Native name 名鉄犬山線 Stations 17 | Daily ridership 57,443 (FY2008) | |
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Terminis Shimo-Otai Station, Shin-Unuma Station | ||
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 Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu, Aichi with Shin-Unuma Station in Kakamigahara, Gifu.
Contents
Stations
● Local (普通, futsū) (L)
● Semi-Express (準急, junkyū) (S)
● Express (急行, kyūkō) (E)
● Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō) (R)
● Limited Express (特急, tokkyū) (LE)
● Rapid Limited Express (快速特急, kaisoku tokkyū) (RL)
● μSKY Limited Express (ミュースカイ, myū sukai) (MU)
All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "|". Some trains stop at "▲".
History
The Nagoya Electric Railway (later Meitetsu) opened the Biwajima to Iwakura section, electrified at 600 V DC, in 1910, extending the line as dual track to Inuyama in 1912. In 1922, the Biwajima to Iwakura section was double-tracked, and in 1926, the line was extended as dual track to Shin-Unuma, including a combined rail and road bridge over the Kisogawa.
In 1948, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, and in 1993 through services commenced on the Nagoya Subway Tsurumai Line. The road utilising the Kisogawa rail bridge was diverted onto its own bridge in 2000, ending the last such combined bridge usage in Japan.