Hakone-Yumoto Station Explained

Hakone-Yumoto Station
Native Name:	箱根湯本駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	707-1 Yumoto Shiraishishita, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa-ken
Country:	Japan
Operator:	Odakyu Electric Railway Odakyu Hakone
Line:	Hakone Tozan Line
Distance:	6.1 km from
Tracks:	4
Connections:	Bus terminal
Opened:	1 October 1919
Rebuilt:	2009
Map Type:	Japan
Map Dot Label:	Hakone-Yumoto Station

is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.

Lines

Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line from to, although all Hakone Tozan Line trains start from this station, and only Odakyu services operate between Hakone-Yumoto and Odawara. The station lies 6.1 kilometers from the line's official starting point at Odawara Station. Odakyu Electric Railway "Romancecar" limited express trains run between Shinjuku and this station.

Station layout

The station has four tracks. There are some shops, information center for sightseeing and hotel reservations, and bus terminal also in front of the station.

Platforms

History

Hakone-Yumoto station opened on 1 October 1888, as "Odawara Horse-drawn Railway" terminal Yumoto Station, from Kōzu Station (on the Tokaido Main Line), via Odawara Station. On June 1, 1919, a new electrified funicular railway was opened from Hakone-Yumoto to, and the Hakone Tozan Railway (founded 1928) converted the Odawawa to Hakone-Yumoto tram line to a railway in 1935.

Since 1950, Odakyu Electric Railway provides through services from Shinjuku Station on its Odawara Line, by Limited Express "Romancecar" and Express (commuter trains). After 15 March 2008, Odakyu discontinued normal Express services on the Hakone Tozan Line. A new station building was completed in 2009.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Hakone-Yumoto being assigned station number OH51.^{[1] [2]}

On 1 April 2024, operations of the station under the Hakone Tozan Railway was transferred to the aegis of Odakyu Hakone resulting from restructuring of Odakyu Group operations in the Hakone area.^[3]

Bus services

Buses are operated by several companies.

• Bus stop No.1 (Izuhakone Bus)
  • "Z" line for Hakone Checkpoint (Lake Ashi) via Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone (Hakone Shrine)^[4]
  • "J" line for Hakone-en (Lake Ashi) via Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Ōwakudani, Kojiri^[5]
• Bus stop No.2 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
  • "H" line for Hakone Machi Ko (Lake Ashi) via Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone Ko (Hakone Shrine: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise), Hakone Checkpoint^[6]
• Bus stop No.3 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
  • "T" line for Togendai (Lake Ashi: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise) via Miyanoshita, Venetian Glass Museum, Sengoku (Transfer for Gotemba Premium Outlets and JR Gotemba Station; a gateway station for Mount Fuji and Fuji Five Lakes, including Lake Kawaguchi and Lake Yamanaka), Kawamukai (The Little Prince and Saint-Exupéry Museum), Senkyoro-mae (Transfer for Pola Museum of Art), Sengoku-kogen (Pampas grass viewing spot)^[7]
• Bus stop No.4
  • "K" line for Moto Hakone Ko (Hakone Shrine: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise) via Hatajuku (Hakone Tozan Bus)^[8]
  • "D" line for Haneda Airport via Yokohama Station (Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus & Keikyu Bus)^[9]
• Bus stop No.5 (All buses)
  • for Odawara Station^[10]
• Bus stop No.6 (Hakone tozan Bus)
  • for Gora Station via Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station and Chōkoku-no-Mori Station^[11]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Hakone Tozan Railway in english
• Hakone Tozan site (Hakone Yumoto Station Train/Bus)
• Hakone-Yumoto Station in english
• Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus
• Izuhakone Bus in english

35.2335°N 139.1039°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: 24 December 2013 . 2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！ . From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially! . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026092741/http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/8052_1284200_.pdf . 26 October 2022 . 9 January 2023 . odakyu.jp . ja.
2. Web site: Kusamichi . Yoshikazu . 28 December 2013 . 小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入 . Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200622180450/https://response.jp/article/2013/12/28/213984.html . 22 June 2020 . 10 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.
3. Web site: Odakyu Hakone Holdings Co., Ltd. . 24 January 2024 . 小田急箱根グループの組織再編に関するお知らせ . Notice regarding reorganization of Odakyu Hakone Group . Japanese.
4. http://www.izuhakone.co.jp/file/bus_odawara_motohakone_en20191001.pdf Bus stop timetable No.1 (Z line, Izuhakone Bus)
5. http://www.izuhakone.co.jp/file/bus_odawara_kojiri_en20191001.pdf Bus stop timetable No.1 (J line, Izuhakone Bus)
6. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-10122-001001.pdf Bus stop timetable No.2 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
7. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-10122-003001.pdf Bus stop timetable No.3 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
8. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191001-10122-004001.pdf Bus stop timetable No.4 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
9. https://www.odakyu-hakonehighway.co.jp/common/pdf/english.pdf Highway bus timetable (Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus)
10. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-10122-002001.pdf Bus stop timetable No.5 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
11. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-10122-009001.pdf Bus stop timetable No.6 (Hakone Tozan Bus)