The is a subway line in

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

, Japan, part of the

Nagoya Municipal Subway The , also referred to as simply the Nagoya Subway, is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover of route and serve 87 stations. Approximately 90% of the subway's total t ...

system. It runs from Taiko-dori in Nakamura Ward to in Midori Ward, all within Nagoya. The Sakura-dōri Line's color on maps is red and stations are labeled with the prefix "S". Officially, the line is called the . All stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless

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, and other major Japanese IC cards. The first section of the line opened in 1989. Between Nagoya and Imaike, the line runs under Sakura-dōri Avenue, serving as a bypass to the

Higashiyama Line The is a subway line in Nagoya, Japan, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system. It runs from Takabata in Nakagawa Ward to Fujigaoka in Meitō Ward, all within Nagoya. The Higashiyama Line's color on maps is yellow and stations are labe ...

. Until 2015, it was the only Nagoya Municipal Subway line to use

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. All platforms are 8 cars long but only 5 car trains are currently operated.

Stations

All stations are in Nagoya,

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Rolling stock

* 6000 series * 6050 series

History

The Sakura-dōri Line was first envisioned in the Urban Transportation Council Report No. 14 (1972) as an underground line running from Nakamura Kuyakusho to Imaike, and was intended to relieve the central portion of the Higashiyama Line, which in the late-1970s operated with a crush load capacity of 250% during rush hour. The line was opened on 10 September 1989 between Nakamura Kuyakusho and Imaike.

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(ATO) using a single driver commenced on 16 February 1994, and the line was extended from Imaike to Nonami on 30 March 1994. From Nonami, the line was extended further east to Tokushige, in Midori-ku, on 27 March 2011. This extension also involved building a new depot near Tokushige Station, which replaced the previous depot located near Nakamura Kuyakusho Station. There is a plan to extend the line even further, somewhere in Toyoake City or

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. There is also a plan to extend the line to opposite direction, from Nakamura Kuyakusho to somewhere in Ama.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakura-dori Line Nagoya Municipal Subway 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1989 1989 establishments in Japan

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