is a terminal railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line as well as the

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, ...

, and is located in

Hakone is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had a population of 11,293 and a population density of 122 persons per km². The total area of the town is . The town is a popular tourist destination due to its many hot springs and views of ...

, Kanagawa, Japan. It is 15.0 km from the Hakone Tozan Line's southern terminus at Odawara Station. At an altitude of , it is the highest railway station in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Lines

Gōra Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line and also by the

Station layout

Gōra Station has two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a railway platform, platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or bus rapid transit, transitway. ...

s, which are staggered, so that they do not directly oppose each other.

History

Gōra Station was opened on June 1, 1919 as a station on the Hakone Tozan Line. The Hakone Tozan Cable Car began operations from December 1, 1921, but operations were suspended from February 11, 1944 through July 1, 1950. The present station building was opened on April 16, 1977.

Bus services

*Hakone Tozan Bus **Bus stop 1 *** for

Hakone Open-Air Museum The Hakone Open-Air Museum (箱根彫刻の森美術館, Hakone Choukoku no Mori Bijutsukan) is Japan's first pen-air museum opened in 1969 in Hakone in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It has collections of artworks made b ...

, Kowaki-en (transfer for Moto-Hakone ( Lake Ashi) direction), Yunessun, and Ten-yu **Bus stop 2 *** for Gora Park, Hakone Art Museum (

Kōen-Kami Station is a funicular railway station on the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line in the town of Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by Hakone Tozan Railway. Lines Kōen-Kami Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Cable Car, and ...

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 Fre ...

, The Little Prince and Saint-Exupéry Museum, Senkyoro-mae (transfer for Togendai ( Lake Ashi)), Hakone Venetian Glass Museum,

Sengoku The was a period in Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate. Variou ...

(transfer for 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 ...

and

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 busies ...

), and Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands **Bus stop 3 *** for Miyagino, Hakone Venetian Glass Museum,

(transfer for

), Otome Toge, Gotemba Premium Outlets, and JR

**Bus stop (Extra) *** for Hakone Yumoto Station via

Chōkoku-no-Mori Station is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 14.3 rail kilometers from the line's terminus at Odawara Station, named after Hakone Open-Air Museum. History Chōkoku-no-mori Station was opened ...

, Kowakidani Station,

Miyanoshita is an ''onsen'' in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The hot springs have been an attraction for tourists and pleasure-seekers for hundreds of years going back to the beginning of the Edo period. The town is sit ...

, and Ohiradai StationGora Station Bus stop (Extra) Timetable
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References

External links

Hakone Tozan Railway official website

Hakone Tozan Bus official website (Gora Station)

Gora Station Map (Hakone Navi)
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