Higashiyama Line

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 12 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]

Contents

Basic data

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: Subway NagoyaSakuradori.png 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: Subway NagoyaSakuradori.png Sakura-dōri Line (S02)
Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway: Aonami Line (AN01)
H09 Fushimi 伏見 8 km Nagoya Municipal Subway: Subway NagoyaTsurumai.png Tsurumai Line (T07) Naka
H10 Sakae 9 km Meitetsu: Seto Line (Sakaemachi)
Nagoya Municipal Subway: Subway NagoyaMeijo.png Meijō Line (M05)
H11 Shinsakae-machi 新栄町 10.1 km Nagoya Municipal Subway: Subway NagoyaKamiiida.png 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: Subway NagoyaSakuradori.png 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: Subway NagoyaMeijo.png 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

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

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 

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