Meitetsu Seto Line

The Seto Line (瀬戸線, Seto-sen) is a Japanese railway line which connects Sakaemachi in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture with Owari Seto in Seto, Aichi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu.

The Seto Automatic Railway opened the Owari Seto to Yada section in 1905, and extended it to Ozone the following year. The passenger service was provided by steam-powered railcars, but as these proved to be underpowered, the line was electrified in 1907 at 600 V DC, the company changing its name to Seto Electric Railway at that time. In 1915, the line was extended to Horikawa (since closed).

In 1939, the company merged with Meitetsu. The Horikawa to Shimizu section closed in 1976 to allow for the construction of the new line to Sakaemachi and the connection to the Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line, which opened in 1978, the voltage on the line being raised to 1,500 V DC, and freight services ceasing the same year.

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.

• 3300 series (since 17 September 2016)
• 4000 series (since October 2008)

• 3770 series
• 3730 series
• 3780 series
• 6000 series
• 6600 series
• 6750 series

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

• Imao, Keisuke (2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 (in Japanese). pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-4-10-790025-8.
• 名古屋鉄道百年史 [Hundred years of Meitetsu] (in Japanese). Meitetsu. 1994.