The Enoshima Electric Railway or Enoshima Dentetsu Line (江ノ島電鉄, Enoshima dentetsu), also known by the abbreviation Eno-den (江ノ電), is a Japanese railway which connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Stations en route include Hase, the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, the temple with the colossal outdoor statue of Amida Buddha. The railway is fully owned by the Odakyu Group of companies.

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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; 123 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 mi)
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Website	www.enoden.co.jp
Route map Legend Tōkaidō Main Line Odakyū Enoshima Line 0.0 Fujisawa (藤沢) 0.6 Ishigami (石上) 1.2 Yanagikōji (柳小路) 1.9 Kugenuma (鵠沼) 2.7 Shōnankaigankōen (湘南海岸公園) Company Headquarters 3.3 Enoshima (江ノ島) 3.9 Koshigoe (腰越) 4.7 Kamakurakōkōmae (鎌倉高校前) 5.6 Shichirigahama (七里ヶ浜) 6.8 Inamuragasaki (稲村ヶ崎) 7.6 Gokurakuji (極楽寺) 8.3 Hase (長谷) 8.9 Yuigahama (由比ヶ浜) 9.2 Wadazuka (和田塚) Yokosuka Line to Tokyo 10.0 Kamakura (鎌倉) Yokosuka Line Kurihama

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The route is 10 kilometers (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-metre (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. The section from Kamakura Station to Koshigoe is in the city of Kamakura; that from Enoshima to Fujisawa Station is in the city of Fujisawa.

Stations

The entire line is in Kanagawa Prefecture

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No	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			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

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Enoden also operates bus service in the area.

The original Enoshima Electric Railway opened the line on 1 September 1902.^[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.^[4]

Gokurakuji Station is one of the settings for the 2015 film Our Little Sister.^{[5][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.