Odakyū Odawara Line

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The Odakyu Odawara Line (小田急小田原線, Odakyū-Odawara-sen) is the main line of Japanese private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. It extends 82.5 km (51.3 mi) from Shinjuku in central Tokyo through the southwest suburbs to the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. From Yoyogi-Uehara Station some trains continue onto the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and beyond to the East Japan Railway Company Joban Line.

Termini
  • Shinjuku
  • Odawara
Stations47
Quick facts Overview, Owner ...
Odakyū Odawara Line
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An Odakyu 70000 series Romancecar GSE limited express
Overview
OwnerOdakyu Electric Railway
LocaleTokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture
Termini
  • Shinjuku
  • Odawara
Stations47
Websitehttp://www.odakyu.jp/
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Daily ridership1,493,451 (daily, 2010)[1]
History
Opened1 April 1927; 98 years ago (1927-04-01)
Technical
Line length82.5 km (51.3 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
ElectrificationOverhead line, 1,500 V DC
Operating speed110 km/h (70 mph)
SignallingAutomatic closed block
Train protection systemD-ATS-P
Route map

0.0
Shinjuku
ground platforms
Shinjuku
subterranean platforms
LeftTokyo Metro Marunouchi LineUp
LeftKeiō LineUp
0.8
Minami-Shinjuku
Sanya
abandoned in 1946
1.5
Sangūbashi
2.7
Yoyogi-Hachiman
3.5
Yoyogi-Uehara
4.2
Higashi-Kitazawa
4.9
Shimo-Kitazawa
LeftDaita bypass
5.6
Setagaya-Daita
6.3
Umegaoka
7.0
Gōtokuji
Kyōdō depot
Closed in 1994
8.0
Kyōdō
9.2
Chitose-Funabashi
10.6
Soshigaya-Ōkura
11.6
Seijōgakuen-mae
Kitami depot
12.7
Kitami
13.8
Komae
14.4
Izumi-Tamagawa
15.2
Noborito
Mukōgaoka-Yūen MonorailRight
15.8
Mukōgaoka-Yūen
17.9
Ikuta
19.2
Yomiuriland-mae
20.5
Yurigaoka
21.5
Shin-Yurigaoka
23.4
Kakio
25.1
Tsurukawa
27.9
Tamagawagakuen-mae
30.8
Machida
32.3
Sagami-Ōno
32.5
Sagami-Ōno Junction
Ōno depot
34.7
Odakyū-Sagamihara
36.9
Sōbudai-mae
39.2
Zama
Ebina-Kokubu
Closed in 1943
DownLeftSagami Railway Atsugi LineRight
42.5
Ebina
Ebina depot
UpLeftSōtetsu Atsugi Line
UpSagami LineRight
44.1
Atsugi
45.4
Hon-Atsugi
48.5
Aikō-Ishida
52.2
Isehara
55.9
Tsurumaki-Onsen
57.0
Tōkaidaigaku-mae
61.7
Hadano
65.6
Shibusawa
bypass for Limited Express
71.8
Shin-Matsuda
LeftGotemba LineUp
Sakawa River
74.3
Kaisei
76.2
Kayama
77.8
Tomizu
79.2
Hotaruda
80.8
Ashigara
UpIzu-Hakone Railway Daiyūzan Line
82.5
Odawara
UpTōkaidō Main LineRight
UpTōkaidō ShinkansenRight
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Operation

Destinations are from Shinjuku unless otherwise noted. English abbreviations are unofficial.

  Limited Express (特急, tokkyū; LE)
Collectively known as "Romancecar" services, an extra seat charge applies for limited express service. Daytime trains run to: Odawara; Katase-Enoshima on the Enoshima 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. Services run to Odawara and Fujisawa on the Odakyu Enoshima Line. All Rapid Express trains bound for Odawara terminate at Shin-Matsuda and continue as Express trains.
  Express (急行, kyūkō; E)
Services run to Karakida, with thrice-hourly service between Machida and Odawara.
  Commuter Express (通勤急行, tsūkin-kyūkō; CE)
Weekday morning services operate toward Shinjuku from Karakida on the Odakyu Tama Line.
  Semi Express (準急, junkyū; SE)
Most services run to Mukogaoka-yuen. All services continue on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, with some trains extending onto the JR Joban Line.
  Commuter Semi Express (通勤準急, tsūkin-junkyū; CS)
Weekday morning services run from Hon-Atsugi to the Chiyoda Line.
  Local (各駅停車, kakueki teisha; L)
Most services run to Hon-Atsugi; others continue to Odawara, with through service to Katase-Enoshima and the Tama and Hakone Tozan lines. Some services also operate between Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto.

