Meitetsu Inuyama Line
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Meitetsu Inuyama Line | |
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A Meitetsu 1000 series EMU on Inuyama Bridge | |
Overview | |
Native name | 名鉄犬山線 |
Owner | Meitetsu |
Locale | Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture |
Termini | |
Stations | 17 |
Website | http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/ |
Service | |
Type | Commuter rail |
Daily ridership | 57,443[1] (FY2008) |
History | |
Opened | 1910 |
Technical | |
Line length | 26.8 km (16.65 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC |
Operating speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) |
The Meitetsu Inuyama Line (名鉄犬山線, Meitetsu Inuyama-sen) is a 26.8 km Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu, Aichi with Shin-Unuma Station in Kakamigahara, Gifu.
Stations
● Local (普通, futsū) (L)
● Semi-Express (準急, junkyū) (S)
● Express (急行, kyūkō) (E)
● Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō) (R)
● Limited Express (特急, tokkyū) (LE)
● Rapid Limited Express (快速特急, kaisoku tokkyū) (RL)
● μSKY Limited Express (ミュースカイ, myū sukai) (MU)
All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "|". Some trains stop at "▲".
Station | Japanese | Distance (km) |
L | S | E | R | LE | RL | MU | Transfers | Location | |
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Biwajima Junction | 枇杷島分岐点 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | Kiyosu | Aichi |
Shimo-Otai | 下小田井 | 1.0 | ● | | | ▲ | | | | | | | | | |||
Naka-Otai | 中小田井 | 2.4 | ● | | | ▲ | | | | | | | | | Nishi-ku, Nagoya | ||
Kami-Otai | 上小田井 | 3.5 | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | | | | | Nagoya Subway: ■ Tsurumai Line (T01) | ||
Nishiharu | 西春 | 5.9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | | | | | Kitanagoya | ||
Tokushige-Nagoya-Geidai | 徳重・名古屋芸大 | 7.3 | ● | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||
Taisanji | 大山寺 | 8.1 | ● | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iwakura | ||
Aichi | 岩倉 | 9.7 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
Ishibotoke | 石仏 | 11.8 | ● | ● | | | | | | | | | | | |||
Hotei | 布袋 | 14.2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | | | | | Kōnan | ||
Aichi | 江南 | 16.2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
Kashiwamori | 柏森 | 19.0 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ▲ | Fusō | ||
Fusō | 扶桑 | 21.2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | | | | | |||
Kotsuyōsui | 木津用水 | 22.6 | ● | ● | | | | | | | | | | | |||
Inuyamaguchi | 犬山口 | 24.0 | ● | ● | | | | | | | | | | | Inuyama | ||
Inuyama | 犬山 | 24.9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ■ Meitetsu Komaki Line ■ Meitetsu Hiromi Line | ||
Inuyama-Yūen | 犬山遊園 | 26.1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
Shin-Unuma | 新鵜沼 | 26.8 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ■ Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line Takayama Main Line |
Kakamigahara | Gifu |
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Inuyamabashi-Bridge.jpg/220px-Inuyamabashi-Bridge.jpg)
The Nagoya Electric Railway (later Meitetsu) opened the Biwajima to Iwakura section, electrified at 600 V DC, in 1910, extending the line as dual track to Inuyama in 1912. In 1922, the Biwajima to Iwakura section was double-tracked, and in 1926, the line was extended as dual track to Shin-Unuma, including a combined rail and road bridge over the Kisogawa.
In 1948, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, and in 1993 through services commenced on the Nagoya Subway Tsurumai Line. The road utilising the Kisogawa rail bridge was diverted onto its own bridge in 2000, ending the last such combined bridge usage in Japan.
Former connecting lines
- Iwakura Station: The Nagoya Electric Railway opened a 7 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Ichinomiya on the Main line in 1913. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1948, and the line closed in 1965. The company opened a 6 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Komaki on the Komaki line in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964.
References
- ^ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.