Meitetsu Inuyama Line

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Meitetsu Inuyama Line
A Meitetsu 1000 series EMU on Inuyama Bridge
Overview
Native name	名鉄犬山線
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture
Termini	Shimo-Otai (Biwajima Junction) Shin-Unuma
Stations	17
Website	http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	57,443[1] (FY2008)
History
Opened	1910
Technical
Line length	26.8 km (16.65 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)

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 Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu, Aichi with Shin-Unuma Station in Kakamigahara, Gifu. Together with the Kakamigahara Line, the line forms an alternate route of the Nagoya Main Line between Higashi-Biwajima and Meitetsu Gifu.

Stations[]

● 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 "▲".

History[]

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Kisogawa 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 Kisogawa.

In 1948, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, and in 1993 through services commenced on the Nagoya 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[]

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

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