Stations

Notes:

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

Legend:

  • ● - all trains stop
  • ■ - some trains stop
  • |- all trains pass
  • ○ - On Weekdays, Outbound for Hon-Atsugi Evening Rush Hour only.
More information No., Station ...
No. Station Distance (km) Stops Transfers Location
Between
stations
Total LE RE E CE SE CS L
OH01 Shinjuku - 0.0 Shinjuku Tokyo
OH02 Minami-Shinjuku 0.8 0.8   Shibuya
OH03 Sangūbashi 0.7 1.5  
OH04 Yoyogi-Hachiman 1.2 2.7  
All Commuter Semi Express and Semi Express along with some Local and Express trains continue to/from Toride via C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and JL Jōban Line
OH05 Yoyogi-Uehara 0.8 3.5 C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-01)
OH06 Higashi-Kitazawa 0.7 4.2   Setagaya
OH07 Shimo-Kitazawa 0.7 4.9 Keio Inokashira Line (IN05)
OH08 Setagaya-Daita 0.7 5.6  
OH09 Umegaoka 0.7 6.3  
OH10 Gōtokuji 0.7 7.0 SG Tokyu Setagaya Line (Yamashita: SG08)
OH11 Kyōdō 1.0 8.0  
OH12 Chitose-Funabashi 1.2 9.2  
OH13 Soshigaya-Ōkura 1.4 10.6  
OH14 Seijōgakuen-Mae 1.0 11.6  
OH15 Kitami 1.1 12.7  
OH16 Komae 1.1 13.8   Komae
OH17 Izumi-Tamagawa 0.6 14.4  
OH18 Noborito 0.8 15.2 JN Nambu Line (JN14) Tama-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa
OH19 Mukōgaoka-Yūen 0.6 15.8  
OH20 Ikuta 2.1 17.9  
OH21 Yomiuri-Land-mae 1.3 19.2  
OH22 Yurigaoka 1.3 20.5   Asao-ku, Kawasaki
OH23 Shin-Yurigaoka 1.0 21.5 OT Odakyu Tama Line (Commuter Express through service to/from Karakida)
OH24 Kakio 1.9 23.4  
OH25 Tsurukawa 1.7 25.1   Machida Tokyo
OH26 Tamagawagakuen-mae 2.8 27.9  
OH27 Machida 2.9 30.8 JH Yokohama Line (JH23)
OH28 Sagami-Ōno 1.5 32.3 OE Odakyu Enoshima Line (through to/from Katase-Enoshima) Minami-ku, Sagamihara Kanagawa
OH29 Odakyū-Sagamihara 2.4 34.7  
OH30 Sōbudai-mae 2.2 36.9   Zama
OH31 Zama 2.3 39.2  
OH32 Ebina 3.3 42.5 Sagami Line
Sotetsu Main Line (SO18)
Ebina
OH33 Atsugi 1.6 44.1 Sagami Line
OH34 Hon-Atsugi 1.3 45.4   Atsugi
OH35 Aikō-Ishida 3.1 48.5    
OH36 Isehara 3.7 52.2   Isehara
OH37 Tsurumaki-Onsen 3.7 55.9     Hadano
OH38 Tōkaidaigaku-mae 1.1 57.0  
OH39 Hadano 4.7 61.7  
OH40 Shibusawa 3.9 65.6  
OH41 Shin-Matsuda 6.2 71.8 Gotemba Line (Matsuda: CB04) Matsuda,
Ashigarakami
District
OH42 Kaisei 2.5 74.3   Kaisei,
Ashigarakami
District
OH43 Kayama 1.9 76.2   Odawara
OH44 Tomizu 1.6 77.8  
OH45 Hotaruda 1.4 79.2  
OH46 Ashigara 1.6 80.8  
OH47 Odawara 1.7 82.5
↓ Limited express and local trains continue to/from Hakone-Yumoto via the OH Hakone Tozan Line
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History

The Odawara Express Railway Co. opened the entire line on 1 April 1927 in order to allow for the Emperor's family to travel on the line, though as duplication works were not completed until October that year, there was initial timetable and signalling issues.[3] Although primarily intended as a passenger line, gravel began to be hauled in 1930.

In 1942, the company was forcibly merged by the government with Tokyu Corporation and the line was named the Tokyu Odawara Line.[3] Tokyu was broken up in 1948 and the line was transferred to the newly founded Odakyu Electric Railway Co.[3]

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+12 in), the Odawara Line 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)).[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

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;[4] the project is being carried out between Yoyogi-Uehara and Mukōgaoka-Yūen, quadrupling the Odawara Line trackage and stacking the tracks underground, allowing for increased express services.[5] Originally a viaduct was planned but this was changed to underground tracks, and work on the tunnel between Setagaya-Daita and Higashi-Kitazawa was completed in 2018.[6]

Former connecting lines

See also

References

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