Meitetsu Toyota Line

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 Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) connecting Umetsubo Station in Toyota with Akaike Station in Nisshin.

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
Stations	9
Website	Meitetsu
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	20,172[1] (FY2008)
History
Opened	29 July 1979[2][3]
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)

Stations

Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Toyotashi	豊田市	0.0	■ Meitetsu Mikawa Line	Toyota	Aichi
Umetsubo	梅坪	1.4	■ Meitetsu Mikawa Line
Kami Toyota	上豊田	3.4
Jōsui	浄水	5.2
Miyoshigaoka	三好ヶ丘	7.6		Miyoshi
Kurozasa	黒笹	9.5
Komenoki	米野木	11.8		Nisshin
Nisshin	日進	13.6
Akaike	赤池	16.4	■ 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. 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.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

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

1. 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
2. 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)
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

External links

• Meitetsu official website (in Japanese)
• Meitetsu official website