Meguro Line
Railway line in Tokyo, Japan
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.
01History
- 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.
02Stations
03Ridership
| Year | Ridership |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 321,677 |
| 2011 | 324,052 |
| 2012 | 332,590 |
| 2013 | 342,041 |
| 2014 | 347,884 |
| 2015 | 358,274 |
| 2016 | 368,386 |
| 2017 | 379,212 |
| 2018 | 388,982 |
04Rolling stock
Tokyu
- 3000 series 8-car EMUs
- 3020 series 8-car EMUs
- 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)
- 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)
Former connecting lines
- Okusawa station - A 1 km (0.62 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 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.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Meguro Line”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Tokyu-Series3020-3821.jpg by MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tokyu Meguro and Toyoko line tamagawa.JPG by 本屋, CC BY-SA 3.0
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