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{{Short description|Railway line in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Primary sources|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width                       = 
| name                            = Meguro Line
| native_name                     = 目黒線
| native_name_lang                = ja
| color                           = {{str rightc|{{JARC|MG}}|6}}
| logo                            = {{TQLS|MG|size=50}}
| logo_width                      = 
| image                           = Tokyu-Series3020-3821.jpg
| image_width                     = 300px
| caption                         = A [[Tokyu 2020 series#3020 series|Tokyu 3020 series]] train on the Meguro Line
| type                            = [[Commuter rail]]
| system                          = 
| status                          = 
| locale                          = [[Tokyo]]
| start                           = {{STN|Meguro|x}}
| end                             = {{STN|Hiyoshi|x|Kanagawa}}
| stations                        = 13
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 388,982 (FY 2018)<ref name="TokyuFacts"/>
| open                            = 
| close                           = 
| owner                           = [[Tokyu Corporation]]
| operator                        = 
| character                       = 
| depot                           = 
| stock                           = 
| linelength                      = {{cvt|11.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = 
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification                 = 1,500 V DC [[overhead catenary]]
| speed                           = 
| elevation                       = 
| mapcolor = {{color box|#{{rcr|Tokyu|MG}}}} Sky Blue (#{{rcr|Tokyu|MG}})
| map                             = {{Tōkyū Meguro Line RDT|inline=yes}}
| map_state                       = collapsed
}}
[[File:Tokyu Meguro and Toyoko line tamagawa.JPG|thumb|right|Meguro Line tracks run parallel with the Tōyoko Line between Den-en-chōfu and Hiyoshi stations (inside tracks - Meguro Line, outside tracks - Tōyoko Line)]]
The {{Nihongo|'''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 {{STN|Meguro|x}} and {{STN|Den-en-chōfu|x}} in southwest [[Tokyo]], but nearly all trains run to {{STN|Hiyoshi|x|Kanagawa}} on a quad-tracked section of the [[Tōkyū Tōyoko Line|Tōyoko Line]] in [[Yokohama, Kanagawa]]. Additionally, the Meguro line interoperates with the [[Tokyo Metro Namboku Line]] and [[Toei Mita Line]] beyond Meguro.

==History==
*1923:
**March 11: The line opens as the Meguro Line between Meguro and Maruko (now Numabe) (on the current Tamagawa Line).<ref name="aajt">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjapantrains.com/tokyu-meguro-line.html|title=Tokyu Meguro Line|website=All About Japanese Trains|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
**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.<ref name="aajt"/>
*1924, June 1: Koyama becomes Musashi-Koyama.<ref name="TokyuFacts">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2019-20/html5.html#page=85|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2019-2020|access-date=18 Mar 2020}}</ref>
*1926, January 1: Chōfu and Tamagawa stations are renamed to Den-en-Chōfu and Maruko-Tamagawa stations respectively.<ref name="TokyuFacts"/>
*1928, August 1: Nishi-Koyama station opens.
*1931, January 1: Maruko-Tamagawa station is renamed again to Tamagawa-en-mae station.<ref name="TokyuFacts"/>
*1977, December 16: Tamagawa-en-mae station is renamed yet again to Tamagawa-en station.<ref name="TokyuFacts"/>
*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<ref name="TokyuFacts"/> and one-man operation begins.<ref name="TokyuHistory">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/company/outline/history.html|title=年譜 ｜東急電鉄|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
**September 26: Through service begins with the Tokyo Metro Namboku and Toei Mita Lines.<ref name="TokyuHistory"/>
*2001, March 28: Through service begins with the Saitama Rapid Railway line via the Namboku line.<ref name="TokyuHistory"/>
*2006:
**July 2: As part of a grade separation project between Fudōmae and Senzoku, Musashi-Koyama and Nishi-Koyama stations move underground.<ref name="TokyuHistory"/>
**September 25: Express service commences.<ref name="TokyuHistory"/>
*2008 June 22: Service extended to Hiyoshi.<ref name="TokyuHistory"/>
*2022 April: Eight-car trains commence operation on the line.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=東急目黒線・東京メトロ南北線など、8両編成の列車が営業運転開始 |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20220405-2313919/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=Mynavi News |language=ja}}</ref> Platforms on Meguro Line were lengthened in order to accommodate 8-car trainsets and allow through services with [[Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line]].<ref name=":0" /> 
*2023 March 18: The through service onto the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line began service.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=相模鉄道，3月18日にダイヤ改正を実施 |trans-title=Sagami Railway implements timetable revision on March 18 |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/16/202000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217061934/https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/16/202000.html |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}</ref> Since then, most express trains no longer terminate at {{STN|Hiyoshi|x|Kanagawa}} but instead either {{STN|Shin-yokohama|x}}, {{STN|Nishiya|x}}, {{STN|Shōnandai|x}}, {{STN|Yamato|x|Kanagawa}} or {{STN|Ebina|x}}. The majority of local trains still terminate at Hiyoshi.<ref>{{Citation
|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/timetable/kakuekizikoku20230318/pdf/202303_mg13_hiyoshi.pdf
|title=Train Departures of Meguro Line
|publisher=Tōkyū Railways
|language=ja
|access-date=2023-03-10
}}</ref>

