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Wikipedia / Meguro Line

The is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between and in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line in Yokohama, Kanagawa. Additionally, the Meguro line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line beyond Meguro.

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.

  • 2022 April: Eight-car trains commence operation on the line. Platforms on Meguro Line were lengthened in order to accommodate 8-car trainsets and allow through services with Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line.

  • 2023 March 18: The through service onto the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line began service via the Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line, allowing the line to connect with the Tokaido Shinkansen line. Since then, most express trains no longer terminate at but instead either , , , or . The majority of local trains still terminate at Hiyoshi.

Stations

Ridership

Rolling stock

Tokyu

Other operators

Former connecting lines

  • Okusawa station - A 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

References