Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line

Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line
A Kakamigahara Line train near Haba Station
Overview
Native name	名鉄各務原線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Gifu Prefecture
Termini	Meitetsu-Gifu Shin-Unuma
Stations	18
Operation
Owner	Meitetsu
Technical
Line length	17.6 km (10.94 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)

The Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line (名鉄各務原線 Meitetsu Kakamigahara-sen) is a 17.6 km railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Meitetsu-Gifu Station in the city of Gifu with Shin-Unuma Station in Kakamigahara.

Stations

● L: Local (普通 futsū)
● E: Express (急行 kyūkō)
● R: Rapid Express (快速急行 kaisoku kyūkō)
● MU: μSKY Limited Express (ミュースカイ myū sukai)

Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	L	E	R	MU	Transfers	Location
Meitetsu Gifu	名鉄岐阜	0.0	●	●	●		■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line Tōkaidō Main Line, Takayama Main Line (via Gifu)	Gifu	Gifu Prefecture
Tagami	田神	1.1	●	|	|
Hosobata	細畑	2.9	●	|	|
Kiridōshi	切通	3.9	●	●	●
Tejikara	手力	4.8	●	|	|
Takada-bashi	高田橋	5.4	●	|	|
Shin Kanō	新加納	6.6	●	|	|			Kakamigahara
Shin Naka	新那加	7.5	●	●	●
Shiminkōen-mae	市民公園	8.1	●	|	|
Kakamigahara-shiyakusho-mae	各務原市役所前	8.7	●	●	●
Rokken	六軒	9.9	●	●	●
Mikakino	三柿野	11.2	●	●	●	●
Nijikken	二十軒	12.4	●	|	|	|
Meiden Kakamigahara	名電各務原	13.7	●	●	●	|	Takayama Main Line (via Kagamigahara)
Ogase	苧ヶ瀬	14.6	●	|	|	|
Haba	羽場	15.5	●	|	|	|
Unumajuku	鵜沼宿	16.5	●	|	|	|
Shin Unuma	新鵜沼	17.6	●	●	●	●	■ Meitetsu Inuyama Line Takayama Main Line (via Unuma)

History

The line was opened between 1926 and 1927 by the Mino Electric Railway, electrified at 600 V DC. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1935. The Gifu to Ogase section was double-tracked between 1938 and 1942, with the Ogase to Shin-Unuma section being double-tracked in 1964, the same year the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, enabling the maximum speed on the line to be raised from 65 km/h to 85 km/h.

Former connecting lines

A 1 km line branched off at Tagami Station, providing a connection to the Gifu Tram network (which was also 1,067 mm gauge) operated between 1970 and 2005 (when the tram system closed). It changed voltage (with a short dead section) to 600 V DC at the Keirinjo-mae end of the line.