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company

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. As a railway line, the name is for the section between and in southwest

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, but nearly all trains run to on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line in

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. 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). **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.

Future plans

Platforms on Meguro Line are going to be lengthened in order to accommodate 8-car trainsets and allow through services with

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. The operation of 8-car trainsets commenced in April 2022. The through service onto the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line will begin on 18 March 2023.

Stations

Ridership

Rolling stock

Tokyu

* 3000 series 8-car EMUs * 3020 series 8-car EMUs * 5080 series 8-car EMUs

Other operators

* Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series 6-car EMUs (

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) * Toei 6300 series 6-car EMUs ( Toei Mita Line) *

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8-car EMUs ( Toei Mita Line) * Tokyo Metro 9000 series 6-car EMUs ( Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)

Future

* Sotetsu 21000 series 8-car EMUs (

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, via the

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Former connecting lines

* Okusawa station - A 1 km 1067mm 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.

References

External links

Tokyu Corporation website
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