Meitetsu Komaki Line

Meitetsu Komaki Line
A 300 series train
Overview
Native name	名鉄小牧線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Kamiiida Inuyama
Stations	14
Daily ridership	14,743[1] (FY2008)
Operation
Rolling stock	Meitetsu 300 Series Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series (through service)
Technical
Line length	20.6 km (12.80 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Overhead catenary 1,500 V DC

The Meitetsu Komaki Line (名鉄小牧線 Meitetsu Komaki-sen) is a 20.6 km railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Kamiiida Station in Nagoya with Inuyama Station in Inuyama. The track from Kamiiida to Ajima is mostly underground, a continuation of the Kamiiida Line operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.

Stations

A 7000 series train bound for Inuyama

Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Kamiiida	上飯田	0.0	Nagoya Municipal Subway: ■ Kamiiida Line (K01)	Kita-ku, Nagoya	Aichi Prefecture
Ajima	味鋺	2.3
Ajiyoshi	味美	3.7		Kasugai
Kasugai	春日井	5.4
Ushiyama	牛山	6.9
Manai	間内	7.8
Komakiguchi	小牧口	9.0		Komaki
Komaki	小牧	9.8
Komakihara	小牧原	11.3
Ajioka	味岡	12.4
Tagata-jinja-mae	田県神社前	13.3
Gakuden	楽田	14.9		Inuyama
Haguro	羽黒	17.2
Inuyama	犬山	20.6	■ Meitetsu Inuyama Line ■ Meitetsu Hiromi Line

History

The line was opened in 1931, with the Kamiiida to Komaki section electrified at 600 V DC in 1942, and the section to Inuyama electrified in 1947.

CTC signalling was commissioned on the 4 km section between Komaki and Buzan (since closed) in 1954, being the first use of this system by Meitetsu, and the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1964.

The line was double-tracked in staged between 1977 and 2003.

Former connecting lines

• Ajima Station: A 2 km line to Shin-Katsukawa operated between 1931 and 1937.
• Buzan Station (since closed): A line to service the Komaki airfield opened in 1944. Closing date is not known. Prior to the construction of the Chūbu Centrair International Airport (serviced by the Meitetsu Airport Line), it had been proposed to upgrade the Komaki airfield to become the Nagoya International Airport, with a connecting line from Ajiyoshi station.
• Komaki Station: A 6 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Iwakura on the Inuyama line opened in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964. In 1945 construction began on a 13 km loop line to Ajima (utilising the closed Shin-Katsukawa line mentioned above) to service an army arsenal and cadet school. The roadbed was about 50% complete when work was abandoned due to the end of the war.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

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 21 December 2010.

External links

• Meitetsu official website (Japanese)
• Meitetsu official website (English)