The is a railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad), connecting Meitetsu-Gifu station in the city of Gifu with Shin-Unuma station in Kakamigahara.
Stations ● L: ● E: ● R: ● MU:
No. Name Japanese Distance (km) L E R MU Transfers Location Meitetsu Gifu 名鉄岐阜 0.0 ● ● ● ■ Meitetsu Nagoya LineTōkaidō Main Line, Takayama Main Line (via Gifu) Gifu Gifu Prefecture Tagami 田神 1.1 ● | | Hosobata 細畑 2.9 ● | | Kiridōshi 切通 3.9 ● ● ● Tejikara 手力 4.8 ● | | Takada-bashi高田橋 5.4 ● | | Shin Kanō 新加納 6.6 ● | | Kakamigahara Shin Naka 新那加 7.5 ● ● ● Shiminkōen-mae 市民公園 8.1 ● | | Kakamigahara-shiyakusho-mae 各務原市役所前 8.7 ● ● ● Rokken 六軒 9.9 ● ● ● Mikakino 三柿野 11.2 ● ● ● ● Nijikken 二十軒 12.4 ● | | | Meiden Kakamigahara 名電各務原 13.7 ● ● ● | Takayama Main Line (via Kagamigahara) Ogase 苧ヶ瀬 14.6 ● | | | Haba 羽場 15.5 ● | | | Unumajuku 鵜沼宿 16.5 ● | | | Shin Unuma新鵜沼 17.6 ● ● ● ● ■ Meitetsu Inuyama LineTakayama Main Line (via Unuma)
History The line was opened between 1926 and 1927 by the Mino Electric Railway, electrified at 600 V DC. The company merged with Meitetsu in 1935. The Gifu to Ogase section was double-tracked between 1938 and 1942, with the Ogase to Shin-Unuma section being double-tracked in 1964, the same year the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, enabling the maximum speed on the line to be raised from 65 km/h to 85 km/h.
Former connecting lines A 1 km line branched off at Tagami Station, providing a connection to the Gifu Tram network (which was also 1,067 mm gauge) operated between 1970 and 2005 (when the tram system closed). It changed voltage (with a short dead section) to 600 V DC at the Keirinjo-mae end of the line.