Six Tokyo metropolitan area lines, including the Yamanote Line and the Chuo-Sobu Line, will operate all-night service on New Year’s Eve 2026. Special trains will also run to Inubosaki and Kawaguchiko for the first sunrise of the year.

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JR East will operate special trains on six lines in the Tokyo metropolitan area after the last train on New Year’s Eve 2026.

The Yamanote Line (inner and outer loops) will run at 10- to 30-minute intervals from 1:00 a.m. to around 4:50 a.m.; the Keihin-Tohoku and Negishi Lines (Sakuragicho–Omiya) will run at 10- to 80-minute intervals from 1:00 a.m. to around 4:00 a.m.; and the Chuo and Sobu Lines local trains (Mitaka–Chiba) will run at intervals of 10 to 125 minutes from approximately 12:10 a.m. to 4:40 a.m.

In addition, special trains have been scheduled for passengers heading to Chiba (Inubōzaki) and Yamanashi (Lake Kawaguchi) to view the first sunrise of the year, as well as for those visiting Naritasan Shinshō-ji Temple and other destinations for the first shrine visit of the year. Please refer to the image below for the schedule.