==Stations==
{|class=wikitable
|-
!rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 3px #009cd2"|No.
!rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 3px #009cd2"|Station
!rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 3px #009cd2"|Japanese
!colspan=2|Distance (km)
!rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|Local
!rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|Express
!rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 3px #009cd2"|Transfers
!rowspan=2 colspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #009cd2"|Location
|- style="border-bottom:solid 3px #009cd2"
!Between<br />Stations
!Total
|-
| colspan="9" align="center" |↑ [[Through train|'''Through-running''']] '''to/from'''↑

{{TSLS|N|size=18}}[[Tokyo Metro Namboku Line]] towards [[Urawa-misono Station|Urawa-misono]] via the {{TSLS|SR}}[[Saitama Rapid Railway Line]]

{{TSLS|I|size=18}}[[Toei Mita Line]] towards [[Nishi-takashimadaira Station|Nishi-takashimadaira]]
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|01|size=30}}
{{TSSN|N|01|size=30}}
{{TSSN|I|01|size=30}}
|[[Meguro Station|Meguro]]
|目黒
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|0.0
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O
|{{Plainlist|
* {{JRLS|JY|size=18}} [[Yamanote Line]]
* {{TSLS|N|size=18}} [[Tokyo Metro Namboku Line]] (through service)
* {{TSLS|I|size=18}} [[Toei Mita Line]] (through service)
}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Shinagawa, Tokyo|Shinagawa]]
|rowspan="9"|[[Tokyo]]
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|02|size=30}}
|{{STN|Fudō-mae|x}}
|不動前
|1.0
|1.0
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|03|size=30}}
|[[Musashi-Koyama Station|Musashi-koyama]]
|武蔵小山
|0.9
|1.9
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|04|size=30}}
|[[Nishi-Koyama Station|Nishi-koyama]]
|西小山
|0.7
|2.6
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|05|size=30}}
|[[Senzoku Station|Senzoku]]
|洗足
|0.7
|3.3
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|[[Meguro, Tokyo|Meguro]]
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|06|size=30}}
|[[Ōokayama Station|Ōokayama]]
|大岡山
|1.0
|4.3
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O
|{{TQLS|OM|size=18}} [[Oimachi Line]]
|[[Ōta, Tokyo|Ōta]]
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|07|size=30}}
|[[Okusawa Station|Okusawa]]
|奥沢
|1.2
|5.5
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|[[Setagaya, Tokyo|Setagaya]]
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|08|size=30}}
|[[Den-en-chōfu Station|Den-en-chōfu]]
|田園調布
|1.0
|6.5
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O
|{{TQLS|TY|size=18}} [[Tōyoko Line]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ōta, Tokyo|Ōta]]
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|09|size=30}}
|[[Tamagawa Station (Tokyo)|Tamagawa]]
|多摩川
|0.8
|7.3
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O
|{{Plainlist|
* {{TQLS|TY|size=18}} Tōyoko Line
* {{TQLS|TM|size=18}} [[Tokyu Tamagawa Line]]
}}
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|10|size=30}}
|[[Shin-Maruko Station|Shin-maruko]]
|新丸子
|1.3
|8.6
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜
|{{TQLS|TY|size=18}} Tōyoko Line
|rowspan="3"|[[Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|11|size=30}}
|{{STN|Musashi-kosugi|x}}
|武蔵小杉
|0.5
|9.1
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O
|{{Plainlist|
* {{TQLS|TY|size=18}} Tōyoko Line 
* {{JRLS|JN|size=18}} [[Nambu Line]]
* {{JRLS|JO|size=18}} [[Yokosuka Line]]
* {{JRLS|JS|size=18}} [[Shonan-Shinjuku Line]]
}}
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|12|size=30}}
|{{STN|Motosumiyoshi|x}}
|元住吉
|1.3
|10.0
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|｜
|{{TQLS|TY|size=18}} Tōyoko Line
|-
|{{TQSN|MG|13|size=30}}
{{TQSN|SH|03|size=30}}
|[[Hiyoshi Station (Kanagawa)|Hiyoshi]]
|日吉
|1.5
|11.9
| style="text-align:center; background:RoyalBlue;"|O
| style="text-align:center; background:Red;"|O
|{{Plainlist|
* {{TQLS|TY|size=18}} Tōyoko Line
* {{TQLS|SH|size=20}} [[Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line]] (through service)
* [[File:Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line symbol.svg|link=|20x20px]] [[Green Line (Yokohama)|Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line]]
}}
|[[Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama]]
|- style="border-top:2px solid #8a1186;"
| colspan="9" align="center" |'''↓ [[Through train|Through-running]] to/from ↓'''

