12-car formations, bi-level green cars on Chuo Line in 2023 (was 2020)

[railsquid]

8 minutes ago, JR 500系 said:

Haha interesting indeed ~ So is the Chuo line going to be extended with 2 bi-level green cars? Are all the current platforms on the Chuo line able to support 12 cars? Not so sure about smaller stations esp like Yotsuya  or Nakano..

 

Have you tried reading back through the thread?

 

The linked video is from Jan 2020, so somewhat out-of-date; if you check e.g. Kunitachi at this point in the video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzjNZW40EeA&t=2016s

 

you can just about see the girders for the platform extensions. A fair amount of work has been carried out since on many stations (see e.g. my post here).

  

8 minutes ago, JR 500系 said:

 

 dont know why but i love the Chuo line... something abt it appeals to me alot... 

 

excellent taste!

 

Edited March 24, 2021 by railsquid

[JR 500系]

2 minutes ago, railsquid said:

 

Have you tried reading back through the thread?

 

haha yeah i missed the first page! it also looked like some works had already started to length the platforms... 

 

The service on the Chuo line has such an attraction to me that i wanna start memorising them haha ~ I could work my way through my mind till Mitaka only... The mushashi confuses me with the higashi and the sakai ~ I always wanted to ride the Chuo line to Kawaguchi-ko, and will be sure to mark it off my bucket list on my next trip!

[railsquid]

- Musashi-Sakai

- Higashi-Koganei

- Musashi-Koganei

 

The latter two not to be confused with Hana-Koganei on the Seibu Shinjuku line.

 

😄

[JR 500系]

Here's more info on the preparation of the 12-car Chuo line, (though in Japanese)...

 

 

[JR 500系]

And here's the official train set for the Chuo line 12-car set, and nope, it's not a E233 ~

 

 

[railsquid]

This is someone's fantasy, not real news.

[katoftw]

Still has some blue on the nose and cream down the sides.

[HankyuDentetsu]

On 3/24/2021 at 12:14 PM, JR 500系 said:

 

haha yeah i missed the first page! it also looked like some works had already started to length the platforms... 

 

The service on the Chuo line has such an attraction to me that i wanna start memorising them haha ~ I could work my way through my mind till Mitaka only... The mushashi confuses me with the higashi and the sakai ~ I always wanted to ride the Chuo line to Kawaguchi-ko, and will be sure to mark it off my bucket list on my next trip!

The Chuo line from Tokyo-Takao is one of the two coolest urban lines in Japan (in my opinion) - the other being the urban stretch of the Special Rapid Service (Maibara to Himeji I guess). 

 

There is literally nothing better than high frequency double-tracked urban rail with a Japanese flavour!

[bill937ca]

This was filmed two months ago showing platform extension work at Kichijoji Station  on Chuo Main Line. Perhaps the double deck green cars will be in operation by March 2024 (end of fiscal 2023).

 

 

[katoftw]

How many stations actually needed to be extended?

[bill937ca]

Work is continuing. On Saturday May13th service on the Ome Line will be suspended from 1730 to the last train.    Trains will not run between Ome and Kebe. Trains on each side of the work area will reverse and serve the rest of the line.

 

"All service will be suspended between Kabe and Ōme stations due to track switching work at Higashi-Ōme Station to prepare for the start of Green Car service on the Chūō Line (Rapid).        *If work cannot be done due to bad weather or other reasons, it will be done on 6-3 (Sat.)."

 

JR East notice with English PDF.       https://www.jreast.co.jp/hachioji/ome-koji/

Edited May 3 by bill937ca

[railsquid]

A set with the double-deck cars was parked up at Toyoda depot the other day.

 

On 5/4/2023 at 6:12 AM, katoftw said:

How many stations actually needed to be extended?

 

Pretty much all of them.