Odakyū Odawara Line

Odakyū Odawara Line
	Odakyū 50000 series Romancecar VSE limited express
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Tokyo Metropolis, Kanagawa Prefecture
Termini	Shinjuku; Odawara
Stations	47
Website	http://www.odakyu.jp/
Operation
Opened	1927
Owner	Odakyū Electric Railway
Technical
Line length	82.5 km (51.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (70 mph)
Route map

The Odakyū Odawara Line (小田急小田原線, Odakyū-Odawara-sen^?) is the main line of Japanese private railway operator Odakyū Electric Railway. It extends 82.5 km from Shinjuku in central Tokyo through the southwest suburbs to the city of Odawara, the gateway to Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a busy commuter line and is also known for its "Romancecar" limited express services. From Yoyogi-Uehara Station some trains continue onto the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and beyond to the East Japan Railway Company Jōban Line.

Operation

Destinations are from Shinjuku unless noted. English abbreviations are tentative for this article.

Limited Express (特急, tokkyū^?): Collectively known as "Romancecar" services, there is an extra seat charge for limited express service. Trains bound for: Odawara; Katase-Enoshima on the Enoshima Line; Karakida on the Tama Line; Hakone-Yumoto on the Hakone Tozan Railway; and Gotemba on the Central Japan Railway Company Gotemba Line.
Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō^?) (RE): No extra charge. Most services are for Fujisawa on the Odakyu Enoshima Line.
Express (急行, kyūkō^?) (E): Most services are for Odawara; others for Katase-Enoshima and through to the Hakone Tozan Line. Some inbound morning services from Karakida run through on the Chiyoda and Jōban Lines.
Tama Express (多摩急行, tama kyūkō^?) (TE): Services from Ayase on the Chiyoda Line to Karakida.
Semi-Express (準急, junkyū^?) (SE): Services for Odawara and Hon-Atsugi. Some inbound morning services run through on the Chiyoda and Jōban Lines.
Local (各駅停車, kakueki teisha^?): Most services for Hon-Atsugi; others to Odawara, through to Katase-Enoshima and the Tama and Hakone Tozan lines. Also service between Shin-Matsuda to Hakone-Yumoto

Stations

Notes:

See the Romancecar article for information on Odakyū Romancecar limited express services.
Local trains stop at every station.

Legend:

● - all trains stop at this station; ■ - some trains stop at this station;｜- all trains pass
SSE - Section Semi-Express; SE - Semi-Express; TE - Tama Express; E - Express; RE - Rapid Express