{{TQLS|SH|size=20}} [[Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line]] for [[Shin-Yokohama Station|Shin-yokohama]]

[[File:Sotetsu_line_symbol.svg|link=|20x20px]] [[Sōtetsu Main Line]] for [[Ebina Station|Ebina]]

[[File:Sotetsu_line_symbol.svg|link=|20x20px]] [[Sōtetsu Izumino Line]] for [[Shōnandai Station|Shōnandai]] (via [[Futamata-gawa Station|Futamata-gawa]] on the Sōtetsu Main Line)
|}
<ref>https://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/ (This reference represents the "Stations"section.)</ref>

==Ridership==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Ridership
|-
| 2010 || 321,677<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2011-12/html5.html#page=69|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2011-2012|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || 324,052<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2012-13/html5.html#page=63|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2012-2013|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || 332,590<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2013-14/html5.html#page=69|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2013-2014|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || 342,041<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2014-15/html5.html#page=75|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2014-2015|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 || 347,884<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2015-16/html5.html#page=75|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2015-2016|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || 358,274<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2016-17/html5.html#page=79|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2016-2017|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || 368,386<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2017-18/html5.html#page=79|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2017-2018|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || 379,212<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyu.co.jp/tokyu/ebtkk-2018-19/html5.html#page=79|title=TOKYU CORPORATION 2018-2019|website=www.tokyu.co.jp|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || 388,982<ref name="TokyuFacts"/>
|}

==Rolling stock==

===Tokyu===
* [[Tokyu 3000 series|3000 series]] 8-car EMUs
* [[Tokyu 3020 series|3020 series]] 8-car EMUs<ref name=":0" />
* [[Tokyu 5080 series|5080 series]] 8-car EMUs

===Other operators===
* [[Toei 6300 series]] 6-car EMUs ([[Toei Mita Line]])
* [[Toei 6500 series]] 8-car EMUs ([[Toei Mita Line]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=都営三田線の新型車両6500形、車内もシンプルな造形に - 写真68枚 |trans-title=New, simplistic 6500 series of the Toei Mita Line |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20220217-toei6500photo/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Mynavi News |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2022 |title=東京都交通局6500形が営業運転を開始 |trans-title=Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation 6500 series begins commercial operation |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/05/15/180000.html |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location=Japan |language=ja}}</ref>
* [[Tokyo Metro 9000 series]] 6/8-car EMUs ([[Tokyo Metro Namboku Line]])
* [[Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series]] 6-car EMUs ([[Saitama Rapid Railway Line]])

*[[Sotetsu 21000 series]] 8-car EMUs ([[Sōtetsu Main Line]] or [[Sōtetsu Izumino Line]], via the [[Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kinoshita |first=Kenji |date=2021-09-02 |title=相鉄21000系「東急線内は目黒線直通用」9月デビュー! グッズも発売 |trans-title=Sotetsu 21000 series to debut in September! |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20210902-1963077/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Mynavi News |language=ja}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Tokyu-Series3000-3813.jpg|Tokyu 3000 series
File:Tokyu-railway-3122F-20221119-150646.jpg|Tokyu 3020 series
File:Tokyu-Series5080-5187F 8cars.jpg|Tokyu 5080 series
File:Series-SR2000-2802.jpg|Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series
File:Toei-Type6300-6314.jpg|Toei 6300 series
File:Toei Series6500-6502.jpg|Toei 6500 series
File:Tokyo-Metro-Series9000R-Lot-1.jpg|Tokyo Metro 9000 series
File:Sagami-Railway-21000-21106F.jpg|Sotetsu 21000 series
</gallery>

===Former connecting lines===
* Okusawa station - A {{Convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} {{Railgauge|1,067mm}} gauge line, electrified at 600 VDC, from Shin-Okusawa operated between 1928 and 1935, providing a connection to Yukigaya-Otsuka on the [[Tokyu Ikegami Line]].

==See also==
* [[List of railway lines in Japan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tōkyū Meguro Line}}
* [https://www.tokyu.co.jp/global/railway/line/mg/ Tokyu Corporation website {{in lang|en}}]

{{Tokyu Meguro Line}}
{{Tokyo transit}}

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[[Category:Lines of Tokyu Corporation|Meguro Line]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Tokyo]]
[[Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1923]]
[[Category:1923 establishments in Japan]]