Meitetsu Inuyama Line

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 Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad), which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu with Shin-Unuma station in Kakamigahara. Together with the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line, the line forms an alternate route of the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line between Higashi-Biwajima and Meitetsu Gifu.

Meitetsu Inuyama Line
A Meitetsu 1000 series EMU on Inuyama Bridge
Overview
Native name	名鉄犬山線
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture
Termini	Shimo-Otai (Biwajima Junction) Shin-Unuma
Stations	17
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	57,443 (FY2008)
History
Opened	1910 (1910)
Technical
Line length	26.8 km (16.65 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)
Route map Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Meitetsu-Nagoya (名鉄名古屋) Higashi-Biwajima (東枇杷島) Shōnai River Biwajima Junction (枇杷島分岐点) Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Meitetsu-Nagoya (名鉄名古屋) 1.0 Shimo Otai (下小田井) Jōban Expressway National Route 22 2.4 Naka-Otai (中小田井) Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line Mei-Nikan Expressway (C2), Kinki Expressway 3.5 Kami-Otai (上小田井) Tsurumai Line to Akaike (赤池) Shin River 5.9 Nishiharu (西春) 7.3 Tokushige-Nagoya-Geidai (徳重・名古屋芸大) Gojō River 8.1 Taisanji (大山寺) 9.7 Iwakura (岩倉) National Route 25 11.8 Ishibotoke (石仏) Tōmei Expressway 14.2 Hotei (布袋) 16.2 Kōnan (江南) 19.0 Kashiwamori (柏森) 21.2 Fusō (扶桑) 22.6 Kotsuyōsui (木津用水) 24.0 Inuyamaguchi (犬山口) Meitetsu Hiromi Line to Mitake (御嵩) Meitetsu Komaki Line to Kamiiida (上飯田) 24.9 Inuyama (犬山) 26.1 Inuyama-Yūen (犬山遊園) Kiso River Takayama Line to Toyama (富山) Unuma (鵜沼) 26.8 Shin-Unuma (新鵜沼) Takayama Line to Gifu (岐阜) Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line to Meitetsu Gifu (名鉄岐阜)

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 "▲".

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	L	S	E	R	LE	RL	MU	Transfers	Location
	Biwajima Junction	枇杷島分岐点	-	|	|	|	|	|	|	|	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	Kiyosu	Aichi
	Shimo-Otai	下小田井	1.0	●	|	▲	|	|	|	|
	Naka-Otai	中小田井	2.4	●	|	▲	|	|	|	|		Nishi-ku, Nagoya
	Kami-Otai	上小田井	3.5	●	●	●	●	|	|	|	Nagoya Subway: ■ Tsurumai Line (T01) Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line (Otai)
	Nishiharu	西春	5.9	●	●	●	●	|	|	|		Kitanagoya
	Tokushige-Nagoya-Geidai	徳重・名古屋芸大	7.3	●	|	|	|	|	|	|
	Taisanji	大山寺	8.1	●	|	|	|	|	|	|		Iwakura
	Iwakura	岩倉	9.7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
	Ishibotoke	石仏	11.8	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
	Hotei	布袋	14.2	●	●	●	●	|	|	|		Kōnan
	Kōnan	江南	16.2	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
	Kashiwamori	柏森	19.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	▲		Fusō
	Fusō	扶桑	21.2	●	●	●	●	|	|	|
	Kotsuyōsui	木津用水	22.6	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
	Inuyamaguchi	犬山口	24.0	●	●	|	|	|	|	|		Inuyama
	Inuyama	犬山	24.9	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	■ Meitetsu Komaki Line ■ Meitetsu Hiromi Line
	Inuyama-Yūen	犬山遊園	26.1	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
	Shin-Unuma	新鵜沼	26.8	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	■ Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line Takayama Main Line	Kakamigahara	Gifu

History

Inuyama combined rail and road bridge in 1996

The Nagoya Electric Railway (later Meitetsu) opened the Biwajima to Iwakura section, as an interurban electrified at 600 V DC, in 1910. The line was extended to Inuyama in 1912 built with double tracks. 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 river Kiso.

In 1948, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, and in 1993 through services commenced on the Nagoya Municipal 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.

Former connecting lines

• Iwakura Station: The Nagoya Electric Railway opened a 7 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Ichinomiya on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line Main line in 1913. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1948, and the line closed in 1965. The company opened a 6 km line electrified at 600 V DC to Komaki on the Meitetsu Komaki Line Komaki line in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964.