The is a mountain railway in Japan operated by the Hakone Tozan Railway. The company belongs to the Odakyu Group, which also owns the Hakone Tozan Cable Car.
The section of the line from Odawara Station to Hakone-Yumoto Station began operating in 1919, with the current terminus of Gōra being reached in 1930. Since 2006, only Odakyū Odawara Line trains run on the section from Odawara Station to Hakone-Yumoto Station, 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, 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 on 23 July.
Description
Length: Gauge: Odawara - Iriuda: Iriuda - Hakone-Yumoto: / (dual gauge) 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
Trains: "S" = All stop, "|" = All pass.
Transfers: At Odawara Station: Odakyū Odawara Line Tōkaidō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen 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. Odakyu LE Metro Hakone runs between Hakone-Yumoto and Kita-Senju Station, on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line at weekends only. Local trains runs between Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto, partly from/to 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.
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 m AMSL.
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 MoHa 2 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)
All trains are based at Iriuda Depot.
Former
MoHa 3
Yu 1 (as goods wagon)
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
Odakyu 50000 series VSE
Odakyu 60000 series MSE (also from Kita-Senju)