Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line Explained

Caption:A Kakamigahara Line train near Haba Station
Color:008000
Electrification:1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Image Alt:An image of a train on Kakamigahara Line near Haba Station.
Linelength:17.62NaN2
Locale:Gifu Prefecture
Map State:collapsed
Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line
Native Name:名鉄各務原線
Native Name Lang:ja
Owner:Meitetsu
Speed:100km/h
Stations:18
Type:Commuter rail

The is a railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad), connecting Meitetsu-Gifu station in the city of Gifu with Shin-Unuma station in Kakamigahara.

Stations

L:
E:
R:
MU:
No.NameJapaneseDistance (km)width=15pxLwidth=15pxEwidth=15pxRwidth=15pxMUTransfersLocation
Meitetsu Gifu名鉄岐阜0.0align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue" Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Tōkaidō Main Line, Takayama Main Line (via Gifu)
GifuGifu Prefecture
Tagami田神1.1
Hosobata細畑2.9
Kiridōshi切通3.9align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue"
Tejikara手力4.8
Takada-bashi高田橋5.4
Shin Kanō新加納6.6Kakamigahara
Shin Naka新那加7.5align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue"
Shiminkōen-mae市民公園8.1
Kakamigahara-shiyakusho-mae各務原市役所前8.7align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue"
Rokken六軒9.9align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue"
Mikakino三柿野11.2align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue"align=center style="color:red"
Nijikken二十軒12.4
Meiden Kakamigahara名電各務原13.7align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue"Takayama Main Line (via Kagamigahara)
Ogase苧ヶ瀬14.6
Haba羽場15.5
Unumajuku鵜沼宿16.5
Shin Unuma新鵜沼17.6align=center style="color:deepskyblue"align=center style="color:blue"align=center style="color:red" Meitetsu Inuyama Line
Takayama Main Line (via Unuma)

History

The line was opened between 1926 and 1927 by the Mino Electric Railway, electrified at 600 V DC. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1935. The Gifu to Ogase section was double-tracked between 1938 and 1942, with the Ogase to Shin-Unuma section being double-tracked in 1964, the same year the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, enabling the maximum speed on the line to be raised from 65 km/h to 85 km/h.

Former connecting lines

A 1 km line branched off at Tagami Station, providing a connection to the Gifu Tram network (which was also 1,067 mm gauge) operated between 1970 and 2005 (when the tram system closed). It changed voltage (with a short dead section) to 600 V DC at the Keirinjo-mae end of the line.