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, 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 Joban Line.
Operation
[edit]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. Daytime service trains bound for: ‹See TfM›Odawara; ‹See TfM›Katase-Enoshima on the Enoshima Line; ‹See TfM›Hakone-Yumoto on the Hakone Tozan Railway; and ‹See TfM›Gotemba on the Central Japan Railway Company Gotemba Line.
- Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō) (RE)
- No extra charge. Services are for Odawara and ‹See TfM›Fujisawa on the Odakyu Enoshima Line all Rapid Express trains that are bound for ‹See TfM›Odawara terminates at ‹See TfM›Shin-Matsuda and becomes Express.
- Express (急行, kyūkō) (E)
- Services are for ‹See TfM›Karakida, as well as thrice-hourly service between Machida and Odawara.
- Semi Express (準急, junkyū) (SE)
- Most services are for ‹See TfM›Mukogaoka-yuen. All services run through on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Subway Line with some continuing on to the JR Joban Line.
- Local (各駅停車, kakueki teisha)
- Most services for ‹See TfM›Hon-Atsugi; others to ‹See TfM›Odawara, through to ‹See TfM›Katase-Enoshima and the Tama and Hakone Tozan lines. Also service between ‹See TfM›Odawara to ‹See TfM›Hakone-Yumoto
- Commuter Express (通勤急行, tsūkin-kyūkō) (CE)
- All services operate in the weekday morning for Shinjuku from Karakida on the Odakyu Tama Line.
- Commuter Semi Express (通勤準急, tsūkin-junkyū) (CS)
- All services operate from Hon-Atsugi to the Chiyoda Line during weekday mornings.
Stations
[edit]Notes:
- See the Romancecar article for information on Odakyu 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; ○ - On Weekdays, Outbound for Isehara Evening Rush Hour only.
- "CS" - Commuter Semi Express; "CE" - Commuter Express "SE" - Semi-Express; "E" - Express; "RE" - Rapid Express
No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | CS | CE | SE | E | RE | Transfers | Location | ||
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Between stations |
Total | |||||||||||
OH01 | ‹See TfM›Shinjuku | 新宿 | - | 0.0 | To Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line | ● | To Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line | ● | ● |
|
Shinjuku | Tokyo |
OH02 | ‹See TfM›Minami-Shinjuku | 南新宿 | 0.8 | 0.8 | | | | | | | Shibuya | ||||
OH03 | ‹See TfM›Sangūbashi | 参宮橋 | 0.7 | 1.5 | | | | | | | |||||
OH04 | ‹See TfM›Yoyogi-Hachiman | 代々木八幡 | 1.2 | 2.7 | | | | | | | |||||
Through to C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and JL Jōban Line: |
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OH05 | ‹See TfM›Yoyogi-Uehara | 代々木上原 | 0.8 | 3.5 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-01) | ||
OH06 | ‹See TfM›Higashi-Kitazawa | 東北沢 | 0.7 | 4.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Setagaya | ||
OH07 | ‹See TfM›Shimo-Kitazawa | 下北沢 | 0.7 | 4.9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | Keio Inokashira Line (IN05) | ||
OH08 | ‹See TfM›Setagaya-Daita | 世田谷代田 | 0.7 | 5.6 | | | | | | | | | | | |||
OH09 | ‹See TfM›Umegaoka | 梅ヶ丘 | 0.7 | 6.3 | | | | | | | | | | | |||
OH10 | ‹See TfM›Gōtokuji | 豪徳寺 | 0.7 | 7.0 | | | | | | | | | | | SG Tokyu Setagaya Line (‹See TfM›Yamashita (SG08)) | ||
OH11 | ‹See TfM›Kyōdō | 経堂 | 1.0 | 8.0 | ● | | | ● | ● | | | |||
OH12 | ‹See TfM›Chitose-Funabashi | 千歳船橋 | 1.2 | 9.2 | | | | | ● | | | | | |||
OH13 | ‹See TfM›Soshigaya-Ōkura | 祖師ヶ谷大蔵 | 1.4 | 10.6 | | | | | ● | | | | | |||
OH14 | ‹See TfM›Seijōgakuen-Mae | 成城学園前 | 1.0 | 11.6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | |||
OH15 | ‹See TfM›Kitami | 喜多見 | 1.1 | 12.7 | | | | | | | | | | | |||
OH16 | ‹See TfM›Komae | 狛江 | 1.1 | 13.8 | | | | | ● | | | | | Komae | ||
OH17 | ‹See TfM›Izumi-Tamagawa | 和泉多摩川 | 0.6 | 14.4 | | | | | | | | | | | |||
OH18 | ‹See TfM›Noborito | 登戸 | 0.8 | 15.2 | ● | | | ● | ● | ● | JN Nambu Line (JN14) | Tama-ku, Kawasaki | Kanagawa |
OH19 | ‹See TfM›Mukōgaoka-Yūen | 向ヶ丘遊園 | 0.6 | 15.8 | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | |||
