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
Owner	Tokyu Corporation
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Meguro Hiyoshi
Stations	13
Color on map	Sky Blue (#009bd8)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	388,982 (FY 2018)[1]
Technical
Line length	11.9 km (7.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 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: view talk edit

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

• 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

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	JY Yamanote Line N Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (through service) I Toei Mita Line (through service)	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	TY Tōyoko Line TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line
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	TY Tōyoko Line JN Nambu Line JO Yokosuka Line JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line
MG12	Motosumiyoshi	元住吉	1.3	10.0	O	｜	TY Tōyoko Line
MG13 SH03	Hiyoshi	日吉	1.5	11.9	O	O	TY Tōyoko Line SH Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line (through service) Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line	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)

^[7]

Ridership

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

Tokyu

• 3000 series 8-car EMUs
• 3020 series 8-car EMUs^[4]
• 5080 series 8-car EMUs

Other operators

• Toei 6300 series 6-car EMUs (Toei Mita Line)
• Toei 6500 series 8-car EMUs (Toei Mita Line)^[16][17]
• Tokyo Metro 9000 series 6/8-car EMUs (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)
• Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series 6-car EMUs (Saitama Rapid Railway Line)

• Sotetsu 21000 series 8-car EMUs (Sōtetsu Main Line or Sōtetsu Izumino Line, via the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line)^[18]

• 
  Tokyu 3000 series
• 
  Tokyu 3020 series
• 
  Tokyu 5080 series
• 
  Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series
• 
  Toei 6300 series
• 
  Toei 6500 series
• 
  Tokyo Metro 9000 series
• 
  Sotetsu 21000 series

Former connecting lines

• 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

• List of railway lines in Japan