Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan

小田原, 神奈川, 日本

Overview - Odawara • References & Helpful Links • Asset Notes

Izuhakone Railway (伊豆箱根鉄道)

• Izuhakone Railway Daiyūzan Line (伊豆箱根鉄道大雄山線)

JR East (JR東日本) - Inner Suburban

• Tōkaidō Main Line (東海道本線)

JR Central (JR東海)

• Gotemba Line (御殿場線)

Odakyū (小田急)

• Odakyū Odawara Line (小田急小田原線)

Hakone Tozan Railway

• Hakone Tozan Line (箱根登山鉄道線)

Overview - Odawara

Located in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, Odawara is the tenth largest city by population in Kanagawa. It has approximately 185,000 inhabitants in the city proper as of 2025. The Kanto Region comprised 43,653,441 residents as of the 2020 Statistics Bureau of Japan estimate.

Odawara's rapid transit network consists of an urban mainline rail line. It also has a regional rail line. This is in addition to all of the JR and private railways which feed into the city.

Izuhakone Railway (伊豆箱根鉄道)

Dating back to 1916, the Izuhakone Railway's network in Kanagawa Prefecture consists of an urban mainline rail line that serves the city of Odawara, Kanagawa and the northern suburbs. The other line in this network is not covered on this website.

Izuhakone Railway Daiyūzan Line (伊豆箱根鉄道大雄山線)

The Izuhakone Daiyūzan Line is an urban mainline rail line on a north-south alignment. It runs from Daiyūzan in the north to Odawara in the south, serving 12 stations.

The Izuhakone Daiyūzan Line was opened in October 1925 and the last expansion to the line was the opening of FujiFILM-mae in August 1956.

Hakone Tozan Railway

Dating back to 1888, the Hakone Tozan Railway's network in Kanagawa Prefecture consists of a regional rail line that serves the city of Odawara, Kanagawa and the Hakone region. This network also consists of a funicular railway and gondola lift not covered on this website.

Hakone Tozan Line (箱根登山鉄道線)

The Hakone Tozan Line is a regional rail line on an east-west alignment. It runs from Gōra in the west to Odawara in the east, serving 11 stations. Of these, the urban section from Hakone-Yumoto to Odawara is operated as an extension of the Odakyū Odawara Line, while the mountain section from Hakone-Yumoto to Gōra is operated using specialized mountain railway rolling stock with a different track gauge.

The Hakone Tozan Line was opened in June 1919 and the last extension was to Odawara in October 1935.

JR Central (JR東海)

Dating back to the first railway in Japan in 1872 by technicality, JR Central operates a sprawling web of lines out of and around Nagoya and Shizuoka Prefecture, with some lines entering the Kanto region.

JR Central Gotemba Line (御殿場線)

The Gotemba Line is a commuter rail line on an east-west alignment, comprising the original section of the Tōkaidō Main Line across the Hakone area. It runs from Numazu in the west to Kōzu in the east, serving 19 stations, with most services running between Numazu and Gotemba. Select trains through operate onto the Odakyū Odawara Line but we do not show these on our maps.

The Gotemba Line was opened in February 1889, separated from the Tōkaidō Main Line in December 1934, and the last expansion was the opening of Nagaizumi-Nameri in September 2002.