Higashiyama Line

Higashiyama Line
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Higashiyama Line
	An N1000 series EMU approaching Kamiyashiro Station in June 2015
Overview
Native name	東山線
Type	Rapid transit
System	Nagoya Municipal Subway
Locale	Nagoya, Japan
Termini	Takabata; Fujigaoka
Stations	22
Daily ridership	200,334[1] (2008)
Operation
Opened	November 15, 1957
Operator(s)	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Character	Hatchii
Depot(s)	Takabata, Fujigaoka
Rolling stock	5000 series ; 5050 series ; N1000 series
Technical
Track length	20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third rail 600 V DC
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
Route number	1

The Higashiyama Line (東山線, Higashiyama-sen) is a subway line, which forms part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. Officially, the line is referred to as Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 1 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第1号線, Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-ichi-gō-sen). It runs from Takabata in Nakagawa Ward to Fujigaoka in Meitō Ward, all within Nagoya. The Higashiyama Line's color on maps is Windsor yellow; its stations carry the letter "H" followed by a number. All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card.

The first section of the line opened in 1957. The line links Nagoya Station and Sakae, the CBD of Nagoya. As such, the line has the highest ridership among Nagoya Municipal Subway Lines. On arriving at Nagoya Station (from Fujigaoka), departing Nagoya Station (to Fujigaoka), or at Fujigaoka Station, the announcements are made in five languages, namely Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, and Portuguese, in that order.[2]

Stations

The stations are as follows:[3]

Number	Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
H01	Takabata	高畑	0.0	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line (planned)	Nakagawa	Nagoya, Aichi
H02	Hatta	八田	0.9	Kansai Main Line Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu-Hatta)	Nakagawa
H03	Iwatsuka	岩塚	2.0		Nakamura
H04	Nakamura Kōen	中村公園	3.1	Sakura-dōri Line (planned extension)
H05	Nakamura Nisseki	中村日赤	3.9
H06	Honjin	本陣	4.6
H07	Kamejima	亀島	5.5
H08	Nagoya	名古屋	6.6	Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagoya) Meitetsu Nagoya Line (Meitetsu Nagoya) Sakura-dōri Line (S02) Aonami Line (AN01)
H09	Fushimi	伏見	8.0	Tsurumai Line (T07)	Naka
H10	Sakae	栄	9.0	Meitetsu Seto Line (Sakaemachi) Meijō Line (M05)	Naka
H11	Shinsakae-machi	新栄町	10.1	Kamiiida Line (planned extension)	Higashi
H12	Chikusa	千種	11.0	Chūō Main Line	Higashi
H13	Imaike	今池	11.7	Sakura-dōri Line (S08)	Chikusa
H14	Ikeshita	池下	12.6
H15	Kakuōzan	覚王山	13.2
H16	Motoyama	本山	14.2	Meijō Line (M17)
H17	Higashiyama Kōen (Higashiyama Park)	東山公園	15.1	Tōbu Line (planned)
H18	Hoshigaoka	星ヶ丘	16.2	Tōbu Line (planned)
H19	Issha	一社	17.5		Meitō
H20	Kamiyashiro	上社	18.6
H21	Hongō	本郷	19.3
H22	Fujigaoka	藤が丘	20.6	Linimo (L01)

History

The Higashiyama Line was the first underground rapid transit line in Nagoya, and it opened initially on 15 November 1957 with three stations. The three stations were Nagoya Station, Fushimimachi Station (now Fushimi), and Sakaemachi Station (now Sakae). At first, the subway had six 100 series EMU trainsets, formed with two cars per set.

The line was extended from Sakaemachi (now Sakae) to Ikeshita on June 15, 1960, from Ikeshita to Higashiyama Kōen on April 1, 1963, from Higashiyama Kōen to Hoshigaoka on March 30, 1967.

The line was simultaneously extended from Nagoya to Nakamura Kōen and from Hoshigaoka to its current eastern terminus of Fujigaoka on April 1, 1969. The line was further extended from Nakamura Kōen to its present western terminus of Takabata on September 21, 1982, and with that was completed as the line which operates today.[4]

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Takabata and Fujigaoka Depots.

5050 series (since 1992)
N1000 series (since 2008)

A 5050 series train in March 2010
An N1000 series train in March 2010

Former

100/200/250/500/700 series (1957-1999)
300/800 series (1967-2000)
5000 series (July 1980 – August 2015)

The 250, 300 and 700 series trains were later sold to Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad, where they were refurbished and reclassified as Kotoden 600 series (former 250/700 series) and Kotoden 700 series (former 300 series), and to the Argentinian transport company Metrovías S.A., where they serve Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro.

The last remaining 5000 series train in service was withdrawn following a special final run on 30 August 2015.[5]

A Takabata-bound 300 series train in March 1994
A 5000 series train in July 2015

References

各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
車内アナウンス：東山線 [Announcements in the Train: Higashiyama Line] (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.
東山線 [Higashiyama Line] (in Japanese). hatena. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, ISBN 4-87687-260-0
名古屋市交通局で5000形車両引退記念イベント [Nagoya Transportation Bureau stages 5000 series retirement event]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

External links

Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya official website (in Japanese)

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[ministry_of_transportation_etc-1] 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

[announcements-2] 車内アナウンス：東山線 [Announcements in the Train: Higashiyama Line] (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2010.

[hatena-3] 東山線 [Higashiyama Line] (in Japanese). hatena. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

[history_of_subways-4] 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, ISBN 4-87687-260-0

[railfan20150831-5] 名古屋市交通局で5000形車両引退記念イベント [Nagoya Transportation Bureau stages 5000 series retirement event]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.