Hakone-Yumoto Station

Hakone-Yumoto Station 箱根湯本駅
The station entrance in June 2009
Location	707-1 Yumoto Shiraishishita, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa-ken Japan
Operated by	Hakone Tozan Railway
Line(s)	Hakone Tozan Line
Distance	6.1 km from Odawara
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1 October 1919
Rebuilt	2009
Location
Hakone-Yumoto Station Location within Japan

Hakone-Yumoto Station (箱根湯本駅, Hakone-Yumoto-eki^?) is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.

Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line from Odawara to Gōra, although all Hakone Tozan Line trains start from this station, and only Odakyu services operate between Hakone-Yumoto and Odawara. The station lies 6.1 kilometers from the line's official starting point at Odawara Station. Odakyu Electric Railway "Romancecar" limited express trains run between Shinjuku and this station.

The station has four tracks. There are some shops, information center for sightseeing and hotel reservations, and bus terminal also in front of the station.

Hakone-Yumoto station opened on October 1, 1888, as "Odawara Horse-drawn Railway" terminal Yumoto Station, from Kōzu Station (on the Tokaido Main Line), via Odawara Station. On June 1, 1919, a new electrified funicular railway was opened from Hakone-Yumoto to Gōra, and the Hakone Tozan Railway (founded 1928) converted the Odawawa to Hakone-Yumoto tram line to a railway in 1935.

Since 1950, Odakyu Electric Railway provides through servicea from Shinjuku Station on its Odawara Line, by Limited Express "Romancecar" and Express (commuter trains). After March 15, 2008, Odakyu discontinued normal Express services on the Hakone Tozan Line. A new station building was completed in 2009.