Gotemba line

Gotemba line
Class 371 multiple unit, Mount Fuji in the background
Route length:	60.2 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500 V  =
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Top speed:	110 km / h
Dual track :	No
Society:	JR Central
Legend ↔ Tōkaidō main line 1887– 0.0 Kōzu ( 国 府 津 ) 1887– ↔ Tōkaidō freight line 1918– ↔ Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1964– Odawara-Atsugi Highway Kōzu depot 3.8 Shimosoga ( 下 曽 我 ) 1922– 6.5 Kami-Ōi ( 上 大 井 ) 1948– 8.3 Sagami-Kaneko ( 相 模 金子 ) 1956– Kawaoto-gawa ↔ Odakyū Odawara Line 1927– Shin-Matsuda ( 新 松田 ) 10.2 Matsuda ( 松田 ) 1889– 13.1 Higashi-Yamakita ( 東山 北 ) 1956– 15.9 Yamakita ( 山 北 ) 1889– 1. Hakone tunnel (287 m) 2. Hakone tunnel (579 m) Sakawa-gawa 3. Hakone tunnel (629 m) 20.0 Yaga ( 谷 峨 ) 1947– 4. Hakone tunnel (290 m) 5. Hakone tunnel (103 m) 6. Hakone Tunnel (244 m) Sakawa-gawa 7. Hakone tunnel (235 m) 24.6 Suruga-Oyama ( 駿 河 小山 ) 1889– Tōmei Highway Ayuzawa-gawa 28.9 Ashigara ( 足 柄 ) 1947– Ayuzawa-gawa Tōmei Highway Ayuzawa-gawa ← Gotemba horse-drawn tram 1898-1929 35.5 Gotemba ( 御 殿 場 ) 1889– Tōmei Highway 38.2 Minami-Gotemba ( 南 御 殿 場 ) 1962– 40.6 Fujioka ( 富 士岡 ) 1944– Kise-gawa 45.3 Iwanami ( 岩 波 ) 1944– 50.7 Susono ( 裾 野 ) 1889– 53.5 Nagaizumi-Nameri ( 長 泉 な め り ) 2002– 55.6 Shimo-Togari ( 下土 狩 ) 1898– → Sunzu line 1898-1934 ↔ Tōkaidō Shinkansen 1964– Kise-gawa 57.8 Ōoka ( 大 岡 ) 1946– Parking facility Numazu 60.2 Numazu ( 沼 津 ) 1889– ↔ Tōkaidō main line 1889–

The Gotemba Line ( Japanese 御 殿 場 線 , Gotemba-sen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Honshū , which is operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It runs from Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture via the eponymous city of Gotemba to Numazu in Shizuoka Prefecture . It connects the regions of Kantō and Chūbu with each other.

description

The Gotemba Line, laid in Cape Gauge (1067 mm), is 60.2 km long, single-track and electrified with 1500 V direct current . It is the easternmost line in the JR Central route network and at the same time the only one that extends into Kanagawa Prefecture or the Kanto region. After its opening in 1889, it was part of the Tōkaidō main line ; since 1934 it has been an alternative route that bypasses the Hakone mountain range to the north. 19 train stations are served in passenger traffic, while goods traffic is carried out by JR Freight .

Eastern starting point is on the city of Odawara located Kōzu Station on the Sagami Bay . The route branches there from the Tōkaidō main line and leads northwest through the Ashigara plain . A second track has been laid between Kōzu station and the nearby JR East depot , and there is also a transition to the Tōkaidō freight line in this area . The Gotemba Line crosses the Odakyū Odawara Line on a bridge in the city center of Matsuda . It turns west and follows the Sakawa River , which it bridges several times in the mountainous terrain. After crossing the border with Shizuoka Prefecture, the route to Suruga-Oyama takes a southerly direction. It reaches its highest point in the station Gotemba to 455  m  TP , at the foot of the volcano Fuji . The route runs along the Kise River until it meets the Tōkaidō main line again at Numazu Station , not far from Suruga Bay .

Trains

On the Gotemba line, regional trains run at irregular intervals between Kōzu and Numazu (approx. Every 30 to 60 minutes), in addition to which there are a few repeater trains from Gotemba to Numazu and from Kōzu to Gotemba during rush hour. On the section between Gotemba and Matsuda, the Fujisan , an express train operated by the private railway company Odakyū Dentetsu ( called Asagiri until the timetable change in March 2018 ) runs three times a day on weekdays and four times a day on weekends . Shortly after Matsuda station, it uses a connecting track to get onto the Odawara line and then travels to Shinjuku station in Tokyo .

history

The line was opened on February 1, 1889 along its entire length between the Kōzu and Numazu stations , together with the subsequent section from Numazu via Fuji to Shizuoka . It was part of the main connection between Tokyo and Osaka , which circumnavigated the Hakone mountain range to the north and from 1909 carried the official name Tōkaidō main line . Since the line soon reached its capacity limits, it had to be expanded to two tracks after a few years. It started with the section between Numazu and Gotemba on January 12, 1891, and on March 1 of the same year with the section between Gotemba and Suruga-Oyama. Finally, on February 5, 1901, the Kōzu – Yamakita section and on June 11, 1901 the remaining section between Yamakita and Suruga-Oyama could be driven on two tracks.

