Enoshima Electric Railway

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Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Native name
江ノ島電鉄株式会社
TypePublic
IndustryTransportation (Tram, Transit bus) / Real estate
FoundedDecember 25, 1900
HeadquartersFujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Number of employees
226 (2018)[1]
Websitewww.enoden.co.jp

The Enoshima Electric Railway or Enoden (江ノ島電鉄, Enoshima dentetsu) is a private railway in Japan which connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Stations en route include Hase, the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, the temple with the colossal outdoor statue of Amida Buddha. The railway is fully owned by the Odakyu Group of companies.

Route and operations[]

EER Linemap en.svg

The route is 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) long and has a rail gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). It is single-track; however, five of the route's fifteen stations are equipped with passing loops, allowing for the operation of bi-directional traffic. Included in the route is a short (450-metre (1,480 ft)) section of street running between Koshigoe and Enoshima stations. However, the entire line is governed under the Railway Business Act (鉄道事業法, Tetsudō Jigyō Hō) of the Japanese government, being granted an exception to allow for street running (the only other examples of street-running 'railways' being the Keihan Keishin Line, Keihan Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line and the Kumamoto Electric Railway). Trains are electrically powered from 600 V DC overhead lines. The section from Kamakura Station to Koshigoe is in the city of Kamakura; that from Enoshima to Fujisawa Station is in the city of Fujisawa.

Stations[]

Enoshima Station
No Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations 		Total
EN-01 Fujisawa 藤沢 – 0.0

JR JS line symbol.svg Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
JR JT line symbol.svg Tokaido Main Line
Odakyu enoshima.svg Odakyu Enoshima Line

Fujisawa Kanagawa Prefecture
EN-02 Ishigami 石上 0.6 0.6
EN-03 Yanagikōji 柳小路 0.6 1.2
EN-04 Kugenuma 鵠沼 0.7 1.9
EN-05 Shōnankaigankōen 湘南海岸公園 0.8 2.7
EN-06 Enoshima 江ノ島 0.6 3.3

Odakyu enoshima.svg Odakyu Enoshima Line (Katase-Enoshima Station)
SM Shonan Monorail (Shonan-Enoshima Station)

EN-07 Koshigoe 腰越 0.6 3.9 Kamakura
EN-08 Kamakura-Kōkō-Mae 鎌倉高校前 0.8 4.7
EN-09 Shichirigahama 七里ヶ浜 0.9 5.6
EN-10 Inamuragasaki 稲村ヶ崎 1.2 6.8
EN-11 Gokurakuji 極楽寺 0.8 7.6
EN-12 Hase 長谷 0.7 8.3
EN-13 Yuigahama 由比ヶ浜 0.6 8.9
EN-14 Wadazuka 和田塚 0.3 9.2
EN-15 Kamakura 鎌倉 0.8 10.0

JR JS line symbol.svg Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
JR JO line symbol.svg Yokosuka Line

Rolling stock[]

As of 1 April 2015, Enoden operates a fleet of 15 two-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train types as shown below.[2][3]

Type Car numbers Manufacturer Date built Notes
300 series 305 355 Toyoko Sharyo May 1960 Rebuilt from former Keio DeHa 2000.
1000 series 1001 1051 Tokyu Car November 1979
1002 1052 Tokyu Car November 1979
1100 series 1101 1151 Tokyu Car December 1981
1200 series 1201 1251 Tokyu Car December 1983
1500 series 1501 1551 Tokyu Car November 1979
1502 1552 Tokyu Car November 1979
2000 series 2001 2051 Tokyu Car March 1990
2002 2052 Tokyu Car March 1991
2003 2053 Tokyu Car July 1991
10 series 10 50 Tokyu Car March 1997
20 series 21 61 Tokyu Car March 2002 Used running gear from former 500 series.
22 62 Tokyu Car March 2003 Used running gear from former 500 series.
500 series 501 551 Tokyu Car March 2006
502 552 Tokyu Car March 2008

  • 300 series set 305 in 2005

  • 500 series

Former rolling stock[]

  • 500 series

  • Original 500 series set 502 in April 1992

Buses[]

Enoden operates buses from stations like Kamakura

Enoden also operates bus service in the area.

History[]

The original Enoshima Electric Railway opened the line on 1 September 1902.[4]

The company subsequently went through a series of ownership changes: Yokohama Electric Railway Co. in 1911, Tokyo Electric Power Co. in 1921, (second) Enoshima Electric Railway Co. in 1926, Tokyu Corporation in 1938, Enoshima Kamakura Tourist Co. in 1949, and Odakyu Electric Railway Co. in 1953. The (third) Enoshima Electric Railway Co. was formed on 1 September 1981 as a subsidiary of Odakyu.[4]

Popular culture[]

Gokurakuji Station is one of the settings for the 2015 film Our Little Sister.[5]

Japanese alternative rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation's fifth studio album, Surf Bungaku Kamakura, had each track named after a stop on the railway line starting with Fujisawa and ending with Kamakura.

Anime[]

  • This railway line was shown in the 5th episode of anime A Channel, where main characters were going to the sea, and were arguing about "it is train or tram".
  • Shown in the intro, and in various episodes of Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, with the series set in the Fujisawa and Enoshima foreshore area

Computer games[]

References[]

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

  1. ^ "江ノ島電鉄株式会社：会社案内". Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  2. ^ 私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. p. 83. ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.
  3. ^ 路面電車年鑑2015 [Tramcar Annual 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Ikaros Publishing. 20 January 2015. p. 48. ISBN 978-4863209527.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  5. ^ "Go To the Shooting Locations of Our Little Sister and Experience Where the Sisters Lived Their Daily Lives! - GOOUME JP". GOOUME_JP. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

Further reading[]

  • Fukaya, Kenji (2015). 江ノ電 １０ｋｍの奇跡 [Enoden - The 10 km Miracle] (in Japanese). Japan: Toyo Keizai Inc. ISBN 9784492502761.

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