Meitetsu Inuyama Line

Meitetsu Inuyama Line
An image of a Meitetsu 1000 series electric multiple unit.
A Meitetsu 1000 series EMU on Inuyama Bridge
Overview
Native name名鉄犬山線
OwnerMeitetsu
LocaleAichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture
Termini
Stations17
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Daily ridership57,443[1] (FY2008)
History
Opened1910 (1910)
Technical
Line length26.8 km (16.65 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph)
Route map

Higashi-Biwajima (東枇杷島)
Shōnai River
Biwajima Junction (枇杷島分岐点)
1.0
Shimo Otai (下小田井)
Jōban Expressway
National Route 22
2.4
Naka-Otai (中小田井)
Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line
Mei-Nikan Expressway (C2), Kinki Expressway
3.5
Kami-Otai (上小田井)
Down arrow Tsurumai Line to Akaike (赤池)
Shin River
5.9
Nishiharu (西春)
7.3
Tokushige-Nagoya-Geidai (徳重・名古屋芸大)
Gojō River
8.1
Taisanji (大山寺)
9.7
Iwakura (岩倉)
National Route 25
11.8
Ishibotoke (石仏)
Tōmei Expressway
14.2
Hotei (布袋)
16.2
Kōnan (江南)
19.0
Kashiwamori (柏森)
21.2
Fusō (扶桑)
22.6
Kotsuyōsui (木津用水)
24.0
Inuyamaguchi (犬山口)
24.9
Inuyama (犬山)
26.1
Inuyama-Yūen (犬山遊園)
Kiso River
Up arrow Takayama Line to Toyama (富山)
Unuma (鵜沼)
26.8
Shin-Unuma (新鵜沼)
Down arrow Takayama Line to Gifu (岐阜)

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 Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad),[2] which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu with Shin-Unuma station in Kakamigahara. Together with the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line, the line forms an alternate route of the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line between Higashi-Biwajima and Meitetsu Gifu.

  1. ^ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Access | Inuyama Castle, National Treasure". inuyamajo.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-12.