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Kowakidani Station

Railway station in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Bus stop

HistoryOpened1919Services

Preceding station	Hakone Tozan Railway			Following station
Chōkoku-no-Mori towards Gōra		Hakone Tozan Line		Miyanoshita towards Hakone-Yumoto

Kowakidani Station (小涌谷駅, Kowakidani-eki) is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 13.4 rail kilometers from the line's terminus at Odawara Station.

History

Kowakidani Station was opened on June 1, 1919.

On 1 April 2024, operations of the station came under the aegis of Odakyu Hakone resulting from restructuring of Odakyu Group operations in the Hakone area.^[1]

Lines

Hakone Tozan Railway
- Hakone Tozan Line

Building

Kowakidani Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Hakone Tozan Line	Westbound (For Gōra)
2	■ Hakone Tozan Line	Eastbound (For Hakone-Yumoto, Odawara)

Bus Services

Hakone Tozan Bus
- "H" line for Hakone Machi Ko (Lake Ashi) via Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone Ko (Hakone Shrine: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise)and Hakone Checkpoint^[2]
- "H" line for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station, via Miyanoshita and Ohiradai Station^[3]
Izu Hakone Bus
- "J" line for Kojiri via Kowaki-en and Ōwakudani^[4]
- "Z" line for Hakone Checkpoint via Kowaki-en and Moto Hakone (Hakone Shrine)^[4]
- "J" & "Z" line for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station, via Miyanoshita and Ohiradai Station^[4]

References

^ Odakyu Hakone Holdings Co., Ltd. (24 January 2024). "小田急箱根グループの組織再編に関するお知らせ" [Notice regarding reorganization of Odakyu Hakone Group] (PDF) (in Japanese).
^ Bus stop timetable for "H" line, Moto Hakone Ko and Hakone Machi Ko (Hakone Tozan Bus)
^ Bus stop timetable for "H" line, Miyanoshita, Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station (Hakone Tozan Bus)
^ ^a ^b ^c Izuhakone Bus timetable (in Japanese)