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The is a
* Length:
* Gauge:
** Odawara - Iriuda:
** Iriuda - Hakone-Yumoto: / (
The is a mountain railway
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in Japan operated by Odakyu Hakone, an Odakyu Group company that also owns the Hakone Tozan Cable Car.
The section of the line from Odawara Station to Hakone-Yumoto Station
is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.
Lines
Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line from to , although all Hakone Tozan Line trains start from this station, and only Odakyu services operate ...
began operating in 1919, with the current terminus of Gōra being reached in 1930. Since 2006, only Odakyū Odawara Line
The is the main line of Japanese private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. It extends from Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku in central Tokyo through the southwest suburbs to the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara, the gateway to Hakone in Ka ...
trains run on the section from Odawara Station to Hakone-Yumoto Station
is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.
Lines
Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line from to , although all Hakone Tozan Line trains start from this station, and only Odakyu services operate ...
, as that section was converted from dual-gauge (standard and narrow) to just narrow-gauge. From Gora, travelers can continue up the mountain on the Hakone Tozan Cable Car.
The railway is capable of climbing one meter vertically for every of horizontal distance, with a maximum gradient of 8%. The line traverses Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
is a national park in Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Kanagawa Prefectures, and western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It consists of Mount Fuji, Fuji Five Lakes, Hakone, the Izu Peninsula, and the Izu Islands. Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park covers .
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, so the line was carefully designed to limit the impact on the scenery. Due to the difficult topography, the line has three switchbacks used to ascend particularly steep sections.
The section of the line between Hakone-Yumoto and Gora was suspended in October 2019 due to heavy damage caused by Typhoon Hagibis. On 9 July 2020, after repairs had been completed, test trains began running over the line and full service was restored two weeks later on 23 July.
Description
* Length:
* Gauge:
** Odawara - Iriuda:
** Iriuda - Hakone-Yumoto: / (dual gauge
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Signalling and sidings are more expensive to install on dual gauge tracks than on two single gauge tracks. Dual gauge is used when there i ...
)
** Hakone-Yumoto - Gōra:
* Stations: 11 (including termini)
* Track: single
* Power:
** Odawara - Hakone-Yumoto: 1,500 V DC overhead supply
** Hakone-Yumoto - Gōra: 750 V DC overhead supply
* Block system: Automatic (cab signal/digital) (CTC)
Stations
All stations are in Kanagawa. * Trains: "S" = All stop, ", " = All pass. * Transfers: ** At Odawara Station: *** Odakyū Odawara Line
The is the main line of Japanese private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. It extends from Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku in central Tokyo through the southwest suburbs to the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara, the gateway to Hakone in Ka ...
*** Tōkaidō Line
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, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
*** Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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*** Izu-Hakone Railway Daiyūzan Line
** At Gōra Station:
*** Hakone Tozan Railway - Hakone Tozan Cable Car
* Hakone-Yumoto Station is the terminus for all Hakone Tozan Line trains.
* On the Odawara - Hakone-Yumoto section, Limited Express " Romancecar" and Local trains run through to and from the Odakyu Odawara Line.
** Odakyu LE, ''Super Hakone'', ''Hakone'' and ''Homeway'' services run from/to Shinjuku Station
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.
** Odakyu LE ''Metro Hakone'' runs between Hakone-Yumoto and Kita-Senju Station, on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Shin-Matsuda Station using 4-car Odakyu EMUs.
* Section between Hakone-Yumoto and Gōra is operated by local trains only, using Hakone Tozan 2/3-car EMUs.
** Trains stop at three signal stops which have no passenger platforms.
** There are three switchbacks: Deyama, Ōhiradai, and Kami-Ōhiradai.
* Journey time between Odawara - Hakone-Yumoto is approximately 15 minutes, Hakone-Yumoto - Gōra is approximately 40 minutes, Shinjuku - Hakone-Yumoto is approximately an hour and 25–35 minutes by limited express.
File:Hakone-Tozan-Deyama-Signal-Sta-1.jpg, Deyama switchback
File:Hakone-Tozan-Kami-ohiradai-Signal-Sta.jpg, Kami-Ōhiradai switchback
File:Hakone-Tozan-Sennindai-Signal-Sta.jpg, Sennindai signal stop
* MoHa 1 (formerly ChiKi 1, since 1919)
* MoHa 2 (formerly ChiKi 2, since 1927)
* 1000 series ("Bernina", named after the Rhätische Bahn railway of the same name in Switzerland)
* 2000 series ("St. Moritz", after the Swiss resort town and Bernina Railway terminus)
* 3000 series (since November 2014)
* 3100 series two-car EMU (since May 2017)
* MoNi 1 (non-revenue car, since 1975)
All trains are based at Iriuda Depot.
* MoHa 3 (withdrawn in 1997)
* Mu 1 (
* October 1, 1888: Odawara Horse-drawn Railway opens from Kōzu Station via Odawara Station, to Hakone-Yumoto Station.
* October 31, 1896: Operating company name is changed to Odawara Electric Railway.
