Operated by Hakone Tozan Railway Distance 6.1 km from Odawara Connections Bus terminal Opened 1 October 1919 | Line(s) Hakone Tozan Line Tracks 4 Address Japan | |
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Location 707-1 Yumoto Shiraishishita, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa-ken
Japan Similar Gōra Station, Lake Ashi, Odawara Station, Ōwakudani, Tōgendai Station | ||
Hakone-Yumoto Station (箱根湯本駅, Hakone-Yumoto-eki) is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Lines
Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line from Odawara to Gōra, 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.
History
Hakone-Yumoto station opened on October 1, 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 Gōra, 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 servicea from Shinjuku Station on its Odawara Line, by Limited Express "Romancecar" and Express (commuter trains). After March 15, 2008, Odakyu discontinued normal Express services on the Hakone Tozan Line. A new station building was completed in 2009.
Bus services
Buses are operated by several companies.