Hakone Tozan Line

The Hakone Tozan Railway is a private railway company in Japan, and it was opened in 1900. It is best known
for its operation of the Hakone Tozan Line, the first mountain railway in Japan. It also operates the connecting
Hakone Tozan Cable Car. The Hakone Tozan Line consists of two sections: a lower section from Odawara to
Hakone-Yumoto, and an upper section from Hakone-Yumoto to Gora. At Gora, a cable car is available to transfer
visitors to and from Lake Ashinoko.

箱根登山鉄道は、1900年に開業した日本初の登山鉄道で、箱根登山ケーブルカーも運行しています。箱根登山線は、
小田原から箱根湯本までの区間と、箱根湯本から強羅までの区間の2つの区間で構成されています。強羅では、
ケーブルカーが芦ノ湖へ連絡運行しています。


Lower section・・Between Odawara and Hakone-Yumoto stations


(L) Komine Tunnel, 286 m: There is the Odawara Castle in the right upper hill.　小峰トンネル 286m：右上の丘の上に小田原城があります。
(R) Odawara Station premises: Hakone Tozan Railway and JR Toukaidou Line　小田原駅構内：箱根登山鉄道・JR東海道線

(L) Hakone Tozan Railway runs in parallel to JR Tokaido Line.　箱根登山鉄道はJR東海道本線と並行して走っています
(M) An overpass across Highway No.1　国道1号線を横断する高架橋
(R) A dual gauge from Hakone-Yumoto station is terminated at Iriuda Station. 箱根湯本駅からの狭軌と標準軌の併用は入生田駅で終了する

A super-express Odakyu train is running on the railway near Hakone-Yumoto station. 箱根湯本駅付近を走行する小田急の特急電車

This scene is the area between Hakone-Yumoto and Iriuda stations. 箱根湯本駅から入生田駅の間

(L) Hakone-Yumoto area　箱根湯本エリア
(R) Super-express 50000 that is parked at Hakone-Yumoto Station.箱根湯本駅に停車中の特急50000系


Upper section ・・Between Hakone-Yumoto and Gora stations


Hakone-Yumoto station 箱根湯本駅

A landsat picture: Red-line represents Hakone Tozan Railway, serving Odawara and Gora.
Orange line represents a cable car, serving Gora and Sohunzan.
Green line represents a ropeway between Sohunzan and Togendai, Lake Ashinoko.
ランドサット画像：赤い線は小田原と強羅を結ぶ箱根登山鉄道を表しています。
オレンジ色の線は強羅と早春山を結ぶケーブルカーを表しています。
緑の線は早春山と芦ノ湖の桃源台を結ぶロープウェイを表しています
Source: Wikipedia

(L) A construction work near Hakone-Yumoto station　箱根湯本駅付近の工事現場
(R) The opening ceremony was held in April 1900.　1900年4月に開通式が行われた　

(L) The start of Hakone Tozan Railway　箱根登山鉄道箱根湯本駅
(R) A 3000 series car on the 8% gradient near Hakone-Yumoto Station 箱根湯本駅付近の勾配8％を走る3000系車両

Hayakawa Bridge 早川橋梁

Natural forest spreading under the iron bridge over Hayakawa 早川にかかる鉄橋の下に広がる自然林

(L) Fukazawa Zeniarai Benten at Platforms of Tohnosawa Station 塔ノ沢駅ホームの深沢銭洗弁天
(R) Hayakawa Bridge and tunnel　早川鉄橋とトンネル

(L) Hayakawa Bridge under construction 建設中の早川橋梁 ( Wikipedia )
(R) A tunnel, that is attached to the platforms of Tohnosawa Station. 塔ノ沢駅のホームに併設されたトンネル

Three switchback stops help a train in climbing a steep slope in a mountainous region.
3 つのスイッチバック停車駅は、列車が山岳地帯の急な坂を登るのに役立ちます。
Hakone Tozan railway tracks have three switch-back sites to climb a mountainous slope.
箱根登山鉄道の線路には、山の斜面を登るためのスイッチバック箇所が3箇所あります

