Odakyu Hakone


Odakyu Hakone Co., Ltd. is a private railway company headquartered in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and is a part of the Odakyu Group.

Services

The company operates several services in the Odawara area including the Hakone Tozan Line, the first mountain railway in Japan; the Hakone Tozan Cable Car, a funicular; the Hakone Ropeway, an aerial lift line. Each of these services connect end-to-end providing service that extends between Odawara and Togendai stations. At Togendai, passengers can transfer to the company's Hakone Sightseeing Cruise which provides counter-clockwise service on Lake Ashi, connecting three ports using pirate ships.
Like most Japanese railway companies, it also operates bus services in the area, namely the Hakone Tozan Bus :ja::箱根登山バス|.
The company's routes operate inside the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, and the routes themselves are a tourist attraction. Accordingly, the company sells a two-day pass offering unlimited travel on the Hakone Tozan Line, Hakone Tozan Cable Car, Hakone Ropeway, Hakone Sightseeing Cruise, Hakone Tozan Bus, along with other bus routes.
TypeNameDescription
TrainHakone Tozan LineLine operates in 2 sections:
  1. — is a standard commuter railway line
  2. — is a mountain railway with two switchbacks. The speed limit is uphill and as slow as downhill.
Cable Car Hakone Tozan Cable CarFunicular connecting with.
RopewayHakone RopewayTwin ropeways — and —.
Sightseeing cruiseHakone Sightseeing CruiseBoat cruise around Lake Ashi in a pirate-themed vessel, departing from ropeway station.
BusHakone Tozan Bus :ja::箱根登山バス|Various bus services in the Hakone area.
Limited Express trainRomancecarSightseeing train service

History

The Odakyu Hakone company was formed on 1 April 2024 as part of a larger restructuring of Odakyu Group operations in the Hakone area. It is a merger of several transportation, real estate, and sightseeing business, including the Hakone Tozan Railway company, which operated the Hakone Tozan Line. All companies were subsidiaries of the Odakyu Group prior to the merger and held under the Odakyu Hakone Holdings company, the latter of which was also folded into the merger.