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Gotemba Line
JR Central 313 series train with Mt. Fuji in the background, April 2022
Overview
Owner	JR Central
Termini	Kōzu Numazu
Stations	19
Color on map	Olive (#477543)
Service
Type	Passenger/freight
Operator(s)	JR Central JR Freight
Rolling stock	313 series 211 series Odakyu 60000 series MSE
History
Opened	1 February 1889; 135 years ago (1889-02-01)
Technical
Line length	60.2 km (37.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Entirely single-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)
Train protection system	ATS-PT
Maximum incline	2.5%
Route map

Gotemba Line
Legend
Tōkaidō Main Line 0.0 Kōzu Station Kōzu Yard ↑JR East /↓JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen Odawara-Atsugi Road 3.8 Shimo-Soga Station 6.5 Kami-Ōi Station 8.3 Sagami-Kaneko Station Kawaotogawa Odakyū Odawara Line Shin-Matsuda Station 10.2 Matsuda Station 13.1 Higashi-Yamakita Station 15.9 Yamakita Station Sakawa River Bridge No.1 Sakawa River Bridge No.2 Sakawa River Bridge No.3 Tōmei Expressway 20.0 Yaga Station Tōmei Expressway Sakawagawa Kanagawa/Shizuoka border 24.6 Suruga-Oyama Station Tōmei Expressway 28.9 Ashigara Tōmei Expressway Gotemba Yard 35.5 Gotemba Station Shinbashi Signal Station Tōmei Expressway 38.2 Minami-Gotemba Station 40.6 Fujioka Station Kisegawa 45.3 Iwanami Station 50.7 Susono Station 53.5 Nagaizumi-Nameri Station 55.6 Shimo-Togari Station Sunzu Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Kisegawa 57.8 Ōoka Station Numazu yard 60.2 Numazu Station Tōkaidō Main Line

The Gotemba Line (御殿場線, Gotemba-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Kōzu Station in Odawara to Numazu via Gotemba.

The Mt. Fuji limited express service runs between Tokyo's Shinjuku Station and Gotemba via Matsuda.

Station list

Rolling stock

Local services

• 211 series
• 313 series

Limited express Mt. Fuji (formerly named Asagiri) services

• Odakyu 60000 series MSE (from March 2012)

Past

• 113 series
• Odakyu 3000 series SE (until 1991)
• 115 series (until 2007)
• E231 series (until March 2012)
• 371 series (Asagiri services, until March 2012)
• Odakyu 20000 series RSE (Asagiri services, until March 2012)

History

The present-day Gotemba Line was built as part of the original route of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Tokyo with Osaka. The portion between Kōzu and Numazu was opened on February 1, 1889, although it was not officially named the "Tokaido Line" until 1896. Portions were double tracked from 1891 and the double tracking was completed by 1901.

The line took an indirect route between Kōzu and Numazu in order to avoid the Hakone Mountains, which affected the potential journey time between Tokyo and Osaka. A more direct route had been planned as early as 1909, but technical difficulties delayed the completion of the Tanna Tunnel until December 1, 1934. With the opening of the tunnel, the route of the Tōkaidō Main Line became via Atami Station, leaving the section between Kōzu Station and Numazu Station as a spur line renamed as the Gotemba Line.

In 1943, due to the reduced traffic on the Gotemba line, and the urgent requirement for steel in World War II, the line was returned to a single track railway. Diesel multiple units replaced steam locomotive-hauled passenger trains in 1955, and a cooperative agreement was reached with the privately owned Odakyu Electric Railway to operate express trains directly from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo in the same year. The line was electrified from 1968, and regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued at most stations by 1982.

A new centralized traffic control system was installed in December 1989, with a programmed route control system implemented from March 1990. Installation for the TOICA automated turnstile system was completed at all stations in 2010.

Former connecting lines

• Gotemba station - A 19 km 762mm gauge horse tramway opened to Kawaguchiko in 1898, closed in 1905 but was reopened in 1909. It connected to the Tsuru horse tramway, providing a connection to Otsuki station on the Chuo Main Line until 1919, when it was truncated by 9 km, completely closing 10 years later.
• Shimo-Togari station - The Izu Railway Co. opened a line to Shuzenji in 1898, electrifying the line at 1500V DC in 1918. In 1934 following the opening of the Tanna Tunnel and associated realignment, the line was truncated to Mishima-Hirokoji station on the Tokaido Main Line.

