Meguro Line Explained

Meguro Line
Native Name:	目黒線
Native Name Lang:	ja
Type:	Commuter rail
Locale:	Tokyo
Stations:	13
Daily Ridership:	388,982 (FY 2018)
Owner:	Tokyu Corporation
Electrification:	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Mapcolor:	Sky Blue (#)
Map State:	collapsed

The is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between and in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line in Yokohama, Kanagawa. Additionally, the Meguro line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line beyond Meguro.

History

• 1923:
  • March 11: The line opens as the Meguro Line between Meguro and Maruko (now Numabe) (on the current Tamagawa Line).^[1]
  • October: Meguro-Fudōmae station is renamed to Fudōmae station.
  • November 1: The line is extended from Maruko to Kamata, and the line is renamed to the Mekama line.^[1]
• 1924, June 1: Koyama becomes Musashi-Koyama.^[2]
• 1926, January 1: Chōfu and Tamagawa stations are renamed to Den-en-Chōfu and Maruko-Tamagawa stations respectively.^[2]
• 1928, August 1: Nishi-Koyama station opens.
• 1931, January 1: Maruko-Tamagawa station is renamed again to Tamagawa-en-mae station.^[2]
• 1977, December 16: Tamagawa-en-mae station is renamed yet again to Tamagawa-en station.^[2]
• 1994, November 27: Den-en-Chōfu station moves underground.
• 1997:
  • June 27: Ōokayama station moves underground.
  • July 27: Meguro station moves underground.
• 1999, October 10: Fudōmae station is elevated.
• 2000:
  • August 6: Service is split into two services, Meguro - Musashi-Kosugi and Tamagawa - Kamata. Tamagawa-en station is renamed to Tamagawa station^[2] and one-man operation begins.^[3]
  • September 26: Through service begins with the Tokyo Metro Namboku and Toei Mita Lines.^[3]
• 2001, March 28: Through service begins with the Saitama Rapid Railway line via the Namboku line.^[3]
• 2006:
  • July 2: As part of a grade separation project between Fudōmae and Senzoku, Musashi-Koyama and Nishi-Koyama stations move underground.^[3]
  • September 25: Express service commences.^[3]
• 2008 June 22: Service extended to Hiyoshi.^[3]
• 2022 April: Eight-car trains commence operation on the line.^[4] Platforms on Meguro Line were lengthened in order to accommodate 8-car trainsets and allow through services with Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line.
• 2023 March 18: The through service onto the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line began service.^[5] Since then, most express trains no longer terminate at but instead either,,, or . The majority of local trains still terminate at Hiyoshi.

Stations

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Local	Express	Transfers	Location
Between Stations	Total
↑ Through-running to/from↑ Tokyo Metro Namboku Line towards Urawa-misono via the Saitama Rapid Railway Line Toei Mita Line towards Nishi-takashimadaira
	Meguro	目黒	-|0.0| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O||rowspan="4"|Shinagawa|rowspan="9"|Tokyo|-|||不動前|1.0|1.0| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜| |-||Musashi-koyama|武蔵小山|0.9|1.9| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O|-||Nishi-koyama|西小山|0.7|2.6| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜| |-||Senzoku|洗足|0.7|3.3| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜| |Meguro|-||Ōokayama|大岡山|1.0|4.3| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O| Oimachi Line|Ōta|-||Okusawa|奥沢|1.2|5.5| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜| |Setagaya|-||Den-en-chōfu|田園調布|1.0|6.5| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O| Tōyoko Line|rowspan="2"|Ōta|-||Tamagawa|多摩川|0.8|7.3| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O||-||Shin-maruko|新丸子|1.3|8.6| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜| Tōyoko Line|rowspan="3"|Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki|rowspan="4"|Kanagawa|-|||武蔵小杉|0.5|9.1| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O||-|||元住吉|1.3|10.0| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜| Tōyoko Line|-||Hiyoshi|日吉|1.5|11.9| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O||Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama|- style="border-top:2px solid #8a1186;"| colspan="9" align="center" |↓ Through-running to/from ↓ Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line for Shin-yokohama Sōtetsu Main Line for Ebina Sōtetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai (via Futamata-gawa on the Sōtetsu Main Line)|}^[6] Ridership Year Ridership 2010 321,677^[7] 2011 324,052^[8] 2012 332,590^[9] 2013 342,041^[10] 2014 347,884^[11] 2015 358,274^[12] 2016 368,386^[13] 2017 379,212^[14] 2018 388,982 Rolling stock Tokyu 3000 series 8-car EMUs 3020 series 8-car EMUs 5080 series 8-car EMUs Other operators Toei 6300 series 6-car EMUs (Toei Mita Line) Toei 6500 series 8-car EMUs (Toei Mita Line)^[15] ^[16] Tokyo Metro 9000 series 6/8-car EMUs (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line) Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series 6-car EMUs (Saitama Rapid Railway Line) Sotetsu 21000 series 8-car EMUs (Sōtetsu Main Line or Sōtetsu Izumino Line, via the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line)^[17] Former connecting lines Okusawa station - A 1km (01miles) gauge line, electrified at 600 VDC, from Shin-Okusawa operated between 1928 and 1935, providing a connection to Yukigaya-Otsuka on the Tokyu Ikegami Line. See also List of railway lines in Japan External links Tokyu Corporation website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tokyu Meguro Line. All About Japanese Trains. 2020-03-18.
2. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2019-2020. 18 Mar 2020.
3. Web site: 年譜 ｜東急電鉄. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
4. Web site: 2022-04-05 . 東急目黒線・東京メトロ南北線など、8両編成の列車が営業運転開始 . 2022-04-05 . Mynavi News . ja.
5. Web site: 相模鉄道，3月18日にダイヤ改正を実施 . Sagami Railway implements timetable revision on March 18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221217061934/https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/16/202000.html . 17 December 2022 . 17 December 2022 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . ja.
6. https://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/ (This reference represents the "Stations"section.)
7. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2011-2012. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
8. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2012-2013. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
9. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2013-2014. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
10. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2014-2015. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
11. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2015-2016. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
12. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2016-2017. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
13. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2017-2018. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
14. Web site: TOKYU CORPORATION 2018-2019. www.tokyu.co.jp. 2020-03-18.
15. Web site: 2022-02-17 . 都営三田線の新型車両6500形、車内もシンプルな造形に - 写真68枚 . New, simplistic 6500 series of the Toei Mita Line . 2022-03-25 . Mynavi News . ja.
16. Web site: 15 May 2022 . 東京都交通局6500形が営業運転を開始 . Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation 6500 series begins commercial operation . 2022-05-25 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . Koyusha Co., Ltd. . Japan . ja.
17. Web site: Kinoshita . Kenji . 2021-09-02 . 相鉄21000系「東急線内は目黒線直通用」9月デビュー! グッズも発売 . Sotetsu 21000 series to debut in September! . 2022-03-25 . Mynavi News . ja.