| Caption: | A Meitetsu 3500 series EMU crossing the Yonezu Bridge |
| Color: | 008080 |
| Electrification: | 1,500 V DC |
| Image Alt: | An image of Meitetsu Express 3500 Series EMU. |
| Linelength: | 24.72NaN2 |
| Locale: | Anjō Nishio |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Meitetsu Nishio Line | |
| Native Name: | 名鉄西尾線 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Open: | 1911 |
| Owner: | Meitetsu |
| Speed: | 100km/h |
| Stations: | 14 |
| Type: | Commuter rail |
The [1] is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, connecting Shin Anjō and Kira Yoshida. It originally included a branch from Nishio-guchi to Okazaki-shin on the Tokaido Main Line, which closed in 1962 (see History section below).
| No. | Station | Distance (km) | Local | Express | Limited Express | Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 新安城 | 0.0 | ● | ● | ● | Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | Anjō | Aichi Prefecture | ||
| 北安城 | 2.6 | ● | ▲ | ｜ | |||||
| 南安城 | 4.0 | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| 碧海古井 | 5.7 | ● | ▲ | ｜ | |||||
| 堀内公園 | 6.7 | ● | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| 桜井 | 7.9 | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| 南桜井 | 9.5 | ● | ● | ｜ | |||||
| 米津 | 11.6 | ● | ● | ｜ | Nishio | ||||
| 桜町前 | 13.0 | ● | ● | ｜ | |||||
| 西尾口 | 14.2 | ● | ｜ | ｜ | |||||
| 西尾 | 15.0 | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| 福地 | 17.4 | ● | ● | ||||||
| 上横須賀 | 20.5 | ● | ● | ||||||
| 吉良吉田 | 24.7 | ● | ● | Nagoya Railroad | |||||
●：Stop ▲：Partial stop ｜：Pass
The Nishio Railway opened the Okazaki-shin to (old) Nishio section in 1911 as a gauge line, and extended it to Kira Yoshida between 1915 and 1916. In 1926, the line was acquired by the Aichi Electric Railway, which between 1928 and 1929 converted the line to gauge, electrified it at 600 V DC, and connected to the line from Shin Anjō (see below) at Nishio-guchi, abandoning the 762 mm gauge section between there and Kami Yokosuka. That company merged with Meitetsu in 1935.
In the meantime, the Hekikai Electric Railway opened the Shin Anjō to Yonezu section, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1926, and extended the line to Nishio in 1928, with a connection to Kami Yokosuka opening in 1930. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1944.
The section from Nishio-guchi to Okazaki-shin was closed between 1959 and 1962, with the voltage on the Nishio to Kira Yoshida section being raised to 1,500 V DC in 1960.
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.