(L) A view from the Kami-Ohiradai switchback 上大平台スイッチバックからの眺望　
(R) Tunnel near the Ohiradai Station 大平台近くのトンネル

(L) Kami-Ohiradai switchback 上大平台スイッチバック
(R) A sharp gradient, R55, between Miyanoshita and Ohiradai stations 宮ノ下駅と大平台駅間の急勾配

(L) Ohiradai Station is the station to provide a train to switch back. 大平台駅はスイッチバック列車が発着する駅
(R) A steep slope of 80‰, gradient index is 80 mule, the maximum throughout Japan. 80‰の急勾配、勾配指数80μmは日本最大

Kami-Ohiradai signal station 上大平台信号駅

(L) The 3000-Allegra type train is running downhill with the steep slope of 80‰ 3000系アレグラ形電車がスイッチバック信号場へ進入中
(R) The 2000-St.Moritz type Hakone Tozan Railway train is running between gregarious hydrangea.
箱根登山鉄道2000系サンモリッツ号がアジサイの群落の中を走っています

Hakone Tozan railway track runs through the mountainous area. 箱根登山鉄道の線路が山岳地帯を通っています

Hakone Tozan railway track runs through the mountainous area.

Hakone Tozan railway track runs through the mountainous area.

(L) Kami-Ohiradai signal station　上大平台信号駅
(R) The 3000-Allegra type train is entering to the switchback signal station.　3000系アレグラ形列車がスイッチバック信号場へ進入中

Miyanoshita Station 宮ノ下駅

(L) Train is approaching to Miyanoshita station. 電車が宮ノ下駅に近づいています
(R) On the maximum curve of radius 30m, vehicle of the first and last pert of the 3-car trains will create an angle of about 120 degrees.
半径30mの最大カーブでは、3両編成の先頭車両と最後尾車両が約120度の角度をつくります

(L) A 3000-Allegra train for Goura is leaving at Ohiradai Station after a switchback stop　
3000系アレグラ号がスイッチバック停車後、大平台駅を出発する
(R) Hakone-Tozan Railway track between Goura and kowakudani stations
箱根登山鉄道の強羅駅と小涌谷駅間の線路

1000-Brnina2 Hakone Tozan Railway train at Goura Station is ready to leave for Hakone-Yumoto at Goura Station.
強羅駅に停車中の箱根登山鉄道1000系2編成は、強羅駅で箱根湯本に向けて出発する準備
Each vehicle has two water tanks of 350 liter to run a very sharp railway track.
非常に急な線路を走行するために、各車両には 350 リットルの水タンクが 2 つ搭載されています

Goura: The upper terminal station of Hakone Tozan Railway 強羅：箱根登山鉄道の終着駅


This is the only mountain railway in Japan. The train departs from Hakone-Yumoto station (at 108 m above sea level)
and takes about 40 minutes to arrive at the final stop, Gora station (at 553 m above sea level). On the way up,
there are switchbacks, where the driver and the conductor change shifts and the train switch to reversed travel
direction.

これは日本で唯一の登山鉄道です。箱根湯本駅（標高108m）を出発し、終点の強羅駅（標高553m）まで約40分で到着します。
途中には、運転士と車掌が交代し、列車が逆方向に走行するスイッチバック区間があります。


　Odakyu Railway

　Yoshiike Ryokan

　Goura Park

　 Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Hakone

　Hakone Highland Hotel

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Railway Travel around the World　世界鉄道旅行
　　All railway trains should be completely smoke -free.


箱根登山鉄道
執筆　医学博士　宮本順伯
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The article was written and photography was taken in April 2016, and revised in April 2017,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Photographs were added in October 2016 and April 2017.
Copyright (C) 2016 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.

Hakone Cable Car, Ropeway and Lake Ashinoko