Meitetsu Seto Line

Meitetsu Seto Line
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Shinsakae-machi Owari Seto
Stations	20
Operation
Owner	Meitetsu
Rolling stock	Meitetsu 4000 series Meitetsu 6000 series
Technical
Line length	20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)

The Seto Line (瀬戸線 Seto-sen) is a Japanese railway line which connects Sakaemachi Station in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture with Owari Seto Station in Seto, Aichi. It is owned and operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu).

History

The Seto Automatic Railway Co. opened the Owari Seto - Yada section in 1905, and extended it to Ozone the following year. The passenger service was provided by steam powered railcars, but as these proved to be underpowered, the line was electrified in 1907 at 600 VDC, the company changing its name to Seto Electric Railway Co. at that time.

In 1911 the line was extended to Horikawa (since closed), and the Horikawa - Ozone section was duplicated in 1914. The Ozone - Owari Seto section was duplicated between 1921 and 1929.

In 1939 the company merged with Meitetsu. The Horikawa - Shimizu section closed in 1976 to allow for the construction of the new line to Sakaemachi and the connection to the Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line, which opened in 1978, the voltage on the line being raised to 1500 VDC, and freight services ceasing the same year.

Stations

Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Local	Semi Express	Express	Connections	Location
Sakaemachi	栄町	0.0	●	●	●	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line, Meijō Line (Sakae)	Higashi-ku, Nagoya	Aichi
Higashiōte	東大手	1.5	●	●	●		Naka-ku, Nagoya
Shimizu	清水	2.2	●	｜	｜		Kita-ku, Nagoya
Amagasaka	尼ヶ坂	2.7	●	｜	｜
Morishita	森下	3.6	●	｜	｜		Higashi-ku, Nagoya
Ōzone	大曽根	4.6	●	●	●	Chūō Main Line Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorīto Line
Yada	矢田	5.9	●	｜	｜
Moriyama-Jieitai-Mae	守山自衛隊前	7.0	●	｜	｜	Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorīto Line (Moriyama)	Moriyama-ku, Nagoya
Hyōtan-yama	瓢箪山	7.6	●	｜	｜
Obata	小幡	8.6	●	●	●
Kitayama	喜多山	9.9	●	●	●
Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae	大森・金城学院前	10.7	●	●	●
Inba	印場	12.2	●	●	｜		Owariasahi
Asahi-mae	旭前	13.1	●	●	｜
Owari Asahi	尾張旭	14.7	●	●	●
Sangō	三郷	16.1	●	●	●
Mizuno	水野	18.0	●	●	●		Seto
Shin Seto	新瀬戸	18.7	●	●	●	Aichi Loop Line (Setoshi)
Seto-Shiyakusho-mae	瀬戸市役所前	19.4	●	●	●
Owari Seto	尾張瀬戸	20.6	●	●	●

Rolling stock

• 4000 series (from October 2008)
• 6000 series
• 6600 series
• 6750 series

References

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