Daiyūzan Line

Daiyūzan Line (大雄山線)
File:Izuhakone 5502.jpg Type 5000 train of Izu Hakone Daiyūzan Line
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kanto region
Termini	Odawara Daiyūzan
Stations	12
Operation
Opened	1925
Owner	Izuhakone Railway
Technical
Line length	9.6 km (6.0 mi)
No. of tracks	single
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 VDC overhead catenary

Daiyuzan Line
Legend Tōkaidō Main Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Hakone Tozan Line Odawara Streetcar (defunct) 0.0 Odawara Shin-Odawaraclosed 1935 0.4 Midorichō Sagami-Hirokojiclosed 1935 1.4 Isaida Minamiashigara 2.3 Gohyakurakan Odakyū Odawara Line 3.1 Anabe 4.3 Iidaoka 5.0 Sagami-Numata 6.0 Iwahara 6.3 Tsukahara 8.2 Wadagahara 9.1 Fujifilm-Mae 9.6 Daiyūzan

The Daiyūzan Line (大雄山線, Daiyūzan-sen) is a commuter railway line of the Izuhakone Railway, a private railroad in Japan. The line connects Odawara Station in the city of Odawara to the Daiyūzan Station in the city of Minamiashigara, both within Kanagawa Prefecture.

History

The Daiyūzan Line was originally built to carry pilgrims from Odawara city to the Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple of Saijō-ji (最乗寺), more popularly known by its mountain name of "Daiyūzan". As originally planned, the line was to have extended to Yamakita, where it would have connected to the Gotemba Line. Construction began on June 2, 1922. The first phase of construction, connecting Kari-Odawara Station (仮小田原駅) with Daiyūzan Station was completed on October 15, 1925. The terminal station was moved from Kari-Odawara to Shin-Odawara Station on April 10, 1927 and finally to Odawara Station on June 16, 1935, at which time both Kari-Odawara and Shin-Odawara stations were closed. The Daiyūzan Line was merged with the Sunzu Line on August 23, 1941, and became part of the Izuhakone Railway in June 1957. From November 25, 1976, the power rating on the line was raised from 600 Volts to 1500 Volts. Automatic wicket gates were installed on all stations by 2003 and were upgraded to accept both the Suica and PASMO IC Card systems by 2007.

Stations

No.	Station	in Japanese	km	from Odawara	Transfer Lines	Location
ID01	Odawara	小田原駅	-	0.0	JR East: Tōkaidō Main Line JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Odakyu Electric Railway: Odawara Line Hakone Tozan Railway: Hakone Tozan Line	Odawara Kanagawa Prefecture
ID02	Midorichō	緑町駅	0.4	0.4
ID03	Isaida	井細田駅	1.0	1.4
ID04	Gohyakurakan	五百羅漢駅	0.9	2.3
ID05	Anabe	穴部駅	0.8	3.1
ID06	Iidaoka	飯田岡駅	1.2	4.3
ID07	Sagami-Numata	相模沼田駅	0.7	5.0		Minamiashigara Kanagawa Prefecture
ID08	Iwahara	岩原駅	1.0	6.0
ID09	Tsukahara	塚原駅	0.3	6.3
ID10	Wadagahara	和田河原駅	1.9	8.2
ID11	Fujifilm-Mae	富士フイルム前駅	0.9	9.1
ID12	Daiyūzan	大雄山駅	0.5	9.6

Line Data

• Length: 9.6 km
• Track gauge: 1,067 mm
• Number of stations: 12 (including termini)
• Power supply: 1,500 VDC overhead catenary
• Tracks: single track
• Block Signal: Automatic Block Signal

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Izuhakone Railway home page (Japanese)