Difference between revisions of "Hakone Line"

Hakone Line
Status	Defunct
Owner	Harmony Rail Transit (Lamtsu)
Locale	Hakone
Termini	Tai Hing Otaki (Hakone)
Stations	5
Initials	HK
Type	Rural Feeder
Operator(s)	Harmony Rail Transit (Lamtsu)
Depot(s)	Tai Hing Rail Depot
Rolling stock	E44-100
Opened	1994
Closed	2022
Line Length	1.6km
Track gauge	1453mm
Electrification	1500V DC
Operating speed	65km/h

Latest revision as of 14:56, 6 September 2022

The Hakone Line was a railway line from Tai Hing to Otaki (Hakone). In the public eye, the Hakone Line is part of the Mihara Line and appears so on system maps, but internally it is referred to as a seperate line of it's own, and therefore the ridership numbers for this line are much inflated over the statistics for the Hakone Line service. Station Codes take the MH prefix (Mihara) due to the fact that these codes are not used internally. However, Hakone Line services do use the HK code for stations not serviced by the Mihara Line.

The Hakone Line was one of the Specified Local Lines that came with the Reshaping of Joban Railways.

Hakone Line services ended on 20th July 2022, with the last train leaving from Otaki Station at 8pm that night. From the time of the announcement on 19th July to the last train on 20th July, more than 25,309 tickets were purchased for the line, meaning that more commuters used the line on those 2 days than in an average year. The service from Tai Hing to Hakone previously plied by the Hakone Line was replaced by the Tai Hing Tram, with environmental concerns blocking the full replacement of the service. The section of track from Hakone to Mihara passes through the Hakone Forest Nature Reserve, and was built before the law was put in place. That is also the reason the Mihara Line has not yet been double-tracked between Mihara and Tai Hing Forest, leading to that section being the most crowded on the HRT Lamtsu network.

Stations

Code	CJK name	English	Mihara Local	Mihara Rapid	Hakone	Distance	From Lamtsu	Area
MH07	大多喜	Otaki	●	▲	N.A	0.0	7.4	Hakone
HK02	士幌	Shihoro	\|	\|	●	0.5	8.1
HK03	箱根	Hakone	\|	●	●	1.1	8.5
MH08	大慶林	Tai Hing Forest	●	▲	●	1.3	8.7
MH09	大慶	Tai Hing	N.A	N.A	●	1.6	9.0	Tai Hing

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 The Hakone Line was a railway line from Tai Hing to Otaki (Hakone). In the public eye, the Hakone Line is part of the Mihara Line and appears so on system maps, but internally it is referred to as a seperate line of it's own, and therefore the ridership numbers for this line are much inflated over the statistics for the Hakone Line service. Station Codes take the MH prefix (Mihara) due to the fact that these codes are not used internally. However, Hakone Line services do use the HK code for stations not serviced by the Mihara Line.
-Hakone Line services ended on 20th July 2022, with the last train leaving from Otaki Station at 8pm that night. From the time of the announcement on 19th July to the last train on 20th July, more than 25,309 tickets were purchased for the line, meaning that more commuters used the line on those 2 days than in an average year.
+The Hakone Line was one of the Specified Local Lines that came with the [[Reshaping of Joban Railways]].
+Hakone Line services ended on 20th July 2022, with the last train leaving from Otaki Station at 8pm that night. From the time of the announcement on 19th July to the last train on 20th July, more than 25,309 tickets were purchased for the line, meaning that more commuters used the line on those 2 days than in an average year. The service from Tai Hing to Hakone previously plied by the Hakone Line was replaced by the Tai Hing Tram, with environmental concerns blocking the full replacement of the service. The section of track from Hakone to Mihara passes through the Hakone Forest Nature Reserve, and was built before the law was put in place. That is also the reason the Mihara Line has not yet been double-tracked between Mihara and Tai Hing Forest, leading to that section being the most crowded on the HRT Lamtsu network.
 == Stations ==