Meitetsu Toyota Line

Meitetsu Toyota Line
Meitetsu Toyota Line
	A Meitetsu 100 series EMU on the Meitetsu Toyota Line
Overview
Native name	名鉄豊田線
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Umetsubo; Akaike;
Stations	9
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	20,172 (FY2008)
History
Opened	29 July 1979
Technical
Line length	15.2 km (9.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Meitetsu Toyota Line (名鉄豊田線, Meitetsu Toyota-sen) is a 15.2 km (9.4 mi) railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad) connecting Umetsubo station in Toyota with Akaike Station in Nisshin. The line operates a through service onto the Nagoya Subway Tsurumai Line at Akaike.

Stations

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture. While the nominal terminus of the line is at Umetsubo Station, trains (and passengers) continue past this to terminate at Toyotashi Station.

Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Toyotashi	豊田市	-1.5		Toyota
Umetsubo	梅坪	0.0	■ Meitetsu Mikawa Line
Kami Toyota	上豊田	2.0
Jōsui	浄水	3.8
Miyoshigaoka	三好ヶ丘	6.3		Miyoshi
Kurozasa	黒笹	8.1		Miyoshi
Komenoki	米野木	10.4		Nisshin
Nisshin	日進	12.2
Akaike	赤池	15.2	■ Tsurumai Line (T20)

History

First proposed in 1926, construction of the line was started by the Mikawa Railway in 1932, but abandoned in 1937 due to management issues.^{[citation needed]} Construction restarted in 1973 following an agreement for through-running with the Nagoya Subway Tsurumai Line, and the line opened in 1979, dual-tracked and electrified at 1,500 V DC.

References

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

^ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
^ 曽根, 悟 (September 2010), "週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線大手私鉄: 名古屋鉄道", 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 3, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
^ 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, p. 131, ISBN 4-87687-260-0

[ministry_of_transportation_etc-1] 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

[private_line_histories_periodical_issue_9-2] 曽根, 悟 (September 2010), "週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線大手私鉄: 名古屋鉄道", 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 3, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6

[history_of_subways-3] 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, p. 131, ISBN 4-87687-260-0

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Stations

History

See also

References