is a terminal

Terminal Station

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 railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line as well as the Hakone Tozan Cable Car

Hakone Tozan Cable Car

The , officially the is a funicular railway, in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by . This company belongs to the Odakyū Group, and also owns Hakone Tozan mountain railway line. The funicular links Gōra, the upper terminus of the railway line, with Sōunzan 214 metres...

, and is located in Hakone

Hakone, Kanagawa

is a town in Ashigarashimo District in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 13,339 and a density of 144 persons per km². The total area was 92.82 km².-Geography:...

, Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan

Japan

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. It is 15.0 rail kilometers from the Hakone Tozan Line’s southern terminus at Odawara Station

Odawara Station

) is a railway station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan.- Lines :This station is served by following lines.*East Japan Railway Company**Tōkaidō Line**Shōnan-Shinjuku Line*Central Japan Railway Company**Tōkaidō Shinkansen*Odakyu Electric Railway...

. At an altitude of 533 metres (1,748.7 ft), it is the highest railway station in Kanagawa Prefecture.

History

Gōra Station was opened on June 1, 1919 as a station on the Hakone Tozan Line. The Hakone Tozan Cable Car began operations from July 1, 1922, but operations were suspended from February 11, 1944 through July 1, 1950. The present station building was opened on April 16, 1977.

Layout

Gōra Station has two side platform

Side platform

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s, which are staggered, so that they do not directly oppose each other.

Adjacent stations

External links

• Hakone Tozan Railway Official Site (in Japanese)