The is a private railway company in Japan, part of the
Odakyu Group
The is a group of companies centered around the Odakyu Electric Railway company which is based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The group originated as a rail transport operator, but now also has diverse operations such as in real estate, retail, B2B, ...
. It is best known for its operation of 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 ...
, the first
mountain railway
A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountainous region. It may operate through the mountains by following mountain valleys and tunneling beneath mountain passes, or it may climb a mountain to provide transport to and from the sum ...
in Japan, but like most Japanese railway companies, also operates bus service, namely Hakone Tozan Bus. It also operates the connecting
Hakone Tozan Cable Car
The , officially the , is a funicular railway in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by , who also operate the Hakone Tozan mountain railway line. The company belongs to the Odakyū Group.
The funicular links Gōra, t ...
.
The Hakone Tozan Line consists of two sections: a lower section from to , and an upper section from Hakone-Yumoto to . At Gōra, a
cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems:
* Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable
** Aerial tramway
** Chairlift
** Gondola lift
*** Bi ...
is available to transfer visitors to and from
Lake Ashi
, also referred to as Hakone Lake or Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshū, Japan. It is a crater lake that lies along the southwest wall of the caldera of Mount Hakone, a complex volcano that last ...
.
See also
*
Rhaetian Railway
The Rhaetian Railway (german: Rhätische Bahn; it, Ferrovia retica; rm, Viafier retica), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB ...
, A Swiss mountain railway network, twinning railway with Hakone Tozan Railway.
References
External links
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Hakone Tozan Railway guide(in English)
Hakone, Kanagawa
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