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Enoshima Electric Railway
Enoshima Electric Railway (江ノ島電鉄, Enoshima Dentetsu) is a private railway operator in Kanagawa, Japan. Its sole line, the Enoshima Dentetsu Line, connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa. Both the company and line are known by the abbreviation Enoden (江ノ電). The railway is fully owned by the Odakyu Group. Route and operations The line 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. Stations en route include Hase, the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, and Gokurakuji, which has appeared in a number of films, anime, manga, and TV shows. Stations The entire line is located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Rolling stockAs of 1 April 2015[update], Enoden operates a fleet of 15 two-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train types as shown below.[2][3]
Former rolling stock
Buses Enoden also operates bus service in the area. HistoryThe 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 cultureGokurakuji Station is one of the settings for the 2015 film Our Little Sister.[5][unreliable source?] Japanese alternative rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation's fifth studio album, Surf Bungaku Kamakura (released 2008), had each track named after a stop on the railway line starting with Fujisawa and ending with Kamakura. The band has since announced a continuation of this album for the rest of the stations that did not originally have a song, starting withYanagikōji Parallel Universe releasing as a B-side track in 2022. AnimeThe Enoshima Electric Railway and its rolling stock painted in the company's green-and-yellow colours have made numerous appearances in Japanese animated series, including those adapted from manga and light novel series such as:[6]
Video games
ReferencesThis article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
Further reading
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enoshima Electric Railway.
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