The town of Gotemba in particular experienced a marked upswing due to the railway line , as one of the routes to the Fuji volcano begins here. The Imperial Japanese Army , which set up a military training area and several military bases in the vicinity of Gotemba , ensured brisk freight traffic . Due to the inclines and the lack of powerful steam locomotives , additional push locomotives had to be used from Kōzu to Gotemba and from Numazu to Gotemba . In 1918 the construction of a new line via Atami began , which is not only twelve kilometers shorter, but also runs more than four hundred meters lower. However, technical problems and accidents delayed the completion of the Tanna Tunnel for several years.

With the opening of the route via Atami on December 1, 1934, the mountain route leading via Gotemba received its current name. With the discontinuation of supra-regional traffic, it lost a lot of its importance. The Pacific War did not change this situation either, which is why the government decided to dismantle the rarely used second track and to use the rails thus gained for the construction of strategically important railway lines. The corresponding work was carried out on June 11, 1943. The once wider route can still be seen today from the tunnels and bridge pillars.

The Japanese State Railways started using diesel multiple units on the Gotemba line from 1955 . In the same year, they agreed a cooperation with the private rail company Odakyū Dentetsu on the joint use of the section between Gotemba and Matsuda , which enabled the introduction of direct express trains to Tokyo-Shinjuku . On April 27, 1968, the Kōzu – Gotemba section was electrified, followed by the Gotemba – Numazu section on July 1 of the same year. On November 15, 1982, the state railway stopped freight traffic between Shimosoga and Numazu. In the course of the privatization of the state railway, the Gotemba line passed into the possession of the new company JR Central on April 1, 1987 , on the same day JR Freight took over freight traffic on the entire Gotemba line (including the Shimosoga – Numazu section).

List of train stations

Surname		km	Connecting lines	location	place	prefecture
CB00	Kōzu ( 国 府 津 )	00.0	Main Tōkaidō line	Coord.	Odawara	Kanagawa
CB01	Shimosoga ( 下 曽 我 )	03.8		Coord.
CB02	Kami-Ōi ( 上 大 井 )	06.5		Coord.	Ōi
CB03	Sagami-Kaneko ( 相 模 金子 )	08.3		Coord.
CB04	Matsuda ( 松田 )	10.2	at Shin-Matsuda Station : Odakyū Odawara Line	Coord.	Matsuda
CB05	Higashi-Yamakita ( 東山 北 )	13.1		Coord.	Yamakita
CB06	Yamakita ( 山 北 )	15.9		Coord.
CB07	Yaga ( 谷 峨 )	20.0		Coord.
CB08	Suruga-Oyama ( 駿 河 小山 )	24.6		Coord.	Oyama	Shizuoka
CB09	Ashigara ( 足 柄 )	28.9		Coord.
CB10	Gotemba ( 御 殿 場 )	35.5		Coord.	Gotemba
CB11	Minami-Gotemba ( 南 御 殿 場 )	38.2		Coord.
CB12	Fujioka ( 富 士岡 )	40.6		Coord.
CB13	Iwanami ( 岩 波 )	45.3		Coord.	Susono
CB14	Susono ( 裾 野 )	50.7		Coord.
CB15	Nagaizumi-Nameri ( 長 泉 な め り )	53.5		Coord.	Nagaizumi
CB16	Shimo-Togari ( 下土 狩 )	55.6		Coord.
CB17	Ōoka ( 大 岡 )	57.8		Coord.	Numazu
CB18	Numazu ( 沼 津 )	60.2	Main Tōkaidō line	Coord.

Web links

Commons : Gotemba Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• JR Central route network (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Information on the Gotemba Line (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JR 時刻表 2018 年 3 月 号 (JR timetable March 2018). Kōtsū shinbunsha, Tokyo 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大事 典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 1 . JTB, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 4-533-02980-9 , pp. 155 (JNR / JR station change directory).
3. ↑ Shinichi Kato: Upgrading Narrow Gauge Standards. (PDF, 1.7 MB) In: Japan Railway & Transport Review. East Japan Railway Cultural Foundation, 1995, accessed November 4, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Koichi Tokuda: 新版 ま る ご と JR 東海 ぶ ら り 沿線 の 旅 . Shichiken, Chiyoda 1998, ISBN 4-88304-339-8 .

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