Tōkyū Meguro Line

The is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between and in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to 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.

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. 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. Since then, most express trains no longer terminate at but instead either , , , or . The majority of local trains still terminate at Hiyoshi.

Stations

Ridership

Rolling 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)

File:Tokyu-Series3000-3813.jpg, Tokyu 3000 series
File:Tokyu-railway-3122F-20221119-150646.jpg, Tokyu 3020 series
File:Tokyu-Series5080-5187F 8cars.jpg, Tokyu 5080 series
File:Series-SR2000-2802.jpg, Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series
File:Toei-Type6300-6314.jpg, Toei 6300 series
File:Toei Series6500-6502.jpg, Toei 6500 series
File:Tokyo-Metro-Series9000R-Lot-1.jpg, Tokyo Metro 9000 series
File:Sagami-Railway-21000-21106F.jpg, Sotetsu 21000 series

Former connecting lines

* Okusawa station - A 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.

See also

* List of railway lines in Japan

References

External links

Tokyu Corporation website

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Meguro Line
Railway lines in Tokyo
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1923
1923 establishments in Japan