Tōkyū Meguro Line

Tokyu Meguro Line

Tokyu 5080 series EMU on the Meguro Line
Overview
Native name 東急目黒線
Type Commuter rail
Locale Tokyo
Termini Meguro
Hiyoshi
Stations 13
Operation
Owner Tokyu Corporation
Technical
Line length 11.9 km (7.4 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Meguro Line tracks run parallel with the Tōyoko Line between Den-en-chōfu and Hiyoshi stations (inside tracks - Meguro Line, outside tracks - Tōyoko Line)

The Tokyu Meguro Line (東急目黒線 Tōkyū Meguro-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between Meguro and Den-en-chōfu in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to Hiyoshi on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line in Yokohama, Kanagawa.

The Meguro line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line beyond Meguro. Until this connection was established in 2000, the line was a part of the Mekama Line, and ran between Meguro and Kamata. The rest of the Mekama Line was named the Tōkyū Tamagawa Line. On June 22, 2008, new tracks for the Meguro Line trains from Motosumiyoshi to Hiyoshi stations were added.

Express services between Musashi-Kosugi and Meguro started on September 25, 2006, and was extended to Hiyoshi on June 22, 2008. The Express saves 5 minutes over the route and overtakes local trains at Musashi-Koyama. Express trains operate during the daytime one in every 4 to 5 trains, with higher frequencies during peak periods.

Stations

Station No. Station Express Transfers Location
MG01 Meguro 目黒 Shinagawa Tokyo
MG02 Fudō-mae 不動前  
MG03 Musashi-Koyama 武蔵小山
MG04 Nishi-Koyama 西小山  
MG05 Senzoku 洗足   Meguro
MG06 Ōokayama 大岡山 Tokyu Oimachi Line Ōta
MG07 Okusawa 奥沢   Setagaya
MG08 Den-en-chōfu 田園調布 Tokyu Toyoko Line Ōta
MG09 Tamagawa 多摩川
MG10 Shin-Maruko 新丸子 Tokyu Toyoko Line Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa
MG11 Musashi-Kosugi 武蔵小杉
MG12 Motosumiyoshi 元住吉 Tokyu Toyoko Line
MG13 Hiyoshi 日吉 Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama

Rolling stock

Tokyu

Other operators

History

Former connecting lines

See also

References

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

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