Odakyu Odawara Line

The Odakyū Odawara Line (小田急小田原線, Odakyū Odawara Sen^?) is the Odakyū Electric Railway's main section of railway line in Japan. It stretches 82.5km from Shinjuku in central Tokyo, through Tokyo's southwestern suburbs to the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a major commuter line and is also known for its Romance Car "limited express" train to popular resorts such as Hakone. From Yoyogi-Uehara some trains continue onto the Chiyoda Line and onto the Joban Line.

Odakyu services from Shinjuku heading towards Tama area or Enoshima use a section of the line before branching off onto their respective lines.

History

The first part of the line was opened on April 1, 1927.

Currently the section of line between Setagaya-Daita and Kitami is being upgraded from 2 to 4 tracks to improve capacity and separate local and express trains. This work involves moving the tracks to a new, raised viaduct to eliminate level-crossings, which has caused opposition among residents living near the line. Also, work on the section between Yoyogi-Uehara and Setagaya-Daita has not yet begun due to the complexity of construction and difficulties acquiring land around Shimo-Kitazawa, as a result of which this area remains a bottle-neck. The Shinjuku - Hakone route is included in Microsoft Train Simulator.

Romance Car Series 50000. The nickname of this train is "VSE."

Train Classification

Color	Classification	in Japanese	Runs between (mainly)	Through lines
	Limited Express	特急	Shinjuku and Odawara	Odakyu Enoshima, Tama, Hakone Tozan and Central JR Gotenba Lines
orange	Rapid Express	快速急行	Shinjuku and Odawara (Sagami-Ono)	Odakyu Enoshima Line
red	Express	急行	Shinjuku and Odawara	Odakyu Enoshima, Tama, Hakone Tozan, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda and JR East Joban Lines
pink	Tama Express	多摩急行	Yoyogi-Uehara and Shin-Yurigaoka	Tama, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda and JR East Joban Lines
green	Semi Express	準急	Shinjuku and Odawara (Hon-Atsugi)	Hakone Tozan Line
sky blue	Section Semi Express	区間準急	Shinjuku and Shin-Matsuda (Shin-Yurigaoka)	Odakyu Tama Line
blue	Local	各駅停車	Shinjuku and Odawara (Hon-Atsugi)	Odakyu Enoshima, Tama and Hakone Tozan Lines

• The "Romance Car" is the only "Limited Express" train.

Stations

It shows Limited Express Service in Odawara Line at Odakyu Electric Railway page.

