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The Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (小田急電鉄株式会社 Odakyū Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?), or OER, is a major private railway company in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, and Hakone. The Odakyu Group comprises of 108 companies (as of October 2005), and includes Enoshima Electric Railway, Hakone-Tozan Line, Tachikawa Bus and Tokai Bus. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 663 KB) Asagiri express Source: ph by っ Copyrighted by っ Also CC-by-2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 663 KB) Asagiri express Source: ph by っ Copyrighted by っ Also CC-by-2. ... Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... [Image:Odakyu Romance Car Series 50000-2. ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Enoshima (江の島) is a small island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into Sagami Bay in Japan. ... Mt. ... This train at Kamakura Station is bound for Fujisawa Enoden operates buses from stations like Kamakura Enoden Kamakura Station is adjacent to JR Kamakura Station. ... The Hakone-Tozan Line (箱根登山鉄道線, lit. ...

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History

The 83km line from Shinjuku to Odawara opened for service on April 1, 1927. Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Categories: Cities in Kanagawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The original full name of the railroad was Odawara Kyūkō Denki Kidō Kabushiki-gaisha, but this was often shortened to Odawara Kyūkō (Odawara Express). The abbreviation Odakyū was made popular by the title song of the 1929 movie Tokyo Kōshinkyoku and eventually became the official name of the railroad (Seidensticker, 1990). 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


On May 1, 1942, Odakyu merged with 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. May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Also means Express train 特急 The Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (東京急行電鉄 Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu), better known as Tokyu(東急), is a major private railway operator in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. ... Combatants Allies: United Kingdom, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, Canada, China, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...


Today, Odakyu is a diversified corporation with operations in real estate, finance (credit card), fiber optic networking, personal storage, and travel sales, railways, bus service. 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.


The Odakyu group have department stores by (新百合ヶ丘駅)Shin-Yurigaoka, (新宿駅)Shinjuku, (町田駅)Machida and(藤沢駅)Fujisawa stations. Odakyu also runs a number of large hotels, including Odakyu Southern Tower in Yoyogi (wiki japan: ホテルセンチュリーサザンタワー) , as well as others in Shinjuku and Izu Peninsula. They also own a chain of supermarkets called Odakyu OX across west Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture, as well as a chain of convenience stores (Odakyu MART) and kiosk outlets (OX SHOP) found in various Odakyu line stations. Odakyu, like many railway companies in Japan, also operate a set of feeder busses all throughout the line that compliment city bus services, called Odakyu Bus. Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Machida (町田市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Fujisawa (藤沢市 Fujisawa-shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. ... Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Location. ... Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ... A convenience store is a small store or shop, generally accessible or local. ...


Odakyu is listed on Section 1 of Tokyo Stock Exchange, and is a company on Fortune magazine's Global 500 list. The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... The 2004 Fortune 500 issue The magazine Fortune was founded by Time Magazine co-founder Henry Luce in 1930 at the outset of the Great Depression. ...


In the last five years, Odakyu has been adding track in both directions from the Tokyo border to (下北沢駅)Shimokitazawa Station to expand express train service. Shimokitazawa Station Shimo-Kitazawa Station (下北沢駅) is an interchange station on the Odakyu Odawara and the Keio Inokashira lines located in Tokyos Setagaya ward. ...


Lines

Katase-Enoshima Station Katase-Enoshima Station (片瀬江ノ島駅) is the southern terminal of the Odakyu Enoshima Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway. ... The OdakyÅ« Odawara Line (小田急小田原線, OdakyÅ« Odawara Sen) is the OdakyÅ« Electric Railways main section of railway line in Japan. ... South side of Shinjuku Station at night ÅŒedo Line ÅŒedo Line Ticket gates on the ÅŒedo Line A northbound Saikyo Line train bound for Kawagoe takes on passengers at Shinjuku Station. ... Odawara Station is a train station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. ... Click on map to enlarge The Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (東京地下鉄千代田線) is a metro line in Tokyo, Japan, administered by the Tokyo Metro. ... The Hakone-Tozan Line (箱根登山鉄道線, lit. ... Odawara Station is a train station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. ...

Odakyu railway on the computer

The Odakyu Railway has been included in several Japanese language train simulator programs as well as the English language Microsoft Train Simulator program. Microsoft Train Simulator includes the railway's Odawara and Hakone-Tozan lines, collectively referred to as the "Tokyo-Hakone" route. You can drive 2 of the trains that travel on the line; the Series 2000 commuter trainset and the Series 7000 LSE Romance Car trainset. Several "activities", or scenarios, are included. Japanese (日本語, ) is a language spoken by over 127 million people, mainly in Japan, but also by Japanese emigrant communities around the world. ... [[Image:Comp-bve-amoswolfe. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Screenshot from Microsoft Train Simulator Microsoft Train Simulator is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows. ... The OdakyÅ« Odawara Line (小田急小田原線, OdakyÅ« Odawara Sen) is the OdakyÅ« Electric Railways main section of railway line in Japan. ... The Hakone-Tozan Line (箱根登山鉄道線, lit. ...


See also

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References

  • Seidensticker, Edward (1990). Tokyo Rising : the city since the great earthquake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0-394-54360-2.

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