Odakyū Enoshima Line

"Enoshima Line" redirects here. Not to be confused with Shonan Monorail.

The Odakyū Enoshima Line (小田急江ノ島線, Odakyū Enoshima-sen) is a branch line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Odakyū Electric Railway in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture. The Enoshima Line branches from the Odawara Line at Sagami-Ōno, extending south to Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima, a distance of 27.6 km. It was completed with 13 stations on April 1, 1929.

Odakyu Enoshima Line
An Odakyu 1000 series EMU on the Enoshima Line in February 2012
Overview
Native name	江之島多摩線
Owner	Odakyu Electric Railway
Locale	Kanto region
Termini	Sagami-Ōno Katase-Enoshima
Stations	17
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	1 June 1974; 49 years ago (1 June 1974)
Technical
Line length	27.6 km (17.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)
Train protection system	D-ATS-P
Route map Legend - 0.0 Shinjuku Odawara Line 0.0 32.3 Sagami-Ōno 0.2 32.5 Sagami-Ōno junction Odawara 1.5 33.8 Higashi Rinkan Tōkyū: Den-en-toshi Line 3.0 35.3 Chūō Rinkan 4.5 36.8 Minami-Rinkan 5.1 37.4 Tsuruma Sōtetsu: Main Line 7.6 39.9 Yamato 9.8 42.1 Sakuragaoka 11.8 44.1 Kōza-Shibuya 14.0 46.3 Chōgo Sōtetsu: Izumino Line 15.8 48.1 Shōnandai Yokohama Subway: Blue Line 17.3 49.6 Mutsuai-Nichidai-Mae 19.7 52.0 Zengyō 21.3 53.6 Fujisawa-Honmachi JR East: Tōkaidō Main, 23.1 55.4 Shōnan-Shinjuku lines 23.1 55.4 Fujisawa Enoden 24.6 56.9 Hon-Kugenuma 25.9 58.2 Kugenuma-Kaigan Enoden: Enoshima 27.6 59.9 Katase-Enoshima Shonan Monorail: Shonan-Enoshima

As is also the case with the Odawara Line, as well as being a heavy commuter line the operator also offers, for an additional charge, limited express services to the popular scenic site of Enoshima. After the introduction of East Japan Railway Company's (JR East) Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, passengers between Fujisawa Station and Shinjuku Station have had an alternative to the Enoshima Line. Odakyū have responded since then to improve the frequencies of rapid through services to Shinjuku.

History

The Odawara Express Railway Co. opened the Sagami-Ōno - Fujisawa section in 1928, and extended the line to Katase-Enoshima, as well as duplicating the entire line, the following year. In 1943 the line was returned to single track and the steel rail recycled for the Japanese war effort. The line was re-duplicated in 1948/49.

In 1942, the company was forcibly merged by the government with Tokyu Corporation. Tokyu was broken up in 1948 and the line was transferred to the newly founded Odakyu Electric Railway Co.

Freight services operated on the line between 1944 and 1966.

Services

The Limited Express trains are named Enoshima and Homeway. Surcharges are required for rapid and seat reservation services with better accommodation of carriages. Rapid service is also offered. Express and Rapid Express services make more stops than Limited Express services, and are served by the same types of EMUs as Local trains without extra charge.

Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū)

Shinjuku and Katase-Enoshima

Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō)

Shinjuku and Fujisawa (only two are to/from Katase-Enoshima)

Express (急行, Kyūkō)

Shinjuku and Katase-Enoshima (some exceptions)

Local (各駅停車, Kakueki Teisha)

Machida or Sagami-Ōno (some from Shinjuku) and Katase-Enoshima

Stations

For Limited Express service, see Odakyu Electric Railway.

• All stations are located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Legend

• ● : All trains stop
• │ : All trains pass

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)			Express	Rapid Express	Transfers	Location
			Between Stations	Total (from Sagami-Ōno)	Total (from Shinjuku)
OH28	Sagami-Ōno	相模大野	-	0.0	32.2	●	●	OH Odakyū Odawara Line (Through Services for Shinjuku)	Minami-ku Sagamihara
OE01	Higashi-Rinkan	東林間	1.5	1.5	33.8	│	│
OE02	Chūō-Rinkan	中央林間	1.5	3.0	35.3	●	●	DT Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line (DT27)	Yamato
OE03	Minami-Rinkan	南林間	1.5	4.5	36.8	●	│
OE04	Tsuruma	鶴間	0.6	5.1	37.4	│	│
OE05	Yamato	大和	2.5	7.6	39.9	●	●	Sotetsu Main Line (SO14)
OE06	Sakuragaoka	桜ヶ丘	2.2	9.8	42.1	│	│
OE07	Kōza-Shibuya	高座渋谷	2.0	11.8	44.1	│	│
OE08	Chōgo	長後	2.2	14.0	46.3	●	│		Fujisawa
OE09	Shōnandai	湘南台	1.8	15.8	48.1	●	●	Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B01)   Sotetsu Izumino Line (SO37)
OE10	Mutsuai-Nichidaimae	六会日大前	1.5	17.3	49.6	│	│
OE11	Zengyō	善行	2.4	19.7	52.0	│	│
OE12	Fujisawa-Hommachi	藤沢本町	1.6	21.3	53.6	│	│
OE13	Fujisawa	藤沢	1.8	23.1	55.4	●	●	JT Tōkaidō Main Line (JT08)   Enoshima Electric Railway Line (EN01)
OE14	Hon-Kugenuma	本鵠沼	1.5	24.6	56.9	│	│
OE15	Kugenuma-Kaigan	鵠沼海岸	1.3	25.9	58.2	│	│
OE16	Katase-Enoshima	片瀬江ノ島	1.7	27.6	59.9	●	●	Enoshima Electric Railway Line (Enoshima Station (EN06))   Shonan Monorail Enoshima Line (Shōnan-Enoshima Station (SMR8))

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Odakyū website
• Pictures and descriptions of stations