Meitetsu Komaki Line Explained

Caption:	A Meitetsu 300 series EMU
Color:	FFC0CB
Daily Ridership:	14,743^[1] (FY2008)
Electrification:	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Image Alt:	An image of a Meitetsu 300 series electric multiple unit.
Linelength:	20.62NaN2
Locale:	Aichi Prefecture
Map State:	collapsed
Meitetsu Komaki Line
Native Name:	名鉄小牧線
Native Name Lang:	ja
Stations:	14
Stock:	Meitetsu 300 series Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series (through service)
Type:	Commuter rail

The is a 20.6km (12.8miles) railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad), connecting Kamiiida Station in Nagoya with Inuyama Station in Inuyama. The track from Kamiiida to Ajima is mostly underground, a continuation of the Kamiiida Line operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.

Stations

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
	Kamiiida	Japanese: 上飯田	0.0	Nagoya Municipal Subway Kamiiida Line (K01)	Kita-ku, Nagoya
	Ajima	Japanese: 味鋺	2.3
	Ajiyoshi	Japanese: 味美	3.7		Kasugai
	Kasugai	Japanese: 春日井	5.4
	Ushiyama	Japanese: 牛山	6.9
	Manai	Japanese: 間内	7.8
	Komakiguchi	Japanese: 小牧口	9.0		Komaki
	Komaki	Japanese: 小牧	9.8
	Komakihara	Japanese: 小牧原	11.3
	Ajioka	Japanese: 味岡	12.4
	Tagata-jinja-mae	Japanese: 田県神社前	13.3
	Gakuden	Japanese: 楽田	14.9		Inuyama
	Haguro	Japanese: 羽黒	17.2
	Inuyama	Japanese: 犬山	20.6	Meitetsu Inuyama Line Meitetsu Hiromi Line

History

The line was opened in 1931, with the Kamiiida to Komaki section electrified at 600 V DC in 1942, and the section to Inuyama electrified in 1947.^[2]

CTC signalling was commissioned on the 4km (02miles) section between Komaki and Buzan (since closed) in 1954, being the first use of this system by Meitetsu, and the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1964.

The line was double-tracked in stages between 1977 and 2003.

Former connecting lines

• Ajima Station: A 2km (01miles) line to Shin-Kachigawa operated between 1931 and 1937.
• Toyoyama Station (since closed): A line to service the Komaki airfield opened in 1944. Closing date is not known. Prior to the construction of the Chūbu Centrair International Airport (serviced by the Meitetsu Airport Line), it had been proposed to upgrade the Komaki airfield to become the Nagoya International Airport, with a connecting line from Ajiyoshi station.
• Komaki Station: A 6km (04miles) line electrified at 600 V DC to Iwakura on the Inuyama line opened in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964. In 1945 construction began on a 13km (08miles) loop line to Ajima (utilising the closed Shin-Kachigawa line mentioned above) to service an army arsenal and cadet school. The roadbed was about 50% complete when work was abandoned due to the end of the war.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

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

Notes and References

1. 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 . Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism . 21 December 2010 .
2. Web site: 小牧線の歴史 . History of the Komaki Line . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160513094748/http://www.city.komaki.aichi.jp/dbps_data/_material_/_files/000/000/002/254/komakisennorekisi2009.pdf . 13 May 2016 . 16 November 2022 . city.komaki.aichi.jp . ja.