Enoshima Electric Railway

Railway in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

A train at Shichirigahama Station

Overview
Parent company| Odakyu Group
Headquarters| 4-7 Katasekaigan, Fujisawa City[1]
Locale| Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Dates of operation| November 25, 1900; 124 years ago (1900-11-25)[1]–present
Technical
Track gauge| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification| 600 V DC, overhead line
Length| 10.0 km (6.2 miles)
Other
Website| www.enoden.co.jp

Route map

Legend

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|  | Tōkaidō Main Line

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|  | Odakyū Enoshima Line
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0.0

| Fujisawa (藤沢)
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0.6

| Ishigami (石上)
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1.2

| Yanagikōji (柳小路)
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1.9

| Kugenuma (鵠沼)
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2.7

| Shōnankaigankōen (湘南海岸公園)
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|  | Company Headquarters
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3.3

| Enoshima (江ノ島)
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3.9

| Koshigoe (腰越)
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4.7

| Kamakurakōkōmae (鎌倉高校前)
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5.6

| Shichirigahama (七里ヶ浜)
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6.8

| Inamuragasaki (稲村ヶ崎)
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7.6

| Gokurakuji (極楽寺)
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8.3

| Hase (長谷)
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8.9

| Yuigahama (由比ヶ浜)
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9.2

| Wadazuka (和田塚)
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|  | Yokosuka Line

to Tokyo

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10.0

| Kamakura (鎌倉)
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Kurihama

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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.

A train on the Enoshima Electric Railway

## Route and operations

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Enoshima Electric Railway route

The line is 10 km (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 m (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

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Enoshima Station, 2024

The entire line is located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

No  | Station  | Japanese  | Distance (km)  | Transfers  | Location

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Between
stations  | Total
| Fujisawa | 藤沢  | –  | 0.0  |

* JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
* JT Tōkaidō Line
* OE Odakyū Enoshima Line

| Fujisawa
| Ishigami | 石上  | 0.6  | 0.6  |
| Yanagikōji | 柳小路  | 0.6  | 1.2  |
| Kugenuma | 鵠沼  | 0.7  | 1.9  |
| Shōnankaigankōen | 湘南海岸公園  | 0.8  | 2.7  |
| Enoshima | 江ノ島  | 0.6  | 3.3  |

* OE Odakyū Enoshima Line (Katase-Enoshima)
* Shonan Monorail (Shonan-Enoshima)

| Koshigoe | 腰越  | 0.6  | 3.9  |  | Kamakura
| Kamakurakōkōmae | 鎌倉高校前  | 0.8  | 4.7  |
| Shichirigahama | 七里ヶ浜  | 0.9  | 5.6  |
| Inamuragasaki | 稲村ヶ崎  | 1.2  | 6.8  |
| Gokurakuji | 極楽寺  | 0.8  | 7.6  |
| Hase | 長谷  | 0.7  | 8.3  |
| Yuigahama | 由比ヶ浜  | 0.6  | 8.9  |
| Wadazuka | 和田塚  | 0.3  | 9.2  |
| Kamakura | 鎌倉  | 0.8  | 10.0  |

* JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
* JO Yokosuka Line

### Rolling stock

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As of 1 April 2015[update], Enoden operates a fleet of 15 two-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train types as shown below.[2][3]

Type | Car numbers | Manufacturer | Date built | Notes

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300 series | 305 | 355 | Toyoko Sharyo | May 1960 | Rebuilt from former Keio DeHa 2000.
1000 series | 1001 | 1051 | Tokyu Car | November 1979 |
1002 | 1052 | November 1979 |
1100 series | 1101 | 1151 | December 1981 |
1200 series | 1201 | 1251 | December 1983 |
1500 series | 1501 | 1551 | November 1979 |
1502 | 1552 | November 1979 |
2000 series | 2001 | 2051 | March 1990 |
2002 | 2052 | March 1991 |
2003 | 2053 | July 1991 |
10 series | 10 | 50 | March 1997 |
20 series | 21 | 61 | March 2002 | Used running gear from former 500 series.
22 | 62 | March 2003
500 series | 501 | 551 | March 2006 |
502 | 552 | March 2008 |

* 300 series set 305 in 2005

* 500 series

### Future rolling stock

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* 700 series[4]

The 700 series will be the first new trains for Enoden in around 20 years. These are set to replace the six 1000 series sets dating back to 1979.

### Former rolling stock

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* 500 series

* Original 500 series set 502 in April 1992

## Buses

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Enoden operates buses from stations like Kamakura

Enoden also operates bus service in the area.

## History

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The original Enoshima Electric Railway opened the line on 1 September 1902.[5]

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.[5]

## Popular culture

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Gokurakuji Station is one of the settings for the 2015 film Our Little Sister.[6][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.

### Anime

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The 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:[7]

* Slam Dunk (1993)
* Sweet Blue Flowers (2009)
* A Channel (2011)
* Tsuritama (2012)
* Tari Tari (2012)
* Ping Pong: The Animation (2014)
* Hanayamata (2014)
* Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
* Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club (2017)
* Anonymous Noise (2017)
* Your Voice -KIMIKOE- [ja] (2017)
* Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018)
* Super Cub (2021)

### Video games

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* Enoden's railway line is simulated its entirety in the train simulator arcade game Densha de Go! Ryojōhen.

## References

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This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

1. ^ a b "Company Outline". Enoshima Electric Railway Ltd. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
2. ^ 私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. p. 83\. ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.
3. ^ 路面電車年鑑2015 [Tramcar Annual 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Ikaros Publishing. 20 January 2015. p. 48\. ISBN 978-4863209527.
4. ^ "江ノ電、20年ぶり「新型車両」導入へ クロスシート配置 3つのテーマカラー 700形が2026年度登場". Traffic News (in Japanese). 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
5. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 79\. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
6. ^ "Go To the Shooting Locations of Our Little Sister and Experience Where the Sisters Lived Their Daily Lives! - GOOUME JP". GOOUME_JP. Retrieved 24 August 2018.[dead link]
7. ^ "Anime, movie and drama location on Enoshima and Kamakura". 30 January 2024.

## Further reading

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* Fukaya, Kenji (2015). 江ノ電 10kmの奇跡 [Enoden - The 10 km Miracle] (in Japanese). Japan: Toyo Keizai Inc. ISBN 9784492502761.

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