Odakyū Odawara Line Explained

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Odakyū Odawara Line
Color:	00bfff
Type:	Commuter rail
Locale:	Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture
Start:	Shinjuku
End:	Odawara
Stations:	47
Daily Ridership:	1,493,451 (daily, 2010)^[1]
Owner:	Odakyu Electric Railway
Electrification:	(overhead line)
Signalling:	Automatic closed block
Trainprotection:	D-ATS-P
Website:	http://www.odakyu.jp/
Map State:	collapsed

The is the main line of Japanese private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. It extends 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

Destinations are from Shinjuku unless noted. English abbreviations are tentative for this article.

Collectively known as "Romancecar" services, there is an extra seat charge for limited express service. Daytime service trains bound for: ; on the Enoshima Line; on the Hakone Tozan Railway; and on the Central Japan Railway Company Gotemba Line.

No extra charge. Services are for Odawara and on the Odakyu Enoshima Line all Rapid Express trains that are bound for terminates at and becomes Express.

(E)

Services are for, as well as thrice-hourly service between Machida and Odawara.

(SE)

Most services are for . All services run through on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Subway Line with some continuing on to the JR Joban Line.

Most services for ; others to, through to and the Tama and Hakone Tozan lines. Also service between to

All services operate in the weekday morning for Shinjuku from Karakida on the Odakyu Tama Line.

(CS)

All services operate from Hon-Atsugi to the Chiyoda Line during weekday mornings.

Stations

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
No.	Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	CS	CE	SE	E	RE	Transfers	Location
		新宿	-	0.0	To Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line	●	To Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line	●	●		Shinjuku	Tokyo
		南新宿	0.8	0.8<		-- CS -->		｜<	-- CE -->	｜	｜		Shibuya
		参宮橋	0.7	1.5<		-- CS -->		｜<	-- CE -->	｜	｜
		代々木八幡	1.2	2.7<		-- CS -->		｜<	-- CE -->	｜	｜
Through to Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and Jōban Line:
		代々木上原	0.8	3.5	●	●	●	●	●	Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-01)
		東北沢	0.7	4.2	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Setagaya
		下北沢	0.7	4.9	●	●	●	●	●	Keio Inokashira Line (IN05)
		世田谷代田	0.7	5.6	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
		梅ヶ丘	0.7	6.3	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
		豪徳寺	0.7	7.0	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	Tokyu Setagaya Line ((SG08))
		経堂	1.0	8.0	●	｜	●	●	｜
		千歳船橋	1.2	9.2	｜	｜	●	｜	｜
		祖師ヶ谷大蔵	1.4	10.6	｜	｜	●	｜	｜
		成城学園前	1.0	11.6	●	●	●	●	｜
		喜多見	1.1	12.7	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
		狛江	1.1	13.8	｜	｜	●	｜	｜		Komae
		和泉多摩川	0.6	14.4	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Komae
		登戸	0.8	15.2	●	｜	●	●	●	Nambu Line (JN14)	Tama-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
		向ヶ丘遊園	0.6	15.8	●	●	●	●	｜
		生田	2.1	17.9	●	｜	○	｜	｜
		読売ランド前	1.3	19.2	●	｜	○	｜	｜
		百合ヶ丘	1.3	20.5	●	｜	○	｜	｜		Asao-ku, Kawasaki
		新百合ヶ丘	1.0	21.5	●	●	○	●	●	Odakyu Tama Line (through to from /Chiyoda Line)
		柿生	1.9	23.4	●	To Tama Line	○	｜	｜
		鶴川	1.7	25.1	●		○	｜	｜		Machida	Tokyo
		玉川学園前	2.8	27.9	●		○	｜	｜
		町田	2.9	30.8	●		○	●	●	Yokohama Line (JH23)
		相模大野	1.5	32.3	●		○	●	●	Odakyu Enoshima Line (through to from /)	Minami-ku, Sagamihara	Kanagawa
		小田急相模原	2.4	34.7	●		○	｜	｜		Minami-ku, Sagamihara
		相武台前	2.2	36.9	●		○	｜	｜		Zama
		座間	2.3	39.2	●		○	｜	｜		Zama
		海老名	3.3	42.5	●		○	●	●	Sagami Line Sotetsu Main Line (SO18)	Ebina
		厚木	1.6	44.1	●		○	｜	｜	Sagami Line	Ebina
		本厚木	1.3	45.4	●		○	●	●		Atsugi
		愛甲石田	3.1	48.5			○	●	●		Atsugi
		伊勢原	3.7	52.2			○	●	●		Isehara
		鶴巻温泉	3.7	55.9				●	●		Hadano
		東海大学前	1.1	57.0				●	●
		秦野	4.7	61.7				●	●
		渋沢	3.9	65.6				●	●
		新松田	6.2	71.8				●	●	Gotemba Line ((CB04))	Matsuda, Ashigarakami District
		開成	2.5	74.3				｜	｜		Kaisei, Ashigarakami District
		栢山	1.9	76.2				｜	｜		Odawara
		富水	1.6	77.8				｜	｜
		螢田	1.4	79.2				｜	｜
		足柄	1.6	80.8				｜	｜
		小田原	1.7	82.5				●	●

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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. Tokyu was broken up in 1948 and the line was transferred to the newly founded Odakyu Electric Railway Co.

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, the Odawara Line). 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. 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.

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

Setagaya-Daita Station: A gauge line electrified at 1,500 V DC operated to on the Keio Inokashira Line between 1945 and 1952.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

External links

Notes and References

http://www.train-media.net/report/1110/odakyu.pdf Odakyu ridership in 2010
https://www.odakyu.jp/rail/ (This reference represents all of the "Stations" section.
Web site: 会社小史・略年表 . Company brief history / abbreviation chronology . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430015003/https://www.odakyu.jp/company/history/ . 30 April 2021 . 16 July 2022 . Odakyu.co.jp . ja.
Web site: Examples of FILP-target Projects: Construction Projects of Private Rail Lines (Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (Construction Account)). Ministry of Finance Japan. February 25, 2014.
Web site: Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency . About JRTT: Urban Railways . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302193003/http://www.jrtt.go.jp/11English/pdf/AboutJrtt04.pdf . 2 March 2014 . 16 July 2022 . jrtt.co.jp.
News: March 14, 2013 . 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 . February 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220124034306/https://response.jp/article/2013/03/14/193643.html . 24 January 2022.