Sōunzan Station
railway station in Hakone, Ashigarashimo district, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Sōunzan Station (Japanese: 早雲山駅, Hepburn: Sōunzan-eki) is a terminal funicular railway station on the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line in the town of Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 1.2 kilometers (0.75 mi) by rail from the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line's opposing terminus at Gōra Station. It is also the lower terminus for the Hakone Ropeway, from Tōgendai Station, and is located at an altitude of 767 meters (2,516 ft).
History
Sōunzan Station opened on December 1, 1921 with the opening of the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line.
On 1 April 2024, operations of the station came under the aegis of Odakyu Hakone resulting from restructuring of Odakyu Group operations in the Hakone area.
Lines
Hakone Tozan Cable Car
Hakone Ropeway
Layout
Sōunzan Station on the Hakone Tozan Cable Car has a bay platform serving one track. The station is elevated to incorporate the cable winding equipment necessary for the operation of funicular railway and the cable car.
The boarding area for the Hakone Cable Car is on the second floor, with access by stairs or by elevator, as the station is built barrier free for use by handicapped customers.
“Sōunzan Station” enters the record as railway station in Hakone, Ashigarashimo district, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sōunzan, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7667653. Authority coordinates are 35.246, 139.036. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921 and 2024.
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