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		SSE	SE	TE	E	RE	Transfers	Location
Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	SSE	SE	TE	E	RE	Transfers	Location
Shinjuku	新宿	-	0.0	●	●	To Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line	●	●	Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan Shinjuku Line ○Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08) ○Toei Ōedo Line (E-27) (Shinjuku-Nishiguchi (E-01)), ○Toei Shinjuku Line(S-01) Keiō Line, Keiō New Line Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku)	Shinjuku	Tokyo
Minami-Shinjuku	南新宿	0.8	0.8	｜	｜		｜	｜		Shibuya
Sangūbashi	参宮橋	0.7	1.5	｜	｜		｜	｜
Yoyogi-Hachiman	代々木八幡	1.2	2.7	｜	｜		｜	｜
Through to Chiyoda Line and Jōban Line:				○Tama Express (all trains): to Toride via the Chiyoda Line and Jōban Line ○Express (weekday mornings): to Abiko via Chiyoda/Jōban Lines ○Semi-express (some trains): to Ayase via Chiyoda Line
Yoyogi-Uehara	代々木上原	0.8	3.5	●	●	●	●	●	Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-01)
Higashi-Kitazawa	東北沢	0.7	4.2	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Setagaya
Shimo-Kitazawa	下北沢	0.7	4.9	●	●	●	●	●	Keiō Inokashira Line
Setagaya-Daita	世田谷代田	0.7	5.6	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
Umegaoka	梅ヶ丘	0.7	6.3	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Gōtokuji	豪徳寺	0.7	7.0	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	Tōkyū Setagaya Line (Yamashita)
Kyōdō	経堂	1.0	8.0	●	■	●	■	｜
Chitose-Funabashi	千歳船橋	1.2	9.2	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Soshigaya-Ōkura	祖師ヶ谷大蔵	1.4	10.6	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Seijōgakuen-Mae	成城学園前	1.0	11.6	●	●	●	●	｜
Kitami	喜多見	1.1	12.7	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
Komae	狛江	1.1	13.8	●	｜	｜	｜	｜		Komae
Izumi-Tamagawa	和泉多摩川	0.6	14.4	●	｜	｜	｜	｜		Komae
Noborito	登戸	0.8	15.2	●	●	●	●	｜	Nambu Line	Tama-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
Mukōgaoka-Yūen	向ヶ丘遊園	0.6	15.8	●	●	｜	●	｜
Ikuta	生田	2.1	17.9	●	●	｜	｜	｜
Yomiuri-Land-mae	読売ランド前	1.3	19.2	●	●	｜	｜	｜
Yurigaoka	百合ヶ丘	1.3	20.5	●	●	｜	｜	｜		Asao-ku, Kawasaki
Shin-Yurigaoka	新百合ヶ丘	1.0	21.5	●	●	●	●	●	Odakyū Tama Line (through to Karakida from Shinjuku/Chiyoda Line)
Kakio	柿生	1.9	23.4	●	●	To Tama Line	｜	｜
Tsurukawa	鶴川	1.7	25.1	●	●		｜	｜		Machida	Tokyo
Tamagawagakuen-mae	玉川学園前	2.8	27.9	●	●		｜	｜
Machida	町田	2.9	30.8	●	●		●	●	Yokohama Line
Sagami-Ōno	相模大野	1.5	32.3	●	●		●	●	Odakyū Enoshima Line (through to Katase-Enoshima from Shinjuku/Machida)	Minami-ku, Sagamihara	Kanagawa
Odakyū-Sagamihara	小田急相模原	2.4	34.7	●	●		｜	｜		Minami-ku, Sagamihara
Sōbudai-mae	相武台前	2.2	36.9	●	●		｜	｜		Zama
Zama	座間	2.3	39.2	●	●		｜	｜		Zama
Ebina	海老名	3.3	42.5	●	●		●	●	Sagami Line Sōtetsu Main Line	Ebina
Atsugi	厚木	1.6	44.1	●	●		｜	｜	Sagami Line	Ebina
Hon-Atsugi	本厚木	1.3	45.4	●	●		●	●		Atsugi
Aikō-Ishida	愛甲石田	3.1	48.5	●	●		●	●		Atsugi
Isehara	伊勢原	3.7	52.2	●	●		●	●		Isehara
Tsurumaki-Onsen	鶴巻温泉	3.7	55.9		●		●	●		Hadano
Tōkaidaigaku-mae	東海大学前	1.1	57.0		●		●	●
Hadano	秦野	4.7	61.7		●		●	●
Shibusawa	渋沢	3.9	65.6		●		●	●
Shin-Matsuda	新松田	6.2	71.8		●		●	●	Gotemba Line (Matsuda)	Matsuda, Ashigarakami District
Kaisei	開成	2.5	74.3				■	｜		Kaisei, Ashigarakami District
Kayama	栢山	1.9	76.2				■	｜		Odawara
Tomizu	富水	1.6	77.8				■	｜
Hotaruda	螢田	1.4	79.2				■	｜
Ashigara	足柄	1.6	80.8				■	｜
Odawara	小田原	1.7	82.5				●	●	Hakone Tozan Line (through to Hakone-Yumoto) Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Main Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Izuhakone Railway Daiyūzan Line

History

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In 1942, the company was forcibly merged by the government with Tokyu Corporation and the line was named the Tokyu Odawara Line. Tokyu was broken up in 1948 and the line was transferred to the newly founded Odakyu Electric Railway Co.

Through operation to the Hakone Tozan Railway's Hakone Tozan Line began in 1950 once dual gauge track was commissioned (the Hakone Tozan Line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in), the Odawara Line 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)). A connecting track was laid in 1955 to Matsuda Station on the Gotemba Line of the (then) Japanese National Railways, and limited express service through to the line started. To function as a bypass to central Tokyo, through service on the Eidan Subway (now Tokyo Metro) Chiyoda Line commenced in 1978 via Yoyogi-Uehara.

Increasing traffic volume since the 1970s led to plans being formed in 1985 for a track upgrading project on the Odawara Line, though land acquisition issues stalled major track expansion work until construction began in 2013;^[1] the project is being carried out between Yoyogi-Uehara and Mukōgaoka-Yūen, quadrupling the Odawara Line trackage^[2] and stacking the tracks underground, allowing for increased express services. Originally a viaduct was planned but this was changed to underground tracks, and work on the tunnel between Setagaya-Daita and Higashi-Kitazawa is ongoing. In March 2013, Odakyū announced that the construction is projected to continue until 2018.^[3]

Former connecting lines

Setagaya-Daita Station: A 1,067 mm gauge line electrified at 1,500 V DC operated to Shindaita on the Keio Inokashira Line between 1945 and 1952.^{[citation needed]}

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

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v t e Odakyu railway lines
Odakyu lines	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Related lines	Enoden Hakone Ropeway Hakone Tozan Hakone Tozan Cable Car
Major stations	Machida Odawara Sagami-Ōno Shimo-Kitazawa Shinjuku Shin-Yurigaoka Tama-Center

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