Native name 名鉄蒲郡線 Locale NishioGamagōri Line length 17.6 km (10.94 mi) | Type Commuter rail Stations 10 Owner Meitetsu | |
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Opened November 10, 1936 (1936-11-10) Terminis | ||
The Meitetsu Gamagōri Line (名鉄蒲郡線, Meitetsu Gamagōri-sen) is a 17.6 km Japanese railway line in Aichi Prefecture which connects Kira Yoshida Station in Nishio, with Gamagōri Station in Gamagōri. It is owned by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) and operated as an extension of the Meitetsu Nishio Line.
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Stations
All stations are located in Aichi Prefecture.
History
The Kira Yoshida to Mikawa Toba section was opened by the Mikawa Railway in 1929, electrified at 1,500 V DC. It was extended (but not electrified) to Gamagōri in 1936. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1941, which in 1943 lowered the voltage on the Kira Yoshida to Mikawa Toba section to 600 V DC to permit through-running with the Meitetsu Nishio Line.
The Mikawa Toba to Gamagōri section was electrified between 1946 and 1947, and in 1959 the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, through-running on the Nishio Line recommencing when the voltage on that line was raised the following year.