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Meguro Line

The Meguro Line (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. Additionally, the Meguro line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line beyond Meguro.

Meguro Line
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A Tokyu 3020 series train on the Meguro Line
Overview
Native name目黒線
OwnerTokyu Corporation
LocaleTokyo
Termini
Stations13
Color on map  Sky Blue (#009bd8)
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Daily ridership388,982 (FY 2018)[1]
Technical
Line length11.9 km (7.4 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map

Legend
km
Nishi-Takashimadaira
Saitama Rapid Railway Line
 Akabane-Iwabuchi
Kōrakuen│Kasuga
Namboku
Line
│
Toei Mita
Line
Shirokane-takanawa
Tokyo Metro
Namboku & Toei Mita Lines
Yamanote Line
Shōnan Shinjuku & Saikyō lines
0.0
 Meguro
1.0
 Fudōmae
1.9
 Musashi-Koyama
2.6
 Nishi-Koyama
3.3
 Senzoku
Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
4.3
 Ōokayama
Midorigaoka
Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
Okusawa depot
5.5
 Okusawa
Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
6.5
 Den-en-chōfu
7.3
 Tamagawa
Tōkyū Tamagawa Line
Tama River
Tokyo
Kanagawa
8.6
 Shin-Maruko
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Yokosuka & Shōnan Shinjuku Lines
Nambu Line
9.1
 Musashi-Kosugi
Yokosuka & Shōnan Shinjuku Lines
Musashino Line (freight)
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
10.4
 Motosumiyoshi
Motosumiyoshi depot
11.9
 Hiyoshi
Green Line
Through service to
Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line
Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
km
Key
 Express and local station
Local only station
Underground pedestrian connection
This diagram:
Meguro Line tracks run parallel with the Tōyoko Line between Den-en-chōfu and Hiyoshi stations (inside tracks - Meguro Line, outside tracks - Tōyoko Line)

History

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  • 1923:
    • March 11: The line opens as the Meguro Line between Meguro and Maruko (now Numabe) (on the current Tamagawa Line).[2]
    • 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.[2]
  • 1924, June 1: Koyama becomes Musashi-Koyama.[1]
  • 1926, January 1: Chōfu and Tamagawa stations are renamed to Den-en-Chōfu and Maruko-Tamagawa stations respectively.[1]
  • 1928, August 1: Nishi-Koyama station opens.
  • 1931, January 1: Maruko-Tamagawa station is renamed again to Tamagawa-en-mae station.[1]
  • 1977, December 16: Tamagawa-en-mae station is renamed yet again to Tamagawa-en station.[1]
  • 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[1] and one-man operation begins.[3]
    • September 26: Through service begins with the Tokyo Metro Namboku and Toei Mita Lines.[3]
  • 2001, March 28: Through service begins with the Saitama Rapid Railway line via the Namboku line.[3]
  • 2006:
    • July 2: As part of a grade separation project between Fudōmae and Senzoku, Musashi-Koyama and Nishi-Koyama stations move underground.[3]
    • September 25: Express service commences.[3]
  • 2008 June 22: Service extended to Hiyoshi.[3]
  • 2022 April: Eight-car trains commence operation on the line.[4] Platforms on Meguro Line were lengthened in order to accommodate 8-car trainsets and allow through services with Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line.[4]
  • 2023 March 18: The through service onto the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line began service.[5] Since then, most express trains no longer terminate at Hiyoshi but instead either Shin-yokohama, Nishiya, Shōnandai, Yamato or Ebina. The majority of local trains still terminate at Hiyoshi.[6]

Stations

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No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Local Express Transfers Location
Between
Stations 		Total
↑ Through-running to/from↑

NTokyo Metro Namboku Line towards Urawa-misono via the SRSaitama Rapid Railway Line

IToei Mita Line towards Nishi-takashimadaira

MG01

N01 I01

Meguro 目黒 - 0.0 O O
Shinagawa Tokyo
MG02 Fudō-mae 不動前 1.0 1.0 O ｜  
MG03 Musashi-koyama 武蔵小山 0.9 1.9 O O
MG04 Nishi-koyama 西小山 0.7 2.6 O ｜  
MG05 Senzoku 洗足 0.7 3.3 O ｜   Meguro
MG06 Ōokayama 大岡山 1.0 4.3 O O OM Oimachi Line Ōta
MG07 Okusawa 奥沢 1.2 5.5 O ｜   Setagaya
MG08 Den-en-chōfu 田園調布 1.0 6.5 O O TY Tōyoko Line Ōta
MG09 Tamagawa 多摩川 0.8 7.3 O O
MG10 Shin-maruko 新丸子 1.3 8.6 O ｜ TY Tōyoko Line Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa
MG11 Musashi-kosugi 武蔵小杉 0.5 9.1 O O
MG12 Motosumiyoshi 元住吉 1.3 10.0 O ｜ TY Tōyoko Line
MG13

SH03

Hiyoshi 日吉 1.5 11.9 O O
Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama
↓ Through-running to/from ↓

SH Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line for Shin-yokohama

  Sōtetsu Main Line for Ebina

  Sōtetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai (via Futamata-gawa on the Sōtetsu Main Line)

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Ridership

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Year Ridership
2010 321,677[8]
2011 324,052[9]
2012 332,590[10]
2013 342,041[11]
2014 347,884[12]
2015 358,274[13]
2016 368,386[14]
2017 379,212[15]
2018 388,982[1]

Rolling stock

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Tokyu

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Other operators

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  •  
    Tokyu 3000 series
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    Tokyu 3020 series
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    Tokyu 5080 series
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    Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series
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    Toei 6300 series
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    Toei 6500 series
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    Tokyo Metro 9500 series
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    Sotetsu 21000 series

Former connecting lines

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  • Okusawa station - A 1 km (0.62 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "TOKYU CORPORATION 2019-2020". Retrieved 18 Mar 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Tokyu Meguro Line". All About Japanese Trains. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "年譜 ｜東急電鉄". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  4. ^ a b c "東急目黒線・東京メトロ南北線など、8両編成の列車が営業運転開始". Mynavi News (in Japanese). 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  5. ^ "相模鉄道，3月18日にダイヤ改正を実施" [Sagami Railway implements timetable revision on March 18]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. ^ Train Departures of Meguro Line (PDF) (in Japanese), Tōkyū Railways, retrieved 2023-03-10
  7. ^ https://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/ (This reference represents the "Stations"section.)
  8. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2011-2012". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  9. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2012-2013". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  10. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2013-2014". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2014-2015". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  12. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2015-2016". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  13. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2016-2017". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  14. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2017-2018". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  15. ^ "TOKYU CORPORATION 2018-2019". www.tokyu.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  16. ^ "都営三田線の新型車両6500形、車内もシンプルな造形に - 写真68枚" [New, simplistic 6500 series of the Toei Mita Line]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  17. ^ "東京都交通局6500形が営業運転を開始" [Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation 6500 series begins commercial operation]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  18. ^ Kinoshita, Kenji (2021-09-02). "相鉄21000系「東急線内は目黒線直通用」9月デビュー! グッズも発売" [Sotetsu 21000 series to debut in September!]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
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