Meitetsu Gamagōri Line

Meitetsu Gamagōri Line
A Meitetsu 6000 series EMU
Overview
Native name	名鉄蒲郡線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Nishio Gamagōri
Termini	Kira Yoshida Gamagōri
Stations	10
Operation
Opened	November 10, 1936[1]
Owner	Meitetsu
Technical
Line length	17.6 km (10.94 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)

The Meitetsu Gamagōri Line (名鉄蒲郡線 Meitetsu Gamagōri-sen) is a 17.6 km Japanese railway line in Aichi Prefecture which connects Kira Yoshida Station in Nishio, with Gamagōri Station in Gamagōri. It is owned by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) and operated as an extension of the Meitetsu Nishio Line.

Stations

All stations are located in Aichi Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Kira Yoshida	吉良吉田	0.0	Meitetsu Nishio Line	Nishio
Mikawa Toba	三河鳥羽	3.2
Nishi Hazu	西幡豆	4.7
Higashi Hazu	東幡豆	7.0
Kodomonokuni	こどもの国	8.9
Nishiura	西浦	10.5		Gamagōri
Katahara	形原	11.7
Mikawa Kashima	三河鹿島	13.5
Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae	蒲郡競艇場前	15.3	Tōkaidō Main Line (Mikawa-Shiotsu)
Gamagōri	蒲郡	17.6	Tōkaidō Main Line

History

The Kira Yoshida to Mikawa Toba section was opened by the Mikawa Railway in 1929, electrified at 1,500 V DC. It was extended (but not electrified) to Gamagōri in 1936. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1941, which in 1943 lowered the voltage on the Kira Yoshida to Mikawa Toba section to 600 V DC to permit through-running with the Meitetsu Nishio Line.

The Mikawa Toba to Gamagōri section was electrified between 1946 and 1947, and in 1959 the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, through-running on the Nishio Line recommencing when the voltage on that line was raised the following year.

References

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

1. 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)