Detailed Map of JR Lines in Central Tokyo

Yamanote-sen Line
  • It is a loop.
  • There are two directions, inner loop and outer loop.
  • The size is 6 km holizontally and  12 km vertically.
  • The length of the loop is 34.5 km.
  • There are 29 stations.
  • It takes 64 minutes for one circle.
Keihin-Tohoku-sen Line
  • It starts form Omiya 30 km north of Tokyo station, runs central Tokyo from north to south and further goes to Yokohama 30 km southwest of Tokyo station.
  • It runs in parallel with Yamanote-sen line for 14 stations, Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa and etc.
  • There are rapid train service during 10:30 to 15:30 which skips 8 stations to which you can go by Yamanote-sen line.
Soubu-sen Line
  • It starts form Chiba 30 km east of Tokyo station, runs central Tokyo from east to west and further goes to Takao 46 km west of Tokyo station.
  • There are 9 stations inside of Yamonote-sen loop including Shinjuku station and it takes 18 minutes.
Chuuou-sen Lin
  • It starts from Tokyo station runs central Tokyo to west and reachs to Tkao.
  • It stops only two stations before arriving to Shinjuku. It takes 12 minutes from Tokyo to Shinjuku.