* March 21, 1900: Line is electrified (as a tram, 600 V DC).
* June 1, 1919: Line opens between Hakone-Yumoto and Gōra as an electrified (600 V DC)
Hakone Tozan Railway Official Site
(Odakyu official sightseeing guide, in English) {{Odakyu transit Lines of Hakone Tozan Railway Hakone, Kanagawa Railway lines opened in 1919 Standard-gauge railways in Japan 750 V DC railway electrification Railways with Zig Zags
Signal stops
There are three signal stops on the Hakone Tozan Line in addition to the regular passenger stations. All of them have a siding track and two of them have switchbacks.Deyama Switchback
Signal stop with a switchback. 234 mAMSL
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.
Kami-Ōhiradai Switchback
Signal stop with a switchback near Ōhiradai station which also has a switchback. 359 m AMSL.Sennindai Signal Stop
Signal stop without a switchback. 410 m AMSL.Rolling stock
Hakone Tozan Railway (Hakone-Yumoto - Gōra)
* MoHa 1 (formerly ChiKi 1, since 1919)
* MoHa 2 (formerly ChiKi 2, since 1927)
* 1000 series ("Bernina", named after the Rhätische Bahn railway of the same name in Switzerland)
* 2000 series ("St. Moritz", after the Swiss resort town and Bernina Railway terminus)
* 3000 series (since November 2014)
* 3100 series two-car EMU (since May 2017)
* MoNi 1 (non-revenue car, since 1975)
All trains are based at Iriuda Depot.
Former
* MoHa 3 (withdrawn in 1997)
* Mu 1 (goods wagon
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, withdrawn in 1952/1992)
* Yu 1 (goods wagon, withdrawn in 1976)
Odakyu Electric Railway (Shinjuku - Odawara - Hakone-Yumoto)
Romancecar EMUs
* Odakyu 7000 series LSE * Odakyu 10000 series HiSE * Odakyu 20000 series RSE *Odakyu 30000 series EXE
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* Odakyu 50000 series VSE
* Odakyu 60000 series MSE (also from Kita-Senju)
Commuter EMUs
* Odakyu 1000 series * Odakyu 5000 series * Odakyu 8000 seriesHistory
* October 1, 1888: Odawara Horse-drawn Railway opens from Kōzu Station via Odawara Station, to Hakone-Yumoto Station.
* October 31, 1896: Operating company name is changed to Odawara Electric Railway.
* March 21, 1900: Line is electrified (as a tram, 600 V DC).
* June 1, 1919: Line opens between Hakone-Yumoto and Gōra as an electrified (600 V DC) funicular
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railway.
* December 16, 1920: Tram line closes between Kōzu - Odawara, and connected with the JGR (now JR) Tōkaidō Main Line
The Tōkaidō Main Line () is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Kōbe St ...
at Odawara.
* August 16, 1928: Hakone Tozan Railway is founded.
* October 1, 1935: Mainline railway is extended from Hakone-Yumoto to Odawara. Tram line remains between Odawara - Hakone-Itabashi, and is renamed the "Odawara Town Line".
* December 20, 1940: Tram section is renamed "Odawara City Line".
* June 1, 1948: Hakone Tozan Railway becomes part of the Odakyu Group.
* August 1, 1950: Odakyu Electric Railway begins operating Limited Express and Express trains from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto. The line voltage is changed to 1,500 V DC for the dual gauge
Dual gauge railroad track has three or four rails, allowing vehicles of two track gauges to run on it.
Signalling and sidings are more expensive to install on dual gauge tracks than on two single gauge tracks. Dual gauge is used when there i ...
section between Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto.
* June 1, 1956: Odawara City Line (tram) is abandoned.
* July 14, 1993: Hakone-Yumoto - Gōra section is uprated from 600 to 750 V DC. Operations start using 3-car EMUs.
* March 18, 2006: Hakone Tozan Railway discontinues operation using its own units between Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto. Dual-gauge section reduced to Iriuda - Hakone-Yumoto.
* March 15, 2008: New Odakyu " Romancecar" through service starts from Kita-Senju Station.
* October 12, 2019: The section between Hakone-Yumoto and Gora closed due to severe damage caused by Typhoon Hagibis. The heavy rains caused landslides over the tracks and washed away ballast
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. In November 2019, the railway announced that repairs would keep the line closed until the fall of 2020.
*On July 9, 2020, test trains began running on the fixed line with services scheduled to begin on July 23.
*On April 1, 2024, the name of the operator company was changed from Hakone Tozan Railway Co., Ltd. to Odakyu Hakone Co., Ltd.
Microsoft Train Simulator
This route appears in '' Microsoft Train Simulator'' complete with scenarios simulating prototypical operation (Only from Odawara to Hakone-Yumoto).References
External links
Hakone Tozan Railway Official Site
(Odakyu official sightseeing guide, in English) {{Odakyu transit Lines of Hakone Tozan Railway Hakone, Kanagawa Railway lines opened in 1919 Standard-gauge railways in Japan 750 V DC railway electrification Railways with Zig Zags