The Odakyu Electric Railway (小田急電鉄 Odakyu Dentetsu) is a major private railway company in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its express trains from Tokyo to Odawara and Hakone.
History
The 83km line from Shinjuku to Odawara opened for service on April 1, 1927.
On May 31, 1944, Odakyu merged into the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway company (now Tokyu), which controlled all private railway services west and south of Tokyo by the end of World War II. The company regained its independence on June 1, 1948.
Today, Odakyu is a diversified corporation with operations in real estate, fiber optic networking, personal storage, and travel sales. They also own several recreational facilities, including a golf course, campground, hot springs resort, and sailing resort, all of which are situated to bring more passengers onto the railway network.
Odakyu is a company on Fortune magazine's Global 500 list.
Odakyu currently operates several Romance Car services: Hakone and Super Hakone service between Shinjuku and Hakone-Yumoto, Enoshima service between Shinjuku and Enoshima, Asagiri service between Shinjuku and Numazu, Sagami service between Shinjuku and Odawara, and Homeway trains outbound from Shinjuku after 6 PM.
Series 50000 VSE: The newest and most comfortable Odakyu train, with the driver's compartment elevated over the cabin so as to allow front-row passengers a full view of the railway ahead.
They are the only Odakyu trains with first-class seating, located in "semi-compartments" on the upper deck of two bi-level cars in the center of each train.
The Odakyu Electric Railway (å°ç°æ¥é»é Odakyu Dentetsu) is a major private railway company in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, and Hakone.
On May 31, 1944, Odakyu merged into the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway company (now Tokyu), which controlled all private railway services west and south of Tokyo by the end of World War II.
The Odakyu Railway's OdawaraLine and the Hakone-Tozan Line are included in the popular software game, Microsoft Train Simulator, known as the "Tokyo-Hakone" route (or railroad).
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