Meitetsu Nishio Line

Meitetsu Nishio Line
A Meitetsu 3500 series EMU crossing the Yonezu Bridge
Overview
Native name	名鉄西尾線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Anjō Nishio
Termini	Shin Anjō Kira Yoshida
Stations	14
Operation
Opened	1911
Owner	Meitetsu
Technical
Line length	24.7 km (15.35 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)

The Meitetsu Nishio Line (名鉄西尾線 Meitetsu Nishio-sen)^[1] is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, connecting Shin Anjō and Kira Yoshida. It originally included a branch from Nishio-guchi to Okazaki-shin on the Tokaido Main Line, which closed in 1962 (see History section below).

Stations

Station	Distance (km)	Local	Semi Express	Express	Limited Express	Transfers	Location
Shin Anjō	0.0	●	●	●	●	Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	Anjō	Aichi Prefecture
Kita Anjō	2.6	●	▲	｜	｜
Minami Anjō	4.0	●	●	●	●
Hekikai Furui	5.7	●	▲	｜	｜
Horiuchikōen	6.7	●	｜	｜	｜
Sakurai	7.9	●	●	●	●
Minami Sakurai	9.5	●	●	｜	｜
Yonezu	11.6	●	●	●	｜		Nishio
Sakuramachi-mae	13.0	●	●	●	｜
Nishioguchi	14.2	●	｜	｜	｜
Nishio	15.0	●	●	●	●
Fukuchi	17.4	●	●	●
Kami Yokosuka	20.5	●	●	●
Kira Yoshida	24.7	●	●	●		Nagoya Railroad: Gamagōri Line

●：Stop　▲：Partial stop　｜：Pass

History

The Nishio Railway opened the Okazaki-shin to (old) Nishio section in 1911 as a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line, and extended it to Kira Yoshida between 1915 and 1916. In 1926, the line was acquired by the Aichi Electric Railway, which between 1928 and 1929 converted the line to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge, electrified it at 600 V DC, and connected to the line from Shin Anjō (see below) at Nishio-guchi, abandoning the 762 mm gauge section between there and Kami Yokosuka. That company merged with Meitetsu in 1935.

In the meantime, the Hekikai Electric Railway opened the Shin Anjō to Yonezu section, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1926, and extended the line to Nishio in 1928, with a connection to Kami Yokosuka opening in 1930. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1944.

The section from Nishio-guchi to Okazaki-shin was closed between 1959 and 1962, with the voltage on the Nishio to Kira Yoshida section being raised to 1,500 V DC in 1960.

Former connecting lines

• Minami Anjo Station: The Hekikai Electric Railway opened a 1 km 1,067 mm gauge freight-only line electrified at 1,500 V DC to Anjo in 1939. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1944, which commenced passenger services in 1950. The line closed in 1961.
• Nishio Station: The Nishio Railway opened a 5 km 762 mm gauge line to Heisaka Port in 1914. Following the company merging with Aichi Electric Railway Co. in 1926, the line was converted to 1,067 mm gauge and electrified at 600 V DC in 1928. The line closed in 1960 when the Nishio line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

1. 西尾線・蒲郡線 路線・駅情報 [Nishio and Gamagōri Line - Lines and Stations information] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

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