Jalur Utama Chūō

thumb|right|Kareta komuter Jalur Chūō di Stasionthumb|Jalur Utama Chūō
thumb|right|Titik kilometer 0 di Stasion Tokyo
, ilahar disebut **Jalur Chūō**, nyaéta salah sahiji jalur JR di Jepang. Jalur ieu antara Tokyo jeung Nagoya, sanajan kitu leuwih laun tinimbang (Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

## Rute 
* Total rute (Tokyo - Nagoya kaasup cabang): 424.6&nbsp;km
* Jalur Wetan (Tokyo - Shiojiri): 222.1&nbsp;km
** Tokyo - Kanda: 1.3&nbsp;km (alongside Tōhoku Main Line)
** Kanda - Yoyogi: 8.3&nbsp;km
** Yoyogi - Shinjuku: 0.7&nbsp;km (alongside Yamanote Line)
** Shinjuku - Shiojiri: 211.8&nbsp;km
* Jalur Wetan Cabang Tatsuno (Okaya - Tatsuno - Shiojiri): 27.7&nbsp;km
* Jalur Kulon (Shiojiri - Nagoya): 174.8&nbsp;km
** Shiojiri - Kanayama: 171.5&nbsp;km
** Kanayama - Nagoya: 3.3&nbsp;km (sapanjang Jalur Utama Tōkaidō)

## Station-stasion 
### Tokyo - Mitaka 
* ◆:Trains pass the station on weekends.
* ◇:Chūō Special Rapid service down trains started from Shinjuku don't stop Nakano.

### Mitaka - Takao 
Jalur opat trek ngan nepi ka. Kiwari keur diwangun antara Mitaka jeung Tachikawa ku cara naekeun trek jeung ngurangan sisimpangan; bagéan jalur ieu bisa ngurangan kacilakaan salila jam sibuk. Saterusna diusulkeun nambahan dua trek nepi ka Tachikawa; sanajan kitu, itu teu kaasup trek di luhur, bakal rengse antara 2008-2011.

### Takao - Shiojiri 
Most of the rapid service trains from Tokyo turn at Takao where the line exits the large urban aréa of Tokyo. The section between Takao and Ōtsuki still carries some commuter trains as well as long distance local trains and express trains. The *Kaiji* limited express turns at Kōfu, the capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, while the *Azusa* and *Super Azusa* continue beyond Shiojiri to the Shinonoi Line.

#### Okaya – Shiojiri 
The Okaya-Shiojiri branch is an old route of the Chūō Main Line. It carries a small number of shuttle trains and trains from/to the Iida Line, which branches off at Tatsuno.

### Shiojiri - Nakatsugawa 
Shiojiri is the dividing point of the éast Line and the West Line; no train continues from one to the other. The *Shinano* limited express is the main player of the rural Shiojiri-Nakatsugawa section.

### Nakatsugawa - Nagoya 
Kareta Lokal jeung rapid ti Nakatsugawa ka Nagoya. Bagéan itu kaasup kana Gréater Nagoya Aréa.

Tabel di handap mimiti ti Nagoya, tibalik jeung tabel saméméhna.

## Kareta 
### Kareta nu masih dipake 
### Jalur Chūō Wetan 
thumb|right|Kareta seri E233 diganti ku seri 201 ti ahir Désémber 2006
Kareta E233 series anyar mimiti dipaké di wewengkon Tokyo ti tanggal 26 Désémber 2006. These trains are a development of the E231 series used on other commuter lines in the Tokyo aréa, and will replace the aging 201 series rolling stock introduced on the line in 1981.

* Chūō Line Rapid Service
** 201 series
** E233 series
* Chūō-Sōbu Line
** 209 series
** E231 series
* Local Trains
** 115 series 
** 119 series 
** 123 series 
** 313 series 
* Limited Express
** E257 series (Azusa, Kaiji)
** E351 series (Super Azusa)
** 183 series (Azusa, Wing Azusa, Moonlight Shinshu)
** 185 series (Hamakaiji)
** 215 series (View Yamanashi)

### Jalur Chūō Kulon 
thumb|Kareta seri 383 layanan "Shinano"
* Kareta Lokal
** 313 series
** 115 series 
** 211 series
** 213 series
** 311 series 
** 313 series
* Limited Express
** 383 series (Shinano)
** 381 series

## Sajarah 
Bagéan pangkolotna Jalur Chūō nyaéta segmen ti Shinjuku Station ka Tachikawa Station, nu mimiti dibuka taun 1889. Beulah kulon dipanjangan dina abad eta, antara Hachiōji Station jeung beulah wetan Yamanashi Prefecture dina 1901, jeung Kōfu dina taun 1903. Antara Nagoya-Shiojiri rengse dina taun 1902, jeung dihubungkeun di Kōfu dina taun 1905.

Bagéan antara Iidabashi Station jeung Nakano Station nyaéta kareta listrik urban mimiti di Jepang.

## Tumbu kaluar 
* Detailed information on the various Chuo Lines