Gōra Station

Gōra Station
強羅駅
Exterior of Gōra Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
District Ashigarashimo
Town Hakone
Neighborhood etc. Gōra
Postal Code 250-0408
(in Japanese) 神奈川県足柄下郡箱根町強羅1300-329
History
Year opened 1919
Rail services
Operator(s) Hakone Tozan Railway
Line(s) Hakone Tozan Line
Hakone Tozan Cable Car
There is a bus stop near this station

Gōra Station (強羅駅 Gōra-eki?) is a terminal railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line as well as the Hakone Tozan Cable Car, and is located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 15.0 rail kilometers from the Hakone Tozan Line’s southern terminus at Odawara Station. At an altitude of 533 metres (1,749 ft), it is the highest railway station in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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History

Gōra Station was opened on June 1, 1919 as a station on the Hakone Tozan Line. The Hakone Tozan Cable Car began operations from July 1, 1922, but operations were suspended from February 11, 1944 through July 1, 1950. The present station building was opened on April 16, 1977.

Lines

Layout

Gōra Station has two side platforms, which are staggered, so that they do not directly oppose each other.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hakone Tozan Line
Chōkoku-no-Mori   Local   Terminus
« Service »
Hakone Tozan Line
Terminus   Local   Kōen-shimo

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