Meitetsu Inuyama Line

Meitetsu Inuyama Line
A Meitetsu 1000 series EMU on Inuyama Bridge
Overview
Native name	名鉄犬山線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture
Termini	Shimo-Otai (Biwajima Junction) Shin-Unuma
Stations	17
Daily ridership	57,443[1] (FY2008)
Website	http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/
Operation
Opened	1910
Owner	Meitetsu
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
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, 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

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