Meitetsu Inuyama Line

The is a 26.8 km Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu with Template:STN station in Kakamigahara. Together with the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line, the line forms an alternate route of the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line between Template:STN and Template:STN.

Stations

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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
IY01	Template:STN	下小田井	1.0	●	|	▲	|	|	|	|
IY02	Template:STN	中小田井	2.4	●	|	▲	|	|	|	|		Nishi-ku, Nagoya
IY03	Template:STN	上小田井	3.5	●	●	●	●	|	|	|	Nagoya Subway: ■ Tsurumai Line (T01) Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line (Template:STN)
IY04	Template:STN	西春	5.9	●	●	●	●	|	|	|		Kitanagoya
IY05	Template:STN	徳重・名古屋芸大	7.3	●	|	|	|	|	|	|
IY06	Template:STN	大山寺	8.1	●	|	|	|	|	|	|		Iwakura
IY07	Template:STN	岩倉	9.7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
IY08	Template:STN	石仏	11.8	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
IY09	Template:STN	布袋	14.2	●	●	●	●	|	|	|		Kōnan
IY10	Template:STN	江南	16.2	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
IY11	Template:STN	柏森	19.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	▲		Fusō
IY12	Template:STN	扶桑	21.2	●	●	●	●	|	|	|
IY13	Template:STN	木津用水	22.6	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
IY14	Template:STN	犬山口	24.0	●	●	|	|	|	|	|		Inuyama
IY15	Template:STN	犬山	24.9	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	■ Meitetsu Komaki Line ■ Meitetsu Hiromi Line
IY16	Template:STN	犬山遊園	26.1	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
IY17	Template:STN	新鵜沼	26.8	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	■ Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line Takayama Main Line	Kakamigahara	Gifu

History

File:Inuyamabashi-Bridge.jpg

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 Nagoya 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 Komaki Line in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964.