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[[Image:Tozan_2001_Hydrangea.jpg|thumb|250px|Hakone Tozan Railway and [[Hydrangea]] street]]
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The {{nihongo|'''Hakone Tozan Railway'''|箱根登山鉄道|Hakone Tozan Tetsudō}} is a private railway company in Japan, part of the [[Odakyu Group]]. It is best known for its operation of the [[Hakone Tozan Line]], the first [[mountain railway]] in Japan, but like most Japanese railway companies, also operates bus service, namely Hakone Tozan Bus. It also operates the connecting [[Hakone Tozan Cable Car]].<ref name=rgihtrft>{{cite news |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hakone-tozan-replaces-funicular-trainsets/56085.article |title=Hakone Tozan replaces funicular trainsets |work=Railway Gazette International |date=23 March 2020 |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808072151/https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hakone-tozan-replaces-funicular-trainsets/56085.article |archive-date=8 August 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=rgihtr>{{cite news |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/hakone-tozan-railway/51991.article |title=Hakone Tozan Railway |work=Railway Gazette International |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723032236/https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/hakone-tozan-railway/51991.article |archive-date=23 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''Odakyu Hakone Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社小田急箱根|Kabushiki Gaisha Odakyū Hakone}} is a transportation company headquartered in [[Odawara]], Japan and is a part of the [[Odakyu Group]]. It is best known for its operation of the Hakone Tozan Train ([[Hakone Tozan Line]]), the first [[mountain railway]] in Japan, but like most Japanese railway companies, also operates bus service, namely Hakone Tozan Bus. It also operates the connecting [[Hakone Tozan Cable Car]].<ref name=rgihtrft>{{cite news |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hakone-tozan-replaces-funicular-trainsets/56085.article |title=Hakone Tozan replaces funicular trainsets |work=Railway Gazette International |date=23 March 2020 |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808072151/https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hakone-tozan-replaces-funicular-trainsets/56085.article |archive-date=8 August 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=rgihtr>{{cite news |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/hakone-tozan-railway/51991.article |title=Hakone Tozan Railway |work=Railway Gazette International |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723032236/https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/hakone-tozan-railway/51991.article |archive-date=23 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>


The company was formed as a result of restructuring of the Odakyu Group operations in Hakone area including Hakone Tozan Railway Co., Ltd., effective 1 April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odakyu-hakone.jp/common/pdf/20240124_info.pdf|title=小田急箱根グループの組織再編に関するお知らせ|trans-title=Notice regarding reorganization of Odakyu Hakone Group |author=Odakyu Hakone Holdings Co., Ltd.|date=24 January 2024|language=Japanese}}</ref>
The Hakone Tozan Line consists of two sections: a lower section from {{STN|Odawara}} to {{STN|Hakone-Yumoto}}, and an upper section from Hakone-Yumoto to {{STN|Gōra}}. At Gōra, a [[Hakone Tozan Cable Car|cable car]] is available to transfer visitors to and from [[Lake Ashi]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 07:46, 6 April 2024

Hakone Tozan Train and Hydrangea street

Odakyu Hakone Co., Ltd. (株式会社小田急箱根, Kabushiki Gaisha Odakyū Hakone) is a transportation company headquartered in Odawara, Japan and is a part of the Odakyu Group. It is best known for its operation of the Hakone Tozan Train (Hakone Tozan Line), the first mountain railway in Japan, but like most Japanese railway companies, also operates bus service, namely Hakone Tozan Bus. It also operates the connecting Hakone Tozan Cable Car.[1][2]

The company was formed as a result of restructuring of the Odakyu Group operations in Hakone area including Hakone Tozan Railway Co., Ltd., effective 1 April 2024.[3]

See also

  • Rhaetian Railway, A Swiss mountain railway network, twinning railway with Hakone Tozan Railway.

References

  1. ^ "Hakone Tozan replaces funicular trainsets". Railway Gazette International. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Hakone Tozan Railway". Railway Gazette International. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ Odakyu Hakone Holdings Co., Ltd. (24 January 2024). "小田急箱根グループの組織再編に関するお知らせ" [Notice regarding reorganization of Odakyu Hakone Group] (PDF) (in Japanese).

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