Editing Nambu Line (section)

{{Short description|Railway line in Japan}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width   =
| name        = Nambu Line
| native_name = 南武線
| native_name_lang = ja
| color       = {{rcr|JR East|JN}} <!-- Yellow -->
| logo        = {{JRLS|JN|50}}
| logo_width  = 
| image       = Series-E233-8000-N4.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption     = The Nambu Line E233-8000 series EMU in October 2020
| type        = [[Commuter rail]]
| system      =
| status      =
| locale      = [[Tokyo]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] prefectures
| start       = {{STN|Kawasaki|x}}
| end         = {{STN|Tachikawa|x}}
| stations    = 26 (main line), 3 (branch line)
| routes      =
| daily_ridership   = 840,241 (daily 2015)<ref name =ridership>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001179760.pdf|title=平成27年 大都市交通センサス 首都圈報告書|website=P.92|publisher=国土交通省|access-date=2018-09-28|archive-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826121200/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001179760.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| open        = 1927
| close       =
| owner       = [[File:JR logo (east).svg|23px]] [[JR East]]
| operator    = 
| character   =
| depot       = Nakahara
| stock       = [[205 series|205-1000 series]], [[E127 series|E127-0 series]], [[E233-8000 series]], [[E233-8500 series]]
| linelength  = {{convert|45.0|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
| tracklength = 
| tracks     = [[Double-track railway|Double-track]]
| gauge       = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification          = 1,500 V DC [[overhead catenary]]
| speed       = {{cvt|95|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}
| trainprotection = [[ATS-S]]
| elevation   =
| map         = [[File:JR Nambu Line linemap.svg|200px]]
| map_state   = collapsed
}}
The '''Nambu Line''' ({{langx|ja|南武線|Nanbu-sen}}) is a Japanese railway line which connects [[Tachikawa Station]] in [[Tachikawa, Tokyo]] and [[Kawasaki Station]] in [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa]]. For most of its length, it parallels the [[Tama River]], the natural border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. It lies along the [[Tama Hills]]. It is part of the [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) network. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as the "Tokyo Mega Loop" ({{langx|ja|東京メガループ|links=no}}) around Tokyo, consisting of the [[Keiyo Line]], [[Musashino Line]], Nambu Line, and the [[Yokohama Line]].<ref name="dj364">{{cite magazine|last =Saka |first = Masayuki |script-title=ja:東京メガループ 車両・路線の沿革と現況 |trans-title=Tokyo Megaloop: History and current situation of trains and line  |magazine=Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine |volume = 43|issue = 364 |pages=28–39 |publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun |location = Japan |language= ja |date = August 2014}}</ref> The name refers to the southern ({{langx|ja|'''南'''|links=no}}) part of the ancient province of [[Musashi Province|Musashi]] ({{langx|ja|'''武'''蔵|links=no}}) (now Tokyo and northern Kanagawa prefecture), through which the Nambu Line runs.