liner Odawara operated in the opposite direction in the evening. There were 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 operated between Shinjuku and Odawara, on the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, the Tōkaidō Freight Line and the Tōkaidō Main Line.

Stations served

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

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.

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