Meitetsu Bisai Line

Meitetsu Bisai Line
300px A Meitetsu 6000 series EMU
Overview
Native name	名鉄尾西線
Type	Commuter rail
Termini	Yatomi Tamanoi
Stations	22
Daily ridership	11,897 (FY2008)
Operation
Opened	1898
Owner	Meitetsu
Technical
Line length	30.9 km (19.20 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Overhead catenary 1,500 V DC
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)

The Meitetsu Bisai Line (名鉄尾西線, Meitetsu Bisai-sen) is a 30.9 km Japanese railway line which connects Yatomi Station in Yatomi, Aichi with Tamanoi Station in Ichinomiya, Aichi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu).

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Local	Semi Express	Express	Limited Express	Transfers	Location
Yatomi	弥富	0.0	●				Kansai Main Line Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Yatomi Station)	Yatomi	Aichi
Gonosan	五ノ三	2.5	●
Saya	佐屋	4.6	●	●	●	●		Aisai
Hibino	日比野	6.6	●	●	●	●
Tsushima	津島	8.2	●	●	●	●	Meitetsu Tsushima Line	Tsushima
Machikata	町方	9.6	●					Aisai
Rokuwa	六輪	11.1	●					Inazawa
Fuchidaka	渕高	12.4	●					Aisai
Marubuchi	丸渕	13.4	●					Inazawa
Kami-Marubuchi	上丸渕	14.7	●
Morikami	森上	16.2	●
Yamazaki	山崎	17.3	●
Tamano	玉野	18.7	●					Ichinomiya
Hagiwara	萩原	20.2	●
Futago	二子	21.3	●
Kariyasuka	苅安賀	22.5	●
Kannonji	観音寺	23.2	●
Meitetsu Ichinomiya	名鉄一宮	25.3	●				Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Tōkaidō Main Line (Owari-Ichinomiya)
Nishi-Ichinomiya	西一宮	26.0	●
Kaimei	開明	28.1	●
Okuchō	奥町	29.4	●
Tamanoi	玉ノ井	30.9	●

History

The Yatomi to Tsushima section was opened in 1898 by the Bisai Railway, and was extended to Ichinomiya in 1900. In 1914, the line was extended to Tamanoi and Kisogawa-Bashi (since closed), and a freight-only line to Kiso-Minato opened in 1918.

The Kiso-Minato to Morikami section was electrified at 600 V DC in 1922, and extended to Yatomi the following year. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1925.

In 1948, the voltage on the Yatomi to Tsushima section was raised to 1,500 V DC, with this increase extended to the rest of the line in 1952. The Kiso-Minato to Tamanoi section closed in 1959. The Tsushima to Morikami section was double-tracked between 1967 and 1974

References

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