Enoshima Electric Railway#Buses

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The line is {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and has a rail gauge of {{RailGauge|1067mm}}. 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 ({{convert|450|m|abbr=on|adj=on}}) section of street running between {{STN|Koshigoe|x}} and {{STN|Enoshima|x}} stations. However, the entire line is governed under the {{nihongo|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 {{STN|Hase|x|Kanagawa}}, the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, and {{STN|Gokurakuji|x}}, which has appeared in a number of films, anime, manga, and TV shows.

File:Enoshima station sunny day - 2024 July 2 various 14 21 21 845000.jpegThe entire line is located in Kanagawa Prefecture.

{{As of|2015|04|01}}, Enoden operates a fleet of 15 two-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train types as shown below.{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2015 |trans-title=Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 23 July 2015 |location = Japan |language = ja |page = 83|isbn = 978-4-330-58415-7}}{{cite book |script-title=ja: 路面電車年鑑2015 |trans-title=Tramcar Annual 2015 |publisher = Ikaros Publishing|date = 20 January 2015 |location = Japan |language = ja |page = 48|isbn = 978-4863209527}}

File:Enoden305 01.jpg|300 series set 305 in 2005

File:EnodenT500.jpg|500 series

• 700 series{{Cite web |date=2025-04-24 |title=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 |url=https://trafficnews.jp/post/542148?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ3k49leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFQSkpXelVYYWNDY2llUkMyAR7oBk0P4Cwsq9YSV5au5Q7fE4UeX8KIM8I37pK84vlr0mhQwtk1HnS9KcorLg_aem_Y68mUmYQzZ9ywNgwzC9gtA |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Traffic News |language=ja}}

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.

• 500 series

File:Enoden EMU 502 19920411.JPG|Original 500 series set 502 in April 1992

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Enoden also operates bus service in the area.

The original Enoshima Electric Railway opened the line on 1 September 1902.{{cite book |last = Terada |first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways |publisher = Neko Publishing |date = 19 January 2013 |location = Japan |language = ja |page = 79|isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4}}

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.

Gokurakuji Station is one of the settings for the 2015 film Our Little Sister.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gooume-jp.com/works/252|title=Go To the Shooting Locations of Our Little Sister and Experience Where the Sisters Lived Their Daily Lives! - GOOUME JP|work=GOOUME_JP|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2022}}

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.

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:{{cite web | url=http://travelenoshima.jp/anime.html | title=Anime, movie and drama location on Enoshima and Kamakura | date=30 January 2024 }}

• 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)
• Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018)
• Super Cub (2021)

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

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

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• {{cite book |script-title=ja: 江ノ電 10kmの奇跡 |trans-title=Enoden - The 10 km Miracle |last = Fukaya|first = Kenji|publisher = Toyo Keizai Inc. | year = 2015|location = Japan |language = ja |isbn = 9784492502761}}

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