Meitetsu Bisai Line

Meitetsu Bisai Line
Meitetsu Bisai Line
	A Meitetsu 6000 series EMU
Overview
Native name	名鉄めいてつ尾西線びさいせん
Owner	Meitetsu
Termini	Yatomi; Tamanoi;
Stations	22
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	11,897 (FY2008)
History
Opened	1898
Technical
Line length	30.9 km (19.20 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Meitetsu Bisai Line (名鉄めいてつ尾西線びさいせん, Meitetsu Bisai-sen) is a 30.9 km (19.2 mi) Japanese railway line which connects Yatomi Station in Yatomi, Aichi with Tamanoi Station in Ichinomiya, Aichi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad).

Stations

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Local	Semi Express	Express	Limited Express	Transfers	Location
	Yatomi	弥富やとみ	0.0	●				CJ Kansai Main Line E Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Yatomi Station)	Yatomi
	Gonosan	五ノ三ごのさん	2.5	●					Yatomi
	Saya	佐屋さた	4.6	●	●	●	●		Aisai
	Hibino	日比野ひびの	6.6	●	●	●	●		Aisai
	Tsushima	津島つしま	8.2	●	●	●	●	TB Meitetsu Tsushima Line	Tsushima
	Machikata	町方まちかた	9.6	●					Aisai
	Rokuwa	六ろく輪りん	11.1	●					Inazawa
	Fuchidaka	渕高ふちだか	12.4	●					Aisai
	Marubuchi	丸まる渕ふち	13.4	●					Inazawa
	Kami-Marubuchi	上丸かみまる渕ふち	14.7	●
	Morikami	森上もりあげ	16.2	●
	Yamazaki	山崎やまざき	17.3	●
	Tamano	玉野たまの	18.7	●					Ichinomiya
	Hagiwara	萩原はぎはら	20.2	●
	Futago	二に子し	21.3	●
	Kariyasuka	苅安賀かりやすか	22.5	●
	Kannonji	観音寺かんのんじ	23.2	●
	Meitetsu Ichinomiya	名鉄めいてつ一宮いちのみや	25.3	●				NH Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line CA Tōkaidō Main Line (Owari-Ichinomiya)
	Nishi-Ichinomiya	西一宮にしいちのみや	26.0	●
	Kaimei	開明かいめい	28.1	●
	Okuchō	奥おき町まち	29.4	●
	Tamanoi	玉ノ井たまのい	30.9	●

History

The Yatomi to Tsushima section was opened in 1898 by the Bisai Railway, and was extended to Ichinomiya in 1900. In 1914, the line was extended to Tamanoi and Kisogawa-Bashi (since closed), and a freight-only line to Kiso-Minato opened in 1918.

The Kiso-Minato to Morikami section was electrified at 600 V DC in 1922, and extended to Yatomi the following year. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1925.

In 1948, the voltage on the Yatomi to Tsushima section was raised to 1,500 V DC, with this increase extended to the rest of the line in 1952. The Kiso-Minato to Tamanoi section closed in 1959. The Tsushima to Morikami section was double-tracked between 1967 and 1974.

References

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

^ 各かく鉄てつ軌道きどう会社かいしゃのご案内あんない (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

[ministry_of_transportation_etc-1] 各かく鉄てつ軌道きどう会社かいしゃのご案内あんない (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

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