Meitetsu Komaki Line

Meitetsu Komaki Line
Meitetsu Komaki Line
	A Meitetsu 300 series EMU
Overview
Native name	名鉄小牧線
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Kamiiida; Inuyama;
Stations	14
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Rolling stock	Meitetsu 300 series ; Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series (through service)
Daily ridership	14,743 (FY2008)
History
Opened	February 11, 1931; 95 years ago
Technical
Line length	20.6 km (12.80 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Meitetsu Komaki Line (名鉄小牧線, Meitetsu Komaki-sen) is a 20.6 km (12.8 mi) railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad), connecting Kamiiida Station in Nagoya with Inuyama Station in Inuyama. The track from Kamiiida to Ajima is mostly underground, a continuation of the Kamiiida Line operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.

History

The line was opened in 1931. The line was not electrified back then and used diesel multiple units for services. The Kamiiida to Komaki section electrified at 600 V DC in 1942, and the section to Inuyama electrified in 1947.

CTC signalling was commissioned on the 4 km (2.5 mi) section between Komaki and Buzan (since closed) in 1954, being the first use of this system by Meitetsu, and the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1964.

The line was double-tracked in stages between 1977 and 2003.

Nagoya Municipal Subway Kamiiida Line through services commenced on 27 March 2003. A newly built underground section between Ajima and Kamiiida stations replaced the previous above-ground section.

Stations

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.

Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Kamiiida	上飯田	0.0	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kamiiida Line (K01)	Kita-ku, Nagoya
Ajima	味鋺	2.3		Kita-ku, Nagoya
Ajiyoshi	味美	3.7		Kasugai
Kasugai	春日井	5.4
Ushiyama	牛山	6.9
Manai	間内	7.8
Komakiguchi	小牧口	9.0		Komaki
Komaki	小牧	9.8
Komakihara	小牧原	11.3
Ajioka	味岡	12.4
Tagata-jinja-mae	田県神社前	13.3
Gakuden	楽田	14.9		Inuyama
Haguro	羽黒	17.2
Inuyama	犬山	20.6	Inuyama Line Hiromi Line

Former connecting lines

Ajima Station: A 2 km (1.2 mi) line to Shin-Kachigawa operated between 1931 and 1937.
Toyoyama Station (since closed): A line to service the Komaki airfield opened in 1944. Closing date is not known. Prior to the construction of the Chūbu Centrair International Airport (serviced by the Meitetsu Airport Line), it had been proposed to upgrade the Komaki airfield to become the Nagoya International Airport, with a connecting line from Ajiyoshi station.
Komaki Station: A 6 km (3.7 mi) line electrified at 600 V DC to Iwakura on the Inuyama line opened in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964. In 1945 construction began on a 13 km (8.1 mi) loop line to Ajima (utilising the closed Shin-Kachigawa line mentioned above) to service an army arsenal and cadet school. The roadbed was about 50% complete when work was abandoned due to the end of the war.

Rolling stock

The Komaki Line uses the following train types:

Meitetsu 300 series 4-car EMUs
Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series 4-car EMUs

Meitetsu 300 series
Nagoya Municipal Subway 7000 series

References

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

↑ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
↑ "小牧線の歴史" [History of the Komaki Line] (PDF). city.komaki.aichi.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
↑ "「日本一短い地下鉄」なぜ誕生？ "ほぼ名鉄"でも市営地下鉄な1駅路線ができたワケ幻の延伸計画も". 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 17 November 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
1 2 上飯田連絡線平安通一味鋺間 [Kamiiida Link Line opens]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 43, no. 506. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 2003. p. 90.

[ministry_of_transportation_etc-1] 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

[2] "小牧線の歴史" [History of the Komaki Line] (PDF). city.komaki.aichi.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

[3] "「日本一短い地下鉄」なぜ誕生？ "ほぼ名鉄"でも市営地下鉄な1駅路線ができたワケ幻の延伸計画も". 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 17 November 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

[railfan507-4] 1 2 上飯田連絡線平安通一味鋺間 [Kamiiida Link Line opens]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 43, no. 506. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 2003. p. 90.

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