Higashiyama Line

The Higashiyama Line (東山線, Higashiyama-sen) is a subway line in Nagoya, Japan, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system. It runs from Takabata in Nakagawa Ward to Fujigaoka in Meitō Ward, all within Nagoya. The Higashiyama Line's color on maps is yellow and stations are labeled with the prefix "H". Officially, the line is called the 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). All stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card, and other major Japanese IC cards.

Higashiyama Line
An N1000 series EMU approaching Kamiyashiro Station in June 2015
Overview
Native name	東山線
Locale	Nagoya, Japan
Termini	Takabata Fujigaoka
Stations	22
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Nagoya Municipal Subway
Route number	1
Operator(s)	Nagoya City Transportation Bureau
Depot(s)	Takabata, Fujigaoka
Rolling stock	5050 series N1000 series
Daily ridership	200,334[1] (2008)
History
Opened	15 November 1957; 67 years ago (1957-11-15)
Technical
Track length	20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	600 V DC third rail
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)

Higashiyama Line
Legend
0.0 Takabata Takabata depot 0.9 Hatta ←Kansai Main Line→ ←Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Hatta Station)→ 2.0 Iwatsuka 3.1 Nakamura Kōen 3.9 Nakamura Nisseki 4.6 Honjin 5.5 Kamejima → Tōkaidō Shinkansen →Tōkaidō Main Line →Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line ← Sakura-dōri Line→ 6.6 Nagoya Station Kintetsu Nagoya・Meitetsu-Nagoya 　Connecting Passage to Nagoya Station ←Kintetsu Nagoya Line ←Aonami Line ←Kansai Main Line ← Tokaido Shinkansen ←Chūō Main Line ←Tōkaidō Main Line ←Nagoya Main Line Hori River ← Tsurumai Line→ 8.0 Fushimi ← Meijō Line→ 9.0 Sakae Station (Aichi) Sakaemachi Meitetsu Seto Line→ 10.1 Shinsakae-machi ←Chūō Main Line 11.0 Chikusa Station →Chūō Main Line ← Sakura-dōri Line→ 11.7 Imaike previous Ikeshita depot 12.6 Ikeshita 13.2 Kakuōzan ← Meijō Line→ 14.2 Motoyama 15.1 Higashiyama Kōen 16.2 Hoshigaoka 17.5 Issha Higashi-Meihan Expressway 18.6 Kamiyashiro 19.3 Hongō Tōmei Expressway 20.6 Fujigaoka Fujigaoka Depot ↓Aichi Rapid Transit Linimo

The first section of the line opened in 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. Upon arrivals and departures at both Nagoya and Fujigaoka Stations, announcements are made in five languages: Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, and Portuguese.^[2]

Stations

All stations are in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.^[3]

Number	Station name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location
H01	Takabata	高畑	0.0	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line (planned)	Nakagawa
H02	Hatta	八田	0.9	Kansai Main Line Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu-Hatta)
H03	Iwatsuka	岩塚	2.0		Nakamura
H04	Nakamura Kōen	中村公園	3.1	Sakura-dōri Line (planned extension)
H05	Nakamura Nisseki	中村日赤	3.9
H06	Honjin	本陣	4.6
H07	Kamejima	亀島	5.5
H08	Nagoya	名古屋	6.6	Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagoya) Meitetsu Nagoya Line (Meitetsu Nagoya) Sakura-dōri Line (S-02) Aonami Line (AN01)
H09	Fushimi	伏見	8.0	Tsurumai Line (T-07)	Naka
H10	Sakae	栄	9.0	Meitetsu Seto Line (Sakaemachi) Meijō Line (M-05)
H11	Shinsakae-machi	新栄町	10.1	Kamiiida Line (planned extension)	Higashi
H12	Chikusa	千種	11.0	Chūō Main Line
H13	Imaike	今池	11.7	Sakura-dōri Line (S-08)	Chikusa
H14	Ikeshita	池下	12.6
H15	Kakuōzan	覚王山	13.2
H16	Motoyama	本山	14.2	Meijō Line (M-17)
H17	Higashiyama Kōen (Higashiyama Park)	東山公園	15.1	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line (planned)
H18	Hoshigaoka	星ヶ丘	16.2	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line (planned)
H19	Issha	一社	17.5		Meitō
H20	Kamiyashiro	上社	18.6
H21	Hongō	本郷	19.3
H22	Fujigaoka	藤が丘	20.6	Linimo (L01)

History

The Higashiyama Line was the first underground rapid transit line in Nagoya, and it opened initially on 15 November 1957 with three stations. The three stations were Nagoya Station, Fushimimachi Station (now Fushimi), and Sakaemachi Station (now Sakae). At first, the subway had six 100 series EMU trainsets, formed with two cars per set.

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.^[4]

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Takabata and Fujigaoka Depots.

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

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  A 5050 series train in March 2010
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  An N1000 series train in March 2010

Former

• 100/200/250/500/700 series (1957-1999)
• 300/800 series (1967-2000)
• 5000 series (July 1980 – August 2015)

The 250, 300 and 700 series trains were later sold to Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad, where they were refurbished and reclassified as Kotoden 600 series (former 250/700 series) and Kotoden 700 series (former 300 series), and to the Argentinian transport company Metrovías S.A., where they serve Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro.

The last remaining 5000 series train in service was withdrawn following a special final run on 30 August 2015.^[5]

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  A Takabata-bound 300 series train in March 1994
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  A 5000 series train in July 2015