Hakone-Yumoto Station

Hakone-Yumoto Station 箱根湯本駅
Station entrance, June 2009
Location	707-1 Yumoto Shiraishishita, Hakone, Ashigarashimo, Kanagawa （神奈川県足柄下郡箱根町湯本白石下707-1） Japan
Operated by	Hakone Tozan Railway
Line(s)	Hakone Tozan Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1919

Hakone-Yumoto Station (箱根湯本駅 Hakone-Yumoto-eki) is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. It is 6.1 rail kilometers from the line's official starting point at Odawara Station.

Lines

Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line from Odawara to Gōra, although all Hakone Tozan Line trains start from this station, and only Odakyu services operate between Hakone-Yumoto and Odawara. The limited express train "Romancecar" runs between Shinjuku and this station, operated by Odakyu.

Station layout

The station has one bay platform and two side platforms serving four tracks. There are some shops, information center for sightseeing and hotel reservations, and bus terminal also in front of the station.

Platforms

1	■ Hakone Tozan Line	limited express trains for Odawara Odakyu Odawara Line for Machida and Shinjuku Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-Senju
2	■ Hakone Tozan Line	local trains for Odawara Odakyu Odawara Line for Shin-Matsuda and Shinjuku
3	■ Hakone Tozan Line	for Gōra
4	■ Hakone Tozan Line	extra

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hakone Tozan Line
Odawara		Limited Express		Terminus
Iriuda		Local		Terminus
Terminus		Local		Tōnosawa

History

Hakone-Yumoto Station in 1919

The station forecourt in 2005 before remodelling

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

Since 1950, Odakyu Electric Railway provides through servicea from Shinjuku Station on its Odawara Line, by Limited Express "Romancecar" 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 (Izu Hakone Bus)
  • "J" line for Kojiri via Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Owakudani
  • "Z" line for Hakone Checkpoint via Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone
• Bus stop No.2 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
  • "H" line for Hakone Machi (Lake Ashi) via Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, 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, Sengoku (Transfer for Gotemba Premium Outlets and JR Gotemba Station; a gateway station for Mount Fuji and Fuji Five Lakes, including Lake Kawaguchi and Lake Yamanaka), Kawamukai (The Little Prince and Saint-Exupéry Museum), Senkyoro-mae (Transfer for Pola Museum of Art), Sengoku-kogen (Pampas grass viewing spot)
• Bus stop No.4
  • "K" line for Hatajuku (Hakone Tozan Bus)
  • "D" line for Haneda Airport via Yokohama Station (Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus & Keikyu Bus)
• Bus stop No.5 (All buses)
  • for Odawara Station

External links

• Hakone Tozan Railway official website
• Hakone Tozan Bus official website (Hakone Yumoto Station)
• Bus stop timetable No.2
• Bus stop timetable No.3
• Hakone-Yumoto Station Map (Hakone Navi)

Coordinates: 35°14′0.70″N 139°6′14.07″E / 35.2335278°N 139.1039083°E