Meitetsu Seto Line

Meitetsu Seto Line
Meitetsu Seto Line
	A Meitetsu 4000 series EMU on the Seto Line
Overview
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Sakaemachi; Owari Seto;
Stations	20
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Rolling stock	Meitetsu 4000 series;
History
Opened	April 2, 1905
Technical
Line length	20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Seto Line (瀬戸線, Seto-sen) is a Japanese railway line which connects Sakaemachi in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture with Owari Seto in Seto, Aichi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu. The line is also nicknamed Setoden (瀬戸電) after the line's former operator Seto Electric Railway (瀬戸電気鉄道, Seto Denki Tetsudō).^[1]

History

The railway was opened by the Seto Automatic Railway (瀬戸自動鉄道, Seto Jidō Tetsudō) between Owari Seto and Yada in 1905, and extended it to Ōzone the following year.^[2] The passenger service was provided by steam-powered railcars, but as these proved to be underpowered, the line was electrified in 1907 at 600 V DC, the company changing its name to Seto Electric Railway (瀬戸電気鉄道, Seto Denki Tetsudō) at that time.^[3] By 1915, the line was extended to Horikawa.^[4] In 1939, the company merged with Meitetsu.^[5] The Horikawa to Shimizu section closed in 1976 to allow for the construction of the new line to Sakaemachi and the connection to the Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line, which opened in 1978. The voltage on the line was raised to 1,500 V DC, and freight services ceased the same year.^[6]

Operations

Infrastructure

Rolling stock

Station list

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.

Name	Japanese	Distance from Sakaemachi (km)^[7]	Local	Semi Express	Express	Connections	Location
Sakaemachi	栄町	0.0	●	●	●	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line, Meijō Line (via Sakae)	Higashi-ku, Nagoya
Higashiōte	東大手	1.5	●	●	●		Naka-ku, Nagoya
Shimizu	清水	2.2	●	\|	\|		Kita-ku, Nagoya
Amagasaka	尼ヶ坂	2.7	●	\|	\|		Kita-ku, Nagoya
Morishita	森下	3.6	●	\|	\|		Higashi-ku, Nagoya
Ōzone	大曽根	4.6	●	●	●	Chūō Main Line Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorīto Line
Yada	矢田	5.9	●	\|	\|
Moriyama-Jieitai-Mae	守山自衛隊前	7.0	●	\|	\|	Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorīto Line (via Moriyama)	Moriyama-ku, Nagoya
Hyōtan-yama	瓢箪山	7.6	●	\|	\|
Obata	小幡	8.6	●	●	●
Kitayama	喜多山	9.9	●	●	●
Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae	大森・金城学院前	10.7	●	●	●
Inba	印場	12.2	●	●	\|		Owariasahi
Asahi-mae	旭前	13.1	●	●	\|
Owari Asahi	尾張旭	14.7	●	●	●
Sangō	三郷	16.1	●	●	●
Mizuno	水野	18.0	●	●	●		Seto
Shin Seto	新瀬戸	18.7	●	●	●	Aichi Loop Line (via Setoshi)
Seto-Shiyakusho-mae	瀬戸市役所前	19.4	●	●	●
Owari Seto	尾張瀬戸	20.6	●	●	●

References

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

^ Shimizu 2016, p. 234.
^ Imao 2008, pp. 45–46.
^ Meitetsu 1994, pp. 745.
^ Matsunaga, Naoyuki (2012). 名鉄沿線歴史のある風景補遺 (in Japanese). p. 149.
^ Imao 2008, p. 45.
^ Imao 2008, p. 46.
^ Sugiura 2023, pp. 64–65.

Bibliography

Imao, Keisuke (2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 [Japan Railway Travel Atlas] (in Japanese). pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-4-10-790025-8.
Meitetsu (1994). 名古屋鉄道百年史 [Hundred years of Meitetsu] (in Japanese). Meitetsu.
Kawashima, Ryozo (2009). 東海道ライン全線・全駅・全配線第5巻名古屋駅-米原エリア [Tokaido Line all route diagrams part 5 - Nagoya-Maibara Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-270015-3.
Sugiura, Makoto (16 January 2023). 名古屋鉄道のすべて改訂版 (鉄道まるわかり008) [Everything about Nagoya Railroad Revised edition] (in Japanese). Tabi To Tetsudo. ISBN 978-4635824569.