OH20 | ‹See TfM›Ikuta | 生田 | 2.1 | 17.9 | ● | | | ○ | | | | | |||
OH21 | ‹See TfM›Yomiuri-Land-mae | 読売ランド前 | 1.3 | 19.2 | ● | | | ○ | | | | | |||
OH22 | ‹See TfM›Yurigaoka | 百合ヶ丘 | 1.3 | 20.5 | ● | | | ○ | | | | | Asao-ku, Kawasaki | ||
OH23 | ‹See TfM›Shin-Yurigaoka | 新百合ヶ丘 | 1.0 | 21.5 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | OT Odakyu Tama Line (through to ‹See TfM›Karakida from ‹See TfM›Shinjuku/Chiyoda Line) | ||
OH24 | ‹See TfM›Kakio | 柿生 | 1.9 | 23.4 | ● | To Tama Line | ○ | | | | | |||
OH25 | ‹See TfM›Tsurukawa | 鶴川 | 1.7 | 25.1 | ● | ○ | | | | | Machida | Tokyo | ||
OH26 | ‹See TfM›Tamagawagakuen-mae | 玉川学園前 | 2.8 | 27.9 | ● | ○ | | | | | ||||
OH27 | ‹See TfM›Machida | 町田 | 2.9 | 30.8 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | JH Yokohama Line (JH23) | |||
OH28 | ‹See TfM›Sagami-Ōno | 相模大野 | 1.5 | 32.3 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | OE Odakyu Enoshima Line (through to ‹See TfM›Katase-Enoshima from ‹See TfM›Shinjuku/‹See TfM›Machida) | Minami-ku, Sagamihara | Kanagawa | |
OH29 | ‹See TfM›Odakyū-Sagamihara | 小田急相模原 | 2.4 | 34.7 | ● | ○ | | | | | ||||
OH30 | ‹See TfM›Sōbudai-mae | 相武台前 | 2.2 | 36.9 | ● | ○ | | | | | Zama | |||
OH31 | ‹See TfM›Zama | 座間 | 2.3 | 39.2 | ● | ○ | | | | | ||||
OH32 | ‹See TfM›Ebina | 海老名 | 3.3 | 42.5 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ■ Sagami Line Sotetsu Main Line (SO18) |
Ebina | ||
OH33 | ‹See TfM›Atsugi | 厚木 | 1.6 | 44.1 | ● | ○ | | | | | ■ Sagami Line | |||
OH34 | ‹See TfM›Hon-Atsugi | 本厚木 | 1.3 | 45.4 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | Atsugi | |||
OH35 | ‹See TfM›Aikō-Ishida | 愛甲石田 | 3.1 | 48.5 | ○ | ● | ● | |||||
OH36 | ‹See TfM›Isehara | 伊勢原 | 3.7 | 52.2 | ○ | ● | ● | Isehara | ||||
OH37 | ‹See TfM›Tsurumaki-Onsen | 鶴巻温泉 | 3.7 | 55.9 | ● | ● | Hadano | |||||
OH38 | ‹See TfM›Tōkaidaigaku-mae | 東海大学前 | 1.1 | 57.0 | ● | ● | ||||||
OH39 | ‹See TfM›Hadano | 秦野 | 4.7 | 61.7 | ● | ● | ||||||
OH40 | ‹See TfM›Shibusawa | 渋沢 | 3.9 | 65.6 | ● | ● | ||||||
OH41 | ‹See TfM›Shin-Matsuda | 新松田 | 6.2 | 71.8 | ● | ● | Gotemba Line (‹See TfM›Matsuda (CB04)) | Matsuda, Ashigarakami District | ||||
OH42 | ‹See TfM›Kaisei | 開成 | 2.5 | 74.3 | | | | | Kaisei, Ashigarakami District | |||||
OH43 | ‹See TfM›Kayama | 栢山 | 1.9 | 76.2 | | | | | Odawara | |||||
OH44 | ‹See TfM›Tomizu | 富水 | 1.6 | 77.8 | | | | | ||||||
OH45 | ‹See TfM›Hotaruda | 螢田 | 1.4 | 79.2 | | | | | ||||||
OH46 | ‹See TfM›Ashigara | 足柄 | 1.6 | 80.8 | | | | | ||||||
OH47 | ‹See TfM›Odawara | 小田原 | 1.7 | 82.5 | ● | ● |
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History
[edit]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+1⁄2 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
[edit]- Setagaya-Daita Station: A 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge line electrified at 1,500 V DC operated to ‹See TfM›Shindaita on the Keio Inokashira Line between 1945 and 1952.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
- ^ Odakyu ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Odakyu) Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ^ https://www.odakyu.jp/rail/ (This reference represents all of the "Stations" section.
- ^ a b c d e f "会社小史・略年表" [Company brief history / abbreviation chronology]. Odakyu.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Ministry of Finance Japan. "Examples of FILP-target Projects: Construction Projects of Private Rail Lines (Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (Construction Account))". Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ^ Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency. "About JRTT: Urban Railways" (PDF). jrtt.co.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "小田急、代々木上原駅~梅ヶ丘駅間の複々線化で工事期間を2018年度まで延長" [Odakyu, extend the construction period until fiscal 2018 by a quadruple track between station and umegaoka station Yoyogi-Uehara]. Automotive Media Response. March 14, 2013. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official site (in English)
- Official site (in Japanese)
- Route map with English transliteration