Meitetsu Toyota Line

Meitetsu Toyota Line
An image of a Meitetsu 100 series electric multiple unit on the Toyota Line.
A Meitetsu 100 series EMU on the Meitetsu Toyota Line
Overview
Native name名鉄豊田線
OwnerMeitetsu
LocaleAichi Prefecture
Termini
Stations9
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Daily ridership20,172[1] (FY2008)
History
Opened29 July 1979 (1979-07-29)[2][3]
Technical
Line length15.2 km (9.4 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

Toyotashi (豊田市)
0.0
Umetsubo (梅坪)
2.0
Kami Toyota (上豊田)
3.8
Jōsui (浄水)
6.3
Miyoshigaoka (三好ヶ丘)
8.1
Kurozasa (黒笹)
Tōmei Expressway (E1)
Aichi Pond
10.4
Komenoki (米野木)
12.2
Nisshin (日進)
Nagoya Municipal Subway Nisshin Factory
15.2
Akaike (赤池)

The Meitetsu Toyota Line (名鉄豊田線, Meitetsu Toyota-sen) is a 15.2 km (9.4 mi) railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad) connecting Umetsubo station in Toyota with Akaike Station in Nisshin. The line operates a through service onto the Nagoya Subway Tsurumai Line at Akaike.

  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. ^ 曽根, 悟 (September 2010), "週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線大手私鉄: 名古屋鉄道", 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 3, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
  3. ^ 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, p. 131, ISBN 4-87687-260-0