References

1. Odakyu Electric Railway (16 December 2011). ２０１２年３月１７日（土） ダイヤ改正を実施します。 [Saturday 17 March 2012 Timetable Revision] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

• Yoshikawa, Fumio (2002). Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi (in Japanese). Grand-Prix Publishing. ISBN 4-87687-234-1.

v t e Stations of the Gotemba Line
Kōzu Shimo-Soga Kami-Ōi Sagami-Kaneko Matsuda Higashi-Yamakita Yamakita Yaga Suruga-Oyama Ashigara Gotemba Minami-Gotemba Fujioka Iwanami Susono Nagaizumi-Nameri Shimo-Togari Ōoka Numazu

v t e Transit in Hakone–Fuji–Izu
Shinkansen	Tokaido
JR Central	Tōkaidō Gotemba Minobu
JR East	CO Chūō JT Tōkaidō JT Itō
Odakyu Group	Odakyu Electric Railway OH Odawara Line OH Odakyu Hakone Hakone Tozan Line Hakone Tozan Cable Car Hakone Ropeway Hakone Sightseeing Cruise
Izuhakone Railway	Daiyūzan Sunzu Hakone Komagatake Ropeway Lake Ashi Excursion Ship Jukkokutōge Cable Car
Fuji Kyuko Railway Corp	Fujikyuko Line (Fujikyu) Gakunan Railway Line Lake Kawaguchi Mt. Tenjō Ropeway
Other	Izu Kyūkō Line (Izukyu) Atami Ropeway Izunokuni Panorama Park Ropeway Shimoda Ropeway
Terminals	Rail Atami Fuji Hakone-Yumoto Itō Izukyū Shimoda Kawaguchiko Mishima Mt. Fuji Numazu Odawara Ōtsuki Shin-Fuji Airports Shizuoka Airport
Miscellaneous	Yamanashi Maglev test track Smart Cards Suica Pasmo TOICA Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park Rail transport in Japan
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

v t e Transit in Greater Tokyo
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Yamagata Akita Jōetsu Hokuriku Tōkaidō Chūō (planned)
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	JY Yamanote JK Keihin-Tōhoku - Negishi JB Chūō-Sōbu Local JC Chūō Rapid JO Yokosuka - Sōbu Rapid JU Utsunomiya & Takasaki - JT Tōkaidō Ueno–Tokyo JA Saikyo JS Shonan–Shinjuku JJ Jōban Rapid JL Jōban Local JE Keiyō
Tokyo Metro	C Chiyoda F Fukutoshin G Ginza H Hibiya M Marunouchi N Namboku T Tōzai Y Yūrakuchō Z Hanzōmon
Toei Subway	A Asakusa E Ōedo I Mita S Shinjuku
Yokohama Municipal Subway	Blue Green
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	JM Musashino JH Yokohama JN Nambu JI Tsurumi Sagami Hachikō/Kawagoe Ryōmō Jōetsu Agatsuma Shin'etsu Tohoku Direction Karasuyama Nikkō Chuo Direction CO Chūō JC Itsukaichi JC Ōme Koumi Shinonoi Sobu Direction JO Sōbu Sotobō Uchibō Kururi Tōgane Joban Direction Mito Narita Suigun Kashima Tokaido Direction JT Itō
JR Central lines in satellite cities or suburbs	Chuo Direction Minobu Tokaido Direction Gotemba
Keikyu	Keikyū Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keiō New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibuen Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino JR Link Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tokyu	DT Den-en-toshi IK Ikegami MG Meguro OM Ōimachi TM Tamagawa TY Tōyoko KD Kodomonokuni SH Shin-Yokohama
Other commuter rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Trams	Enoden SG Setagaya Arakawa
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail
People movers	New Shuttle Kanazawa Seaside NT Nippori-Toneri Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka Yurikamome
Hinterland	Chichibu Jōmō Jōshin Watarase Keikoku Yagan Mooka Minato Ōarai Kashima Chōshi Isumi Kominato
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway Yokohama Air Cabin
Bus	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Tokyo City Air Terminal Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
Miscellaneous	Smart cards Pasmo Suica Transport in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Toei Subway rolling stock Tokyo Metro rolling stock List of East Japan Railway Company stations List of Tokyo Metro stations List of Toei Subway stations Station numbering
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

v t e JR Central lines
Shinkansen	Tōkaidō
Main	Chūō Kansai Kisei Takayama Tōkaidō
Local	Gotemba Jōhoku Iida Meishō Minobu Sangū Taita Taketoyo
Past	Akechi Etsumi-Nan Futamata Okata

• Stations of Central Japan Railway Company
• Gotemba Line
• Lines of Central Japan Railway Company
• Railway lines in Kanagawa Prefecture
• Rail transport in Shizuoka Prefecture
• 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
• Railway lines opened in 1889