Commuter Service

Station	in Japanese	km	total km	L	SSE	SE	TE	E	RE	Connect lines	Ward / City	Prefecture
Shinjuku	新宿	-	0.0	+	+	+	runs through Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line	+	+	East JR: Yamanote Line, Chūō Main Line (Rapid and LTD Express), Chūō-Sōbu Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line(M-08) Toei Subway: ○Toei Shinjuku Line(S-01), ○Toei Ōedo Line(E-27, Shinjuku-Nishiguchi: E-01) Keio Electric Railway: Keio Line,Keio New Line	Shinjuku Ward	Tokyo
Minami-Shinjuku	南新宿	0.8	0.8	+	｜	｜		｜	｜		Shibuya Ward
Sangūbashi	参宮橋	0.7	1.5	+	｜	｜		｜	｜
Yoyogi-Hachiman	代々木八幡	1.2	2.7	+	｜	｜		｜	｜
Yoyogi-Uehara	代々木上原	0.8	3.5	+	+	+	+	+	+	Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line(C-01) All Tama Express, a part of Experss and Semi Express run through to/from Ayase on Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line or Toride on East JR Joban Line via Chiyoda Line
Higashi-Kitazawa	東北沢	0.7	4.2	+	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Setagaya Ward
Shimo-Kitazawa	下北沢	0.7	4.9	+	+	+	+	+	+	Keio Line:Keio Inokashira Line
Setagaya-Daita	世田谷代田	0.7	5.6	+	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
Umegaoka	梅ヶ丘	0.7	6.3	+	+	｜	｜	｜	｜
Gōtokuji	豪徳寺	0.7	7.0	+	+	｜	｜	｜	｜	Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway :Tokyu Setagaya Line (at Yamashita Station)
Kyōdō	経堂	1.0	8.0	+	+	*	+	*	｜
Chitose-Funabashi	千歳船橋	1.2	9.2	+	+	｜	｜	｜	｜
Soshigaya-Okura	祖師ヶ谷大蔵	1.4	10.6	+	+	｜	｜	｜	｜
Seijōgakuen-Mae	成城学園前	1.0	11.6	+	+	+	+	+	｜
Kitami	喜多見	1.1	12.7	+	+	｜	｜	｜	｜
Komae	狛江	1.1	13.8	+	+	｜	｜	｜	｜		Komae
Izumi-Tamagawa	和泉多摩川	0.6	14.4	+	+	｜	｜	｜	｜
Noborito	登戸	0.8	15.2	+	+	+	+	+	｜	East JR: Nanbu Line	Tama Ward, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
Mukōgaoka-Yūen	向ヶ丘遊園	0.6	15.8	+	+	+	｜	+	｜
Ikuta	生田	2.1	17.9	+	+	+	｜	｜	｜
Yomiuri-Land-Mae	読売ランド前	1.3	19.2	+	+	+	｜	｜	｜
Yurigaoka	百合ヶ丘	1.3	20.5	+	+	+	｜	｜	｜		Asao Ward, Kawasaki
Shin-Yurigaoka	新百合ヶ丘	1.0	21.5	+	+	+	+	+	+	Odakyu Tama Line All of Tama Express and a part of Express, Sectional Semi Express and Local trains run through to/from Karakida on Tama Line
Kakio	柿生	1.9	23.4	+	+	+	run through Odakyu Tama Line	｜	｜
Tsurukawa	鶴川	1.7	25.1	+	+	+		｜	｜		Machida	Tokyo
Tamagawagakuen-Mae	玉川学園前	2.8	27.9	+	+	+		｜	｜
Machida	町田	2.9	30.8	+	+	+		+	+	East JR: Yokohama Line
Sagami-Ono	相模大野	1.5	32.3	+	+	+		+	+	Odakyu Enoshima Line Almost of Rapid Express, a part of Express and Local train run through to/from Katase Enoshima on Enoshima line	Sagamihara	Kanagawa
Odakyū-Sagamihara	小田急相模原駅	2.4	34.7	+	+	+		｜	｜
Sōbudai-Mae	相武台前	2.2	36.9	+	+	+		｜	｜		Zama
Zama	座間	2.3	39.2	+	+	+		｜	｜
Ebina	海老名	3.3	42.5	+	+	+		+	+	East JR: Sagami Line Sagami Railway: Sagami Railway Main Line	Ebina
Atsugi	厚木	1.6	44.1	+	+	+		｜	｜	East JR: Sagami Line
Hon-Atsugi	本厚木	1.3	45.4	+	+	+		+	+	(the remaining Chiyoda Line through trains terminate here.)	Atsugi
Aikō-Ishida	愛甲石田	3.1	48.5	+	+	+		+	+
Isehara	伊勢原	3.7	52.2	+	+	+		+	+		Isehara
Tsurumaki-Onsen	鶴巻温泉	3.7	55.9	+	+	+		+	+		Hadano
Tōkaidaigaku-Mae	東海大学前	1.1	57.0	+	+	+		+	+
Hadano	秦野	4.7	61.7	+	+	+		+	+
Shibusawa	渋沢	3.9	65.6	+	+	+		+	+
Shin-Matsuda	新松田	6.2	71.8	+	+	+		+	+	Central JR: Gotenba Line (as Matsuda, 3 minutes on foot)	Matsuda Town, Ashigarakami District
Kaisei	開成	2.5	74.3	+		+		*	｜		Kaisei Town, Ashigarakami
Kayama	栢山	1.9	76.2	+		+		*	｜		Odawara
Tomizu	富水	1.6	77.8	+		+		*	｜
Hotaruda	螢田	1.4	79.2	+		+		*	｜
Ashigara	足柄	1.6	80.8	+		+		*	｜
Odawara	小田原	1.7	82.5	+		+		+	+	Central JR: Tōkaidō Shinkansen East JR: Tōkaidō Main Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Hakone-Tozan Railway: Hakone Tozan Line Izu-Hakone Railway: Daiyuzan Line (Many Express trains continue onto Hakone-yumoto on the Hakone Tozan Line)

marks	trains
"+"	stops
"*"	some trains stop
"|"	does not stop

External links

• Route map with English transliteration