Meitetsu Toyota Line

The Meitetsu Toyota Line (名鉄豊田線, Meitetsu Toyota-sen) is a 15.2 km (9.4 mi) railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) connecting Umetsubo Station in Toyota with Akaike Station in Nisshin.

Meitetsu Toyota Line
A Meitetsu 100 series EMU on the Meitetsu Toyota Line
Overview
Native name名鉄豊田線
TypeCommuter rail
LocaleAichi Prefecture
Stations9
Daily ridership20,172[1] (FY2008)
WebsiteMeitetsu
Operation
Opened29 July 1979 (1979-07-29)[2][3]
OwnerMeitetsu
Technical
Line length15.2 km (9.4 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)

Stations
Station name Japanese Distance
(km)		 Transfers Location
Toyotashi 豊田市 0.0 ■ Meitetsu Mikawa Line Toyota Aichi
Umetsubo 梅坪 1.4 ■ Meitetsu Mikawa Line
Kami Toyota 上豊田 3.4
Jōsui 浄水 5.2
Miyoshigaoka 三好ヶ丘 7.6 Miyoshi
Kurozasa 黒笹 9.5
Komenoki 米野木 11.8 Nisshin
Nisshin 日進 13.6
Akaike 赤池 16.4 ■ Tsurumai Line (T20)

History

First proposed in 1926, construction of the line was started by the Mikawa Railway in 1932, but abandoned in 1937 due to management issues. Construction restarted in 1973 following an agreement for through-running with the Nagoya Subway Tsurumai Line, and the line opened in 1979, dual-tracked and electrified at 1,500 V DC.

See also

References

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

  1. 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. 曽根, 悟 (September 2010), 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. (9), p. 3, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 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, p. 131, ISBN 4-87687-260-0
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