The Meitetsu Inuyama Line (名鉄犬山線, Meitetsu Inuyama-sen) is a 26.8 km Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad),[2] which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu with Shin-Unuma station in Kakamigahara. Together with the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line, the line forms an alternate route of the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line between Higashi-Biwajima and Meitetsu Gifu.

Meitetsu Inuyama Line
An image of a Meitetsu 1000 series electric multiple unit.
A Meitetsu 1000 series EMU on Inuyama Bridge
Overview
Native name名鉄犬山線
OwnerMeitetsu
LocaleAichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture
Termini
Stations17
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Daily ridership57,443[1] (FY2008)
History
Opened1910 (1910)
Technical
Line length26.8 km (16.65 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph)
Route map

Higashi-Biwajima (東枇杷島)
Shōnai River
Biwajima Junction (枇杷島分岐点)
1.0
Shimo Otai (下小田井)
Jōban Expressway
National Route 22
2.4
Naka-Otai (中小田井)
Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line
Mei-Nikan Expressway (C2), Kinki Expressway
3.5
Kami-Otai (上小田井)
Down arrow Tsurumai Line to Akaike (赤池)
Shin River
5.9
Nishiharu (西春)
7.3
Tokushige-Nagoya-Geidai (徳重・名古屋芸大)
Gojō River
8.1
Taisanji (大山寺)
9.7
Iwakura (岩倉)
National Route 25
11.8
Ishibotoke (石仏)
Tōmei Expressway
14.2
Hotei (布袋)
16.2
Kōnan (江南)
19.0
Kashiwamori (柏森)
21.2
Fusō (扶桑)
22.6
Kotsuyōsui (木津用水)
24.0
Inuyamaguchi (犬山口)
24.9
Inuyama (犬山)
26.1
Inuyama-Yūen (犬山遊園)
Kiso River
Up arrow Takayama Line to Toyama (富山)
Unuma (鵜沼)
26.8
Shin-Unuma (新鵜沼)
Down arrow Takayama Line to Gifu (岐阜)

Stations

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Local (普通, futsū) (L)
Semi-Express (準急, junkyū) (S)
Express (急行, kyūkō) (E)
Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō) (R)
Limited Express (特急, tokkyū) (LE)
Rapid Limited Express (快速特急, kaisoku tokkyū) (RL)
μSKY Limited Express (ミュースカイ, myū sukai) (MU)

All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "|". Some trains stop at "▲".

No. Station Japanese Distance
(km)
L S E R LE RL MU Transfers Location
Biwajima Junction 枇杷島分岐点 - | | | | | | | Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Kiyosu Aichi
  Shimo-Otai 下小田井 1.0 | | | | |
  Naka-Otai 中小田井 2.4 | | | | | Nishi-ku, Nagoya
  Kami-Otai 上小田井 3.5 | | | Nagoya Subway: Tsurumai Line (T01)

Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line (Otai)

  Nishiharu 西春 5.9 | | | Kitanagoya
  Tokushige-Nagoya-Geidai 徳重・名古屋芸大 7.3 | | | | | |
  Taisanji 大山寺 8.1 | | | | | | Iwakura
  Iwakura 岩倉 9.7
  Ishibotoke 石仏 11.8 | | | | |
  Hotei 布袋 14.2 | | | Kōnan
  Kōnan 江南 16.2
  Kashiwamori 柏森 19.0 Fusō
  Fusō 扶桑 21.2 | | |
  Kotsuyōsui 木津用水 22.6 | | | | |
  Inuyamaguchi 犬山口 24.0 | | | | | Inuyama
  Inuyama 犬山 24.9 Meitetsu Komaki Line
Meitetsu Hiromi Line
  Inuyama-Yūen 犬山遊園 26.1
  Shin-Unuma 新鵜沼 26.8 Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line
Takayama Main Line
Kakamigahara Gifu

History

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Inuyama combined rail and road bridge in 1996

The Nagoya Electric Railway (later Meitetsu) opened the Biwajima to Iwakura section, as an interurban electrified at 600 V DC, in 1910. The line was extended to Inuyama in 1912 built with double tracks. In 1922, the Biwajima to Iwakura section was double-tracked, and in 1926, the line was extended as dual track to Shin-Unuma, including a combined rail and road bridge over the river Kiso.

In 1948, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, and in 1993 through services commenced on the Nagoya Municipal Subway Tsurumai Line. The road utilising the Kisogawa rail bridge was diverted onto its own bridge in 2000, ending the last such combined bridge usage in Japan.

Former connecting lines

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  • Iwakura Station: The Nagoya Electric Railway opened a 7 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Ichinomiya on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line Main line in 1913. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1948, and the line closed in 1965. The company opened a 6 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Komaki on the Meitetsu Komaki Line Komaki line in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964.

References

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  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. ^ "Access | Inuyama Castle, National Treasure". inuyamajo.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-12.