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Meitetsu Seto Line
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The Seto Automatic Railway opened the Owari Seto to Yada section in 1905, and extended it to Ozone the following year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The passenger service was provided by steam-powered railcars, but as these proved to be underpowered, the line was electrified in 1907 at 600 V DC, the company changing its name to Seto Electric Railway at that time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> In 1915, the line was extended to Horikawa (since closed).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>In 1939, the company merged with Meitetsu.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The Horikawa to Shimizu section closed in 1976 to allow for the construction of the new line to Sakaemachi and the connection to the <a href="/facts/Nagoya_Subway/u9H526qX">Nagoya Subway</a> <a href="/facts/Higashiyama_Line/SGEPdNBH">Higashiyama Line</a