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The Odakyu Electric Railway (小田急電鉄 Odakyu Dentetsu) is a major private railway company in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its express trains from Tokyo to Odawara and Hakone.
History
The 83km line from Shinjuku to Odawara opened for service on April 1, 1927.
On May 31, 1944, Odakyu merged into the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway company (now Tokyu), which controlled all private railway services west and south of Tokyo by the end of World War II. The company regained its independence on June 1, 1948.
Today, Odakyu is a diversified corporation with operations in real estate, fiber optic networking, personal storage, and travel sales. They also own several recreational facilities, including a golf course, campground, hot springs resort, and sailing resort, all of which are situated to bring more passengers onto the railway network.
Odakyu is a company on Fortune magazine's Global 500 list.
Lines
Some Odakyu trains from the Tama Line continue on to the Eidan Chiyoda Line at Yoyogi-Uehara Station.
- Odakyu Enoshima Line (Sagami-Ono Station - Katase-Enoshima Station)
- Odakyu Hakone-Tozan Line (Odawara Station - Hakone-Yumoto Station)
- Odakyu Odawara Line (Shinjuku Station - Odawara Station)
- Odakyu Tama Line (Shin-Yurigaoka Station - Karakida Station)
External links
http://www.odakyu-group.co.jp/ - Main site in Japanese
http://www.odakyu-co.com/ir/english/ - Corporate information in EnglishSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Odakyu Electric Railway."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Odakyū Odawara Line (小田急小田原線, Odakyū Odawara Sen) is the Odakyū Electric Railway's main section of railway line. Running between Shinjuku in the west of Tokyo and the city of Odawara, it is a major commuter line and is also well-known for its express services such as the Romance Car train to popular resorts such as Hakone.
Stations
- Shinjuku_Station
- Minami-Shinjuku_Station
- Sangubashi_Station
- Yoyogi-Hachiman_Station
- Yoyogi-Uehara_Station
- Higashi-Kitazawa_Station
- Shimo-Kitazawa_Station
- Setagaya-Daitai_Station
- Umegaoka_Station
- Gotokuji_Station
- Kyodo_Station
- Chitose-Funabashi_Station
- Soshigaya-Okura_Station
- Seijogakuen-Mae_Station
- Kitami_Station
- Komae_Station
- Izumi-Tamagawa_Station
- Noborito_Station
- Mukogaoka_Station
- Ikuta_Station
- Yomiuri-Land-Mae_Station
- Yurigaoka_Station
- Shin-Yurigaoka_Station
- Kakio_Station
- Tsurukawa_Station
- Tamagawagakuen-Mae_Station
- Machida_Station
- Odakyu-Sagimihara_Station
- Sobudai-Mae_Station
- Zama_Station
- Ebina_Station
- Atsugi_Station
- Hon-Atsugi_Station
- Aiko-Ishida_Station
- Isehara_Station
- Tsurimaki-Onsen_Station
- Tokaidaigaku-Mae_Station
- Hadano_Station
- Shibusawa_Station
- Shin-Matsuda_Station
- Kaisei_Station
- Kayama_Station
- Tomizu_Station
- Hotaruda_Station
- Ashigara_Station
- Odawara_Station
History
The first part of the line was opened on April 1st, 1927.
Currently the section of line between Setagaya-Datai and Kitami is being upgraded from 2 to 4 tracks to improve capacity and separate local and express trains. This work involves moving the tracks to a new, raised viaduct to eliminate level-crossings, which has caused opposition among residents living along the line. Also, work on the section between Yoyogi-Uehara and Setagaya-Datai has not yet begun due to the complexity of construction and difficulties acquiring land around Shimo-Kitazawa, as a result of which this area remains a bottle-neck.
External Links
- Route map with English transliteration
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Odakyu Odawara Line."
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