Higashiyama Line

Higashiyama Line
5000 series entering Kamiyashiro Station
Overview
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Nagoya Municipal Subway
Locale	Nagoya, Japan
Termini	Takabata Fujigaoka
Stations	22
Daily ridership	200,334[1] (2008)
Operation
Opened	November 15, 1957 (1957-11-15) (first section) September 21, 1982 (1982-09-21) (entire line)
Operator(s)	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Character	Hatchii
Rolling stock	5000 series 5050 series N1000 series
Technical
Track length	20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail 600 V DC
Operating speed	65 kilometres per hour (40 mph)

The Higashiyama Line (東山線, Higashiyama-sen^?) is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. Officially, the line is referred to as Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 1 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第1号線, Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-ichi-gō-sen^?). It runs from Takabata, Nakagawa Ward to Fujigaoka, Meitō Ward, all within Nagoya. The Higashiyama Line's color on maps is Windsor yellow; its stations carry the letter H followed by a number. All the stations accept Tranpass, a prepaid magnetic card.

The line opened its first section in 1957; 53 years ago (1957). The line links Nagoya Station and Sakae, the CBD of Nagoya. As such, the line has the highest ridership among Nagoya Municipal Subway Lines. On arriving Nagoya Station (from Fujigaoka), departing Nagoya Station (to Fujigaoka), or arriving Fujigaoka Station, the announcements are made in five languages, namely Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, and Portuguese, in that order.^[2]

Basic data

• Distance: 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi)
• Stations: 22
• Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) (in contrast to the narrow gauge of most Japanese railways)
• Double-track line: Whole line
• Rolling stock: 5000 series, 5050 series, and N1000 series
• Electric supply: Entire line (600 V DC, third rail)^[3]
• Railway signalling: CS-ATC
• Maximum speed at service: 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph)

Stations

The stations are as follows:^[4]

Number	Station name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location
H01	Takabata	高畑	0 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line (planned)	Nakagawa	Nagoya, Aichi
H02	Hatta	八田	0.9 km	JR: Kansai Main Line Kintetsu: Nagoya Line (Kintetsu-Hatta)
H03	Iwatsuka	岩塚	2 km		Nakamura
H04	Nakamura Kōen	中村公園	3.1 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Sakura-dōri Line (planned extension)
H05	Nakamura Nisseki	中村日赤	3.9 km
H06	Honjin	本陣	4.6 km
H07	Kamejima	亀島	5.5 km
H08	Nagoya	名古屋	6.6 km	JR: Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen Kintetsu: Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagoya) Meitetsu: Nagoya Line (Meitetsu Nagoya) Nagoya Municipal Subway: Sakura-dōri Line (S02) Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway: Aonami Line (AN01)
H09	Fushimi	伏見	8 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tsurumai Line (T07)	Naka
H10	Sakae	栄	9 km	Meitetsu: Seto Line (Sakaemachi) Nagoya Municipal Subway: Meijō Line (M05)
H11	Shinsakae-machi	新栄町	10.1 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kamiiida Line (planned extension)	Higashi
H12	Chikusa	千種	11 km	JR: Chūō Main Line
H13	Imaike	今池	11.7 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Sakura-dōri Line (S08)	Chikusa
H14	Ikeshita	池下	12.6 km
H15	Kakuōzan	覚王山	13.2 km
H16	Motoyama	本山	14.2 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Meijō Line (M17)
H17	Higashiyama Kōen (Higashiyama Park)	東山公園	15.1 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line (planned)
H18	Hoshigaoka	星ヶ丘	16.2 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line (planned)
H19	Issha	一社	17.5 km		Meitō
H20	Kamiyashiro	上社	18.6 km
H21	Hongō	本郷	19.3 km
H22	Fujigaoka	藤が丘	20.6 km	Aichi Rapid Transit: Linimo (L01)

History

The Higashiyama Line was the first underground rapid transit line in Nagoya, and it was born with the first three 2.4 kilometers of track, comprising three stations, which opened on November 15, 1957; 54 years ago (1957-11-15). The three stations were Nagoya Station, Fushimimachi Station (now Fushimi), and Sakaemachi Station (now Sakae.) At first, the subway had six trainsets made up of 100 series trains, with two cars per trainset.

The line was extended from Sakaemachi (now Sakae) to Ikeshita on June 15, 1960, from Ikeshita to Higashiyama Kōen on April 1, 1963, from Higashiyama Kōen to Hoshigaoka on March 30, 1967.

The line was simultaneously extended from Nagoya to Nakamura Kōen and from Hoshigaoka to its current eastern terminus of Fujigaoka on April 1, 1969. The line was further extended from Nakamura Kōen to its present western terminus of Takabata on September 21, 1982, and with that was completed as the line which operates today.^[5]

Rolling stock

5000 series (left) and 5050 series (right), March 2010

Current

• 5000 series (since 1980)
• 5050 series (since 1992)
• N1000 series (since 2008)

All trains are based at Takabata and Fujigaoka Depots.

Former

A Takabata-bound 300 series train, March 1994

• 100/200/250/500/700 series (1957-1999)
• 300/800 series (1967-2000)

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan
• Media related to Higashiyama Line at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. http://wwwtb.mlit.go.jp/chubu/tetudo/tetudouhp.htm. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
2. ^ "車内アナウンス：東山線 [Announcements in the Train: Higashiyama Line]" (in Japanese). http://shanai.michikusa.jp/higashiyama/index.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 
3. ^ "名古屋市営地下鉄東山線の紹介 [Introduction to the Nagoya Municipal Subway's Higashiyama Line]" (in Japanese). http://www.infonia.ne.jp/~scepter/subway/h_line/h_line.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 
4. ^ "東山線 [Higashiyama Line]" (in Japanese). hatena. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/%C5%EC%BB%B3%C0%FE. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 
5. ^ 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004) (in Japanese), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏, グランプリ出版, ISBN 4-87687-260-0 

External links

• (Japanese) Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya official website