Hakone-Yumoto Station

infobox japan station
name=箱根湯本
namerom=Hakone-Yumoto

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caption=Hakone-Yumoto Station (front)
pref=Kanagawa
district=Ashigarashimo
town=Hakone
address=Yumoto
jaloc=神奈川県足柄下郡箱根町湯本
open=Feb 21, 1888
line=Hakone Tozan Line
operator=Hakone Tozan Railway
bus=t2

Hakone-Yumoto Station (箱根湯本駅) is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

History

Hakone-Yumoto station was opened on Feb 21, 1888, as "Odawara Horse-drawn Railway" terminal "Yumoto Station", from Kōzu Station (Tōkaidō Main Line), via Odawara Station. On Jun 1, 1919, new electrified funicular railway was opened from Hakone-Yumoto to Gōra Station, and Hakone Tozan Railway (founded 1928) changed its tram line, Odawawa - Hakone-Yumoto, to railway in 1935.

Since 1950, Odakyū Electric Railway takes through service from Shinjuku Station on its Odawara Line, by Limited Express "Romancecar" and Express (commuter cars), on triple gauge, 1067mm (Odakyū) and 1435mm (Hakone Tozan). After Mar 15, 2008, Odakyū quits normal Express service in Hakone Tozan Line, and its Local trains run from/to Shin-Matsuda Station.

At Mar 18, 2006, Hakone Tozan Railway made all of trains at Hakone-Yumoto station as its terminus. Now, its local trains run only from Hakone-Yumoto to Gōra.

Lines

*Hakone Tozan Railway
**Hakone Tozan Line

Building

The station has one bay platform and two side platforms and four tracks. There are some shops, information center for sightseeing and reservation of hotels, and bus terminal also in front of the station. And, Hakone-Yumoto station is one of the base places for many travelers.

Platforms

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Adjacent stations

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