Meitetsu Nishio Line

The is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, connecting Shin Anjō and Kira Yoshida. It originally included a branch from Nishio-guchi to Okazaki-shin on the Tokaido Main Line, which closed in 1962 (see History section below).

Stations

No.	Station		Distance (km)	Local	Express	Limited Express	Transfers	Location
NH17	Template:STN	新安城	0.0	●	●	●	Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	Anjō	Aichi Prefecture
GN01	Template:STN	北安城	2.6	●	▲	｜
GN02	Template:STN	南安城	4.0	●	●	●
GN03	Template:STN	碧海古井	5.7	●	▲	｜
GN04	Template:STN	堀内公園	6.7	●	｜	｜
GN05	Template:STN	桜井	7.9	●	●	●
GN06	Template:STN	南桜井	9.5	●	●	｜
GN07	Template:STN	米津	11.6	●	●	｜		Nishio
GN08	Template:STN	桜町前	13.0	●	●	｜
GN09	Template:STN	西尾口	14.2	●	｜	｜
GN10	Template:STN	西尾	15.0	●	●	●
GN11	Template:STN	福地	17.4	●	●	●
GN12	Template:STN	上横須賀	20.5	●	●	●
GN13	Template:STN	吉良吉田	24.7	●	●	●	Meitetsu Gamagōri Line

●：Stop　▲：Partial stop　｜：Pass

History

Template:Refimprove section The Nishio Railway opened the Okazaki-shin to (old) Nishio section in 1911 as a Template:RailGauge gauge line, and extended it to Kira Yoshida between 1915 and 1916. In 1926, the line was acquired by the Aichi Electric Railway, which between 1928 and 1929 converted the line to Template:RailGauge gauge, electrified it at 600 V DC, and connected to the line from Shin Anjō (see below) at Nishio-guchi, abandoning the 762 mm gauge section between there and Kami Yokosuka. That company merged with Meitetsu in 1935.

In the meantime, the Hekikai Electric Railway opened the Shin Anjō to Yonezu section, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1926, and extended the line to Nishio in 1928, with a connection to Kami Yokosuka opening in 1930. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1944.

The section from Nishio-guchi to Okazaki-shin was closed between 1959 and 1962, with the voltage on the Nishio to Kira Yoshida section being raised to 1,500 V DC in 1960.

With the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2019, Nishio Line Express services began stopping at Minami Sakurai Station, and Semi-Express services were discontinued.

Former connecting lines

• Minami Anjo Station: The Hekikai Electric Railway opened a 1 km 1,067 mm gauge freight-only line electrified at 1,500 V DC to Anjo in 1939. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1944, which commenced passenger services in 1950. The line closed in 1961.
• Nishio Station: The Nishio Railway opened a 5 km 762 mm gauge line to Heisaka Port in 1914. Following the company merging with Aichi Electric Railway Co. in 1926, the line was converted to 1,067 mm gauge and electrified at 600 V DC in 1928. The line closed in 1960 when the Nishio line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

Template:Sister project This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.