The Nagoya Electric Railway (later Meitetsu) opened the Biwajima to Iwakura section, as an interurban electrified at 600 V DC, in 1910. The line was extended to Inuyama in 1912 built with double tracks. In 1922, the Biwajima to Iwakura section was double-tracked, and in 1926, the line was extended as dual track to Shin-Unuma, including a combined rail and road bridge over the river Kiso.
In 1948, the voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC, and in 1993 through services commenced on the Nagoya Municipal SubwayTsurumai Line. The road utilising the Kisogawa rail bridge was diverted onto its own bridge in 2000, ending the last such combined bridge usage in Japan.
Former connecting lines
Iwakura Station: The Nagoya Electric Railway opened a 7km line electrified at 600 V DC to Ichinomiya on the Nagoya Main Line in 1913. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1948, and the line closed in 1965. The company opened a 6km line electrified at 600 V DC to Komaki on the Komaki Line in 1920. The voltage on the line was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1955, and the line closed in 1964.
References
↑各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
