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It links Tsurumi Station , Yokohama , Kanagawa and Nishi-Funabashi Station , Funabashi, Chiba , forming a 100 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo . Passenger operations are limited to the 71.8 km portion between Fuchū-Hommachi Station and Nishi-Funabashi; the Tsurumi to Fuchūhommachi portion, called the Musashino South Line, is used almost exclusively by freight trains. Some trains run on the Keiyō Line through Nishi-Funabashi to continue to Tokyo Station or Minami-Funabashi Station . Some go to Kaihinmakuhari Station via Minami-Funabashi. TRAINS Most trains on the Musashino Line are 205 Series 8-car EMUs operating local service (i.e. making all station stops). Other trains include:
Locomotive types seen hauling freight trains include EF64 , EF65 , EF66 , EF81 , EF200 , EF210 , EH200 , EH500 , and DE10 . Rolling stock previously used includes 101-1000 Series 6-car EMUs, 201 Series 6-car EMUs and 103 Series 8-car EMUs (until 2005). STATIONS Tsurumi Station is considered to be the origin of the Musashino Line; trains going clockwise (toward Nishi-Funabashi) are therefore called while trains going counter-clockwise (toward Fuchu-Hommachi) are called . This is often counterintuitive, as it results in through trains to Tokyo Station being labeled and numbered as outbound trains while on the Musashino Line; however, such trains switch to inbound after passing into the Keiyo Line . |
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