Odakyu Odawara Line
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The is the Odakyū Electric Railway's main section of railway line in Japan. It stretches 82.5km from Shinjuku in central Tokyo, through Tokyo's southwestern suburbs to the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a major commuter line and as well as being known for its Romance Car "limited express" train to popular resorts such as Hakone. From Yoyogi-Uehara some trains continue onto the Chiyoda Line and onto the Joban Line.
Odakyu services from Shinjuku heading towards Tama area or Enoshima use a section of the line before branching off onto their respective lines.
History
The first part of the line was opened on April 1, 1927.
Currently the section of line between Setagaya-Daita and Kitami is being upgraded from 2 to 4 tracks to improve capacity and separate local and express trains. This work involves moving the tracks to a new, raised viaduct to eliminate level-crossings, which has caused opposition among residents living near the line. Also, work on the section between Yoyogi-Uehara and Setagaya-Daita has not yet begun due to the complexity of construction and difficulties acquiring land around Shimo-Kitazawa, as a result of which this area remains a bottle-neck.
Stations
- Shinjuku
- Minami-shinjuku
- Sangūbashi
- Yoyogi-hachiman
- Yoyogi-uehara (trains to/from Ayase on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line or Toride on East JR Joban Line branch off / join the line here.)
- Higashi-kitazawa
- Shimo-kitazawa
- Setagaya-daita
- Umegaoka
- Gōtokuji
- Kyōdō
- Chitose-funabashi
- Soshigaya-ōkura
- Seijōgakuen-mae
- Kitami
- Komae
- Izumi-tamagawa
- Noborito
- Mukōgaoka-yūen
- Ikuta
- Yomiuri-land-mae
- Yurigaoka
- Shin-yurigaoka (Odakyu Tama Line branches off here. Most through trains from Chiyoda Line head off towards Tama.)
- Kakio
- Tsurukawa
- Tamagawagakuen-mae
- Machida
- Sagami-ōno (Odakyu Enoshima Line branches off here.)
- Odakyū-sagamihara
- Sōbudai-mae
- Zama
- Ebina
- Atsugi
- Hon-atsugi (the remaining Chiyoda Line through trains terminate here.)
- Aikō-ishida
- Isehara
- Tsurumaki-onsen
- Tōkaidaigaku-mae
- Hadano
- Shibusawa
- Shin-matsuda (Limited Express Asagiri trains branch off just before this station towards Numazu on Central JR Gotemba Line)
- Kaisei
- Kayama
- Tomizu
- Hotaruda
- Ashigara
- Odawara (Many Limited Express and express trains continue onto Hakone-yumoto on the Hakone-Tozan Line
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