Tōkyū Meguro Line

Tokyu Meguro Line
Tokyu 5080 series EMU on the Meguro Line
Overview
Native name	東急目黒線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Meguro Hiyoshi
Stations	13
Operation
Owner	Tokyu Corporation
Technical
Line length	11.9 km (7.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary

Route diagram

Ex: Express trains stop Lo: only Local trains stop Urawa-Misono Saitama Rapid Railway Akabane-Iwabuchi Nishi-Takashimadaira Kōrakuen/Kasuga Toei Mita Line Shirokane-Takanawa Tokyo Metro Namboku Line Yamanote Line Shōnan Shinjuku, Saikyō lines 0.0 Ex Meguro 1.0 Lo Fudōmae 1.9 Ex Musashi-Koyama 2.6 Lo Nishi-Koyama 3.3 Lo Senzoku Tōkyū Ōimachi Line 4.3 Ex Ōokayama Tōkyū Ōimachi Line Midorigaoka Okusawa depot 5.5 Lo Okusawa Meguro Line 6.5 Ex Den-en-chōfu Tōkyū Tōyoko Line 7.3 Ex Tamagawa Tōkyū Tamagawa Line Tama River/TokyoKanagawa 8.6 Lo Shin-Maruko Tōkaidō Shinkansen Yokosuka, Shōnan Shinjuku lines Nambu Line on Yokosuka Line in 2009 9.1 Ex Musashi-Kosugi Musashino Line (freight) Motosumiyoshi depot 10.4 Lo Motosumiyoshi 11.9 Ex Hiyoshi Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line Tōyoko Line

Meguro Line tracks run parallel with the Tōyoko Line between Den-en-chōfu and Hiyoshi stations (inside tracks - Meguro Line, outside tracks - Tōyoko Line)

The Tokyu Meguro Line (東急目黒線, Tōkyū Meguro-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between Meguro and Den-en-chōfu in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to Hiyoshi on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line in Yokohama, Kanagawa.

The Meguro line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line beyond Meguro. Until this connection was established in 2000, the line was a part of the Mekama Line, and ran between Meguro and Kamata. The rest of the Mekama Line was named the Tōkyū Tamagawa Line. On June 22, 2008, new tracks for the Meguro Line trains from Motosumiyoshi to Hiyoshi stations were added.

Express services between Musashi-Kosugi and Meguro started on September 25, 2006, and was extended to Hiyoshi on June 22, 2008. The Express saves 5 minutes over the route and overtakes local trains at Musashi-Koyama. Express trains operate during the daytime one in every 4 to 5 trains, with higher frequencies during peak periods.

Stations

Station No.	Station		Express	Transfers	Location
↑ Through-running to/from the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line towards Urawa-Misono via the Saitama Rapid Railway Line ↑ ↑ Through-running to/from the Toei Mita Line towards Nishi-Takashimadaira ↑
MG01	Meguro	目黒	●	■ Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Namboku Line Toei Mita Line	Shinagawa	Tokyo
MG02	Fudō-mae	不動前	｜
MG03	Musashi-Koyama	武蔵小山	●
MG04	Nishi-Koyama	西小山	｜
MG05	Senzoku	洗足	｜		Meguro
MG06	Ōokayama	大岡山	●	Tokyu Oimachi Line	Ōta
MG07	Okusawa	奥沢	｜		Setagaya
MG08	Den-en-chōfu	田園調布	●	Tokyu Toyoko Line	Ōta
MG09	Tamagawa	多摩川	●	Tokyu Toyoko Line Tokyu Tamagawa Line
MG10	Shin-Maruko	新丸子	｜	Tokyu Toyoko Line	Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki	Kanagawa
MG11	Musashi-Kosugi	武蔵小杉	●	Tokyu Toyoko Line ■ Nambu Line ■ Yokosuka Line ■■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line
MG12	Motosumiyoshi	元住吉	｜	Tokyu Toyoko Line
MG13	Hiyoshi	日吉	●	Tokyu Toyoko Line Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line	Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama

Rolling stock

Tokyu

• 3000 series 6-car EMUs
• 5080 series 6-car EMUs

Other operators

• Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series 6-car EMUs (Saitama Rapid Railway Line)
• Toei 6300 series 6-car EMUs (Toei Mita Line)
• Tokyo Metro 9000 series 6-car EMUs (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)

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.

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.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

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

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