Meitetsu Tokoname Line

Meitetsu Tokoname Line
Meitetsu Tokoname Line
	A Meitetsu 5000 series EMU at Shin Maiko Station
Overview
Native name	名鉄常滑線
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Jingū-mae; Tokoname;
Stations	23
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	54,177 (2008)
History
Opened	August 13, 1913 (entire line)
Technical
Line length	29.3 km (18.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Meitetsu Tokoname Line (名鉄常滑線, Meitetsu Tokoname-sen) is a railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad), connecting Jingū-mae Station in Nagoya and Tokoname Station in Tokoname.

Stations

● L: Local (普通, futsū)
● S: Semi Express (準急, junkyū)
● E: Express (急行, kyūkō)
● R: Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō)
● L: Limited Express (特急, tokkyū)
● MU: μSKY Limited Express (ミュースカイ, myū sukai)

All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "|". Some trains stop at "▲".

Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	L	S	E	R	L	MU	Transfers	Location
Jingū-mae	神宮前	0.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	NH Meitetsu Nagoya Line	Atsuta-ku, Nagoya	Aichi
Toyodahommachi	豊田本町	1.4	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Minami-ku, Nagoya
Dōtoku	道徳	2.4	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
Ōe	大江	3.8	●	●	●	▲	\|	\|	CH Meitetsu Chikkō Line
Daidōchō	大同町	5.3	●	●	▲	\|	\|	\|
Shibata	柴田	6.1	●	▲	\|	\|	\|	\|
Nawa	名和	7.5	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Tōkai
Shūrakuen	聚楽園	9.7	●	●	▲	▲	\|	\|
Shin Nittetsu-mae	新日鉄前	10.6	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
Ōtagawa	太田川	12.3	●	●	●	●	●	▲	KC Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Owari Yokosuka	尾張横須賀	13.7	●	●	●	●	●	▲
Teramoto	寺本	15.1	●	●	●	\|	\|	\|		Chita
Asakura	朝倉	16.4	●	●	●	●	●	▲
Komi	古見	17.3	●	●	●	\|	\|	\|
Nagaura	長浦	18.7	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
Hinaga	日長	21.0	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
Shin Maiko	新舞子	22.5	●	●	●	●	●	▲
Ōnomachi	大野町	24.1	●	●	●	\|	\|	\|		Tokoname
Nishinokuchi	西ノ口	25.4	●	\|	▲	\|	\|	\|
Kabaike	蒲池	26.4	●	\|	▲	\|	\|	\|
Enokido	榎戸	27.5	●	\|	▲	\|	\|	\|
Taya	多屋	28.6	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
Tokoname	常滑	29.3	●	●	●	●	●	▲	TA Meitetsu Airport Line

History

The Aichi Electric Railway opened the Ōno (now Ōnomachi) to Tenma (since closed) section in 1912, electrified at 600 V DC, and extended the line 500 m (1,640 ft) to Jingū-mae and from Ōnomachi to Tokoname the following year.^[3] The Ōe to Ōnomachi section was double-tracked between 1920 and 1925, and in 1929, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.

In 1935, the company merged with Meitetsu, and in 1942, the Jingū-mae to Ōe section was double-tracked. The Ōnomachi to Tokoname section was double-tracked between 1962 and 1972.

The section from Enokido to Tokoname was closed from January 2002 to October 2003 for the construction of the Meitetsu Airport Line to Chubu Centrair International Airport. The extension opened in 2005.^[3]

References

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

^ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report) (in Japanese). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
^ 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 (in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 3, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
^ ^a ^b Ikeda 2020, p. 74.