is a railway station on the

Hakone Tozan Line The is a mountain railway in Japan operated by the Hakone Tozan Railway. The company belongs to the Odakyu Group, which also owns the Hakone Tozan Cable Car. The section of the line from Odawara Station to Hakone-Yumoto Station began operati ...

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, Japan.

Lines

Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the

from to , 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 is a junction and interchange railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is a gateway station to the Hakone ar ...

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Compa ...

Romancecar The is Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo, to mountain resorts such as Hakone and Gotemba (Mount Fuji), and beaches such as Odawara and Enoshima. When the service started in 19 ...

" limited express trains run between

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

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.

Platforms

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History

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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

. On June 1, 1919, a new electrified

funicular A funicular (, , ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite en ...

railway was opened from Hakone-Yumoto to , and the Hakone Tozan Railway (founded 1928) converted the Odawawa to Hakone-Yumoto tram line to a railway in 1935. Since 1950,

provides through services from

Shinjuku Station is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busiest rai ...

on its Odawara Line, by Limited Express "

" 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. *Bus stop No.1 (Izuhakone Bus) **"Z" line for Hakone Checkpoint ( Lake Ashi) via Miyanoshita,

Kowakidani Station is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 13.4 rail kilometers from the line's terminus at Odawara Station. History Kowakidani Station was opened on June 1, 1919. Lines * Hakone Tozan Ra ...

, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone (

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) **"J" line for Hakone-en ( Lake Ashi) via Miyanoshita,

, Kowaki-en,

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, Kojiri *Bus stop No.2 (Hakone Tozan Bus) **"H" line for Hakone Machi Ko ( Lake Ashi) via Miyanoshita,

, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone Ko (

: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise), Hakone Checkpoint *Bus stop No.3 (Hakone Tozan Bus) **"T" line for Togendai ( Lake Ashi: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise) via Miyanoshita, Venetian Glass Museum,

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(Transfer for

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and JR

Gotemba Station is a railway station on the Gotemba Line in the eastern part of the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It is one of the gateway stations to Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes (including L ...

; a gateway station for

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and

Fuji Five Lakes is the name of the area located at the base of Mount Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan. It has a population of about 100,000 and sits about above sea level. The name Fuji Five Lakes comes from the fact that there are five lakes formed by ...

, including

Lake Kawaguchi is located in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in southern Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the second largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in terms of surface area, and is located at the lowest elevation. It is situated at an altitude of ...

and

Lake Yamanaka is located in the village of Yamanakako in Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan. Lake Yamanaka is the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in surface area and the highest in elevation. It is the third highest lake in Japan, with a mean surf ...

), Kawamukai (The Little Prince and Saint-Exupéry Museum), Senkyoro-mae (Transfer for

Pola Museum of Art is located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in September 2002 within Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. It houses the collection of over 9,500 works acquired by the former head of the Pola cosmetics group, including many works of Fr ...

), Sengoku-kogen (Pampas grass viewing spot) *Bus stop No.4 **"K" line for Moto Hakone Ko (

: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise) via Hatajuku (Hakone Tozan Bus) **"D" line for

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via

Yokohama Station is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year. Lines Yokohama Station is served by the ...

(Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus & Keikyu Bus) *Bus stop No.5 (All buses) **for

*Bus stop No.6 (Hakone tozan Bus) **for

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via Miyanoshita,

and Chōkoku-no-Mori StationBus stop timetable No.6 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
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References

External links

Hakone Tozan Railway official website

Hakone Tozan Bus official website (Hakone Yumoto Station)

Hakone-Yumoto Station Map (Hakone Navi)
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