Service type Local Predecessor Rapid Shinkansen Relay | Locale Kanto region, Japan Current operator(s) JR East | |
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First service 2001 (Rapid)
4 December 2010 (Local) Start Hachiōji/Fuchū-Hommachi | ||
The Musashino (むさしの) is an all-stations train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between Hachiōji and Fuchū-Hommachi in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture.
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Service pattern
Services consist of two trains from Fuchū-Hommachi to Ōmiya in the morning, together with one return working from Ōmiya to Hachiōji and back. In the evening, there are two services from Ōmiya to Hachiōji, and one service from Hachiōji to Ōmiya.
Routes
The trains to and from Hachiōji use two "shortcut" tracks normally used only by freight trains: one connects the Chūō Main Line (Kunitachi Station) and the Musashino Line (Shin-Kodaira Station) and the other connects the Musashino Line (Nishi-Urawa Station) and the Tōhoku Main Line (Yono Station).
Rolling stock
Services are formed of Musashino Line 205 or 209-500 series 8-car EMUs with longitudinal seating throughout.
History
The Musashino was formed in 2001 following the renaming of the earlier Rapid Shinkansen Relay. From 1 December 2002, 6-car 115 series EMU formations based at Toyoda depot in Tokyo replaced the previous 165 and 169 series EMU formations.
Rapid service pattern
Prior to the 4 December 2010 timetable revision, two return workings operated on weekdays, with one return Holiday Rapid Musashino working at weekends, as shown below.
Weekdays
Weekends/holidays
From the start of the revised timetable on 4 December 2010, the Musashino ceased to be a limited-stop "rapid" service, with trains stopping at all stations, and the number of daily services increased.