Enoshima Dentetsu line

Enoshima Dentetsu line
road section near Enoshima
Route length:	10.0 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	600 V  =
Minimum radius :	28 m
Top speed:	45 km / h
Society:	Enoshima Dentetsu
Legend ↔ Tōkaidō main line 1887– ← Odakyū Enoshima Lineage 1928– 0.0 Fujisawa 0.6 Ishigami 1.2 Yanagikōji 1.9 Kugenuma Catase 2.7 Shōnan-kaigan-kōen 3.3 Enoshima Enoshima Depot street-level section Kobe-gawa 3.9 Koshigoe 4.7 Kamakura-kōkō-mae 5.1 Dodge Shingoujo 5.6 Shichirigahama 6.8 Inamuragasaki Gokurakuji depot 7.6 Gokurakuji Gokurakuji Tunnel (209 m) 8.3 Hare 8.9 Yuigahama 9.2 Wadazuka 10.0 Kamakura ↔ Yokosuka Line 1889– Kamakura-Komachi 1910-1949

The Enoshima Dentetsu Line ( Japanese 江 ノ 島 電 鉄 線 , Enoshima dentetsu-sen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Honshū . It connects the cities of Fujisawa and Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture . The partly tram-like route opens up the Shōnan region, which is important for tourism, with numerous sights and cultural assets, including the Enoshima peninsula . The operator is the transport company Enoshima Dentetsu , a subsidiary of the Odakyu Group .

description

The 10.0 km long route, the eastern half of which partly follows the north bank of Sagami Bay , has the usual Japanese gauge of 1067 mm ( Cape gauge ). It is electrified with direct current , and the supply voltage for the overhead lines is 600 V. The km at a maximum speed of 45 / h limited distance is almost entirely single track, the trains can but at four of the 15 stops and on a turnout cross. This makes it possible to offer a twelve-minute cycle. Originally the Enoden was routed according to the Japanese tram law, since 1945 it has been operated as a railway. Between the Enoshima stop and the bridge over the Kobe-gawa brook, there is still a 450-meter-long street-level section. A 209 meter long tunnel exists between Gokurakuji and Hase.

In addition to rush hour traffic, the Enoden is used to a large extent for tourist excursion traffic. In the vicinity of the route there are numerous sights such as the Buddhist temples Kōtoku-in , Hase-dera and Gokuraku-ji as well as the Enoshima peninsula .

There are transfer options in Fujisawa on the Tōkaidō main line of JR East and the Odakyū Enoshima line of Odakyū Dentetsu , in Enoshima on the Shōnan Monorail and in Kamakura on the Yokosuka line of JR East.

history

After its establishment on November 25, 1900, the Enoshima Dentetsu KK built the first section of the line between Fujisawa and Enoshima, the first train ran on September 1, 1902. The line was then extended in several stages: on June 20, 1903 from Enoshima to Shichirigahama, on April 1, 1904 from Shichirigahama to Gokurakuji, on August 16, 1907 from Gokurakuji to Omachi and on November 14, 1910 to Kamakura-Komachi.

In the course of the following four decades there were several changes of ownership until the Enoden finally came to Odakyū Dentetsu in 1953 and has been part of the parent Odakyu Group ever since . The terminus in Kamakura-Komachi was canceled on March 1, 1949; since then the trains have been running to Kamakura station . The introduction of multiple traction on June 2, 1971 made it possible to use trains with up to four cars. Electronic tickets of the types PASMO and Suica have been recognized since 2007 .

List of train stations

Gokurakuji tunnel

Type T2000 railcar

Surname		km	Connecting lines	Infrastructure	location	place	photo
EN01	Fujisawa ( 藤 沢 )	0.0	Tōkaidō main line Odakyū Enoshima line	single-track terminus with two platforms	Coord.	Fujisawa
EN02	Ishigami ( 石 上 )	0.6		single-track stop	Coord.
EN03	Yanagikōji ( 柳 小路 )	1.2		single-track stop	Coord.
EN04	Kugenuma ( 鵠 沼 )	1.9		double-track stop, central platform	Coord.
EN05	Shōnan-kaigan-kōen ( 湘南 海岸 公園 )	2.7		single-track stop	Coord.
EN06	Enoshima ( 江 ノ 島 )	3.3	Odakyū Enoshima Line Shōnan Monorail	double-track stop, side platforms	Coord.
EN07	Koshigoe ( 腰 越 )	3.9		single-track stop	Coord.	Kamakura
EN08	Kamakura-kōkō-mae ( 鎌倉 高校 前 )	4.7		single-track stop	Coord.
	Shingoujo ( 峰 ヶ 原 信号 場 )			Evasion	Coord.
EN09	Shichirigahama ( 七里 ヶ 浜 )	5.6		single-track stop	Coord.
EN10	Inamuragasaki ( 稲 村 ヶ 崎 )	6.8		double-track stop, central platform	Coord.
EN11	Gokurakuji ( 極 楽 寺 )	7.6		single-track stop	Coord.
EN12	Bunny ( 長 谷 )	8.3		double-track stop, side platforms	Coord.
EN13	Yuigahama ( 由 比 ヶ 浜 )	8.9		single-track stop	Coord.
EN14	Wadazuka ( 和田 塚 )	9.2		single-track stop	Coord.
EN15	Kamakura ( 鎌倉 )	10.0	Yokosuka Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	double-track terminus	Coord.

Web links

Commons : Enoshima Dentetsu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Enoshima Dentetsu (Japanese)
• Enoshima Electric Railway (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 江 ノ 電 グ ル ー プ の 事業 概要. (PDF, 3.6 MB) Enoshima Dentetsu , 2017, accessed on July 10, 2019 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 沿革. Enoshima Dentetsu, accessed July 10, 2019 (Japanese). 

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