Meitetsu Inuyama Line

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. Together with the Kakamigahara Line, the line forms an alternate route of the Nagoya Main Line between Higashi-Biwajima and Meitetsu Gifu.

Meitetsu Inuyama Line
A Meitetsu 1000 series EMU on Inuyama Bridge
Overview
Native name名鉄犬山線
OwnerMeitetsu
LocaleAichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture
TerminiShimo-Otai (Biwajima Junction)
Shin-Unuma
Stations17
Websitehttp://www.meitetsu.co.jp/
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Daily ridership57,443[1] (FY2008)
History
Opened1910
Technical
Line length26.8 km (16.65 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph)

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
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)

Tokai Transport Service Johoku Line (Otai)

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
Iwakura 岩倉 9.7 ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Ishibotoke 石仏 11.8 ● ● | | | | |
Hotei 布袋 14.2 ● ● ● ● | | | Kōnan
Kōnan 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
Kisogawa combined rail and road bridge in 1996

The Nagoya Electric Railway (later Meitetsu) opened the Biwajima to Iwakura section, as an interurban electrified at 600 V DC, in 1910. The line was extended to Inuyama in 1912 built with double tracks. 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
  1. 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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