Meguro Line

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Meguro Line
A Tokyu 3020 series train on the Meguro Line
Overview
Native name	目黒線
Status	In service
Owner	Tokyu Corporation
Line number	MG
Locale	Tokyo Kanagawa
Termini	Hiyoshi Meguro
Stations	13
Color on map	Sky Blue (#009bd8)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Tokyu Railways
Operator	Tokyu Corporation
Daily ridership	388,982 (FY 2018)
History
Opened	March 11, 1923; 103 years ago (March 11, 1923)
Technical
Line length	11.9 km (7.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map Legend km Nishi-Takashimadaira Saitama Rapid Railway Line Akabane-Iwabuchi Kōrakuen│Kasuga Namboku Line │ Toei Mita Line Shirokane-takanawa Tokyo Metro Namboku & Toei Mita Lines Yamanote Line Shōnan Shinjuku & Saikyō lines 0.0 Meguro 1.0 Fudōmae 1.9 Musashi-Koyama 2.6 Nishi-Koyama 3.3 Senzoku Tōkyū Ōimachi Line 4.3 Ōokayama Midorigaoka Tōkyū Ōimachi Line Okusawa depot 5.5 Okusawa Tōkyū Tōyoko Line 6.5 Den-en-chōfu 7.3 Tamagawa Tōkyū Tamagawa Line Tama River Tokyo Kanagawa 8.6 Shin-Maruko Tōkaidō Shinkansen Yokosuka & Shōnan Shinjuku Lines Nambu Line 9.1 Musashi-Kosugi Yokosuka & Shōnan Shinjuku Lines Musashino Line (freight) Tōkaidō Shinkansen 10.4 Motosumiyoshi Motosumiyoshi depot 11.9 Hiyoshi Green Line Through service to Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line Tōkyū Tōyoko Line km Key Express and local station Local only station Underground pedestrian connection This diagram: view talk edit

The Meguro Line (目黒線, Tōkyū-Meguro-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between Meguro and Den-en-chōfu in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to Hiyoshi on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line in Yokohama, Kanagawa. Additionally, the Meguro line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line beyond Meguro.

History

Opening ceremony at Senzoku, 1923.

• 1923:
  • March 11: The line opens as the Meguro Line between Meguro and Maruko (now Numabe) (on the current Tamagawa Line).
  • October: Meguro-Fudōmae station is renamed to Fudōmae station.
  • November 1: The line is extended from Maruko to Kamata, and the line is renamed to the Mekama line.
• 1924, June 1: Koyama becomes Musashi-Koyama.
• 1926, January 1: Chōfu and Tamagawa stations are renamed to Den-en-Chōfu and Maruko-Tamagawa stations respectively.
• 1928, August 1: Nishi-Koyama station opens.
• 1931, January 1: Maruko-Tamagawa station is renamed again to Tamagawa-en-mae station.
• 1977, December 16: Tamagawa-en-mae station is renamed yet again to Tamagawa-en station.
• 1994, November 27: Den-en-Chōfu station moves underground.
• 1997:
  • June 27: Ōokayama station moves underground.
  • July 27: Meguro station moves underground.
• 1999, October 10: Fudōmae station is elevated.
• 2000:
  • August 6: Service is split into two services, Meguro - Musashi-Kosugi and Tamagawa - Kamata. Tamagawa-en station is renamed to Tamagawa station and one-man operation begins.
  • September 26: Through service begins with the Tokyo Metro Namboku and Toei Mita Lines.
• 2001, March 28: Through service begins with the Saitama Rapid Railway line via the Namboku line.
• 2006:
  • July 2: As part of a grade separation project between Fudōmae and Senzoku, Musashi-Koyama and Nishi-Koyama stations move underground.
  • September 25: Express service commences.
• 2008 June 22: Service extended to Hiyoshi.
• 2022 April: Eight-car trains commence operation on the line. Platforms on Meguro Line were lengthened in order to accommodate 8-car trainsets and allow through services with Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line.
• 2023 March 18: The through service onto the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line began service via the Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line, allowing the line to connect with the Tokaido Shinkansen line. Since then, most express trains no longer terminate at Hiyoshi but instead either Shin-yokohama, Nishiya, Shōnandai, Yamato or Ebina. The majority of local trains still terminate at Hiyoshi.

Stations

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Local	Express	Transfers	Location
			Between Stations	Total
↑ Through-running to/from↑ Namboku Line towards Urawa-misono via the Saitama Railway Line Mita Line towards Nishi-takashimadaira
	Meguro	目黒	-	0.0	O	O	Yamanote Line (JY22) Namboku Line (N-01; through service) Mita Line (I-01; through service)	Shinagawa	Tokyo
	Fudō-mae	不動前	1.0	1.0	O	｜
	Musashi-koyama	武蔵小山	0.9	1.9	O	O
	Nishi-koyama	西小山	0.7	2.6	O	｜
	Senzoku	洗足	0.7	3.3	O	｜		Meguro
	Ōokayama	大岡山	1.0	4.3	O	O	Ōimachi Line (OM08)	Ōta
	Okusawa	奥沢	1.2	5.5	O	｜		Setagaya
	Den-en-chōfu	田園調布	1.0	6.5	O	O	Tōyoko Line (TY08)	Ōta
	Tamagawa	多摩川	0.8	7.3	O	O	Tōyoko Line (TY09) Tōkyū Tamagawa Line (TM01)
	Shin-maruko	新丸子	1.3	8.6	O	｜	Tōyoko Line (TY10)	Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
	Musashi-kosugi	武蔵小杉	0.5	9.1	O	O	Tōyoko Line (TY11) Nambu Line (JN07) Yokosuka Line (JO15) Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (JS15) Sōtetsu–JR Link Line (JS15)
	Motosumiyoshi	元住吉	1.3	10.0	O	｜	Tōyoko Line (TY12)
	Hiyoshi	日吉	1.5	11.9	O	O	Tōyoko Line (TY13) Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (SH03; through service) Green Line (G10)	Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
↓ Through-running to/from ↓ Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line for Shin-Yokohama Sōtetsu Main Line for Ebina Sōtetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai (via Futamata-gawa on the Sōtetsu Main Line)

Ridership

Rolling stock

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tōkyū Meguro Line.

• Tokyu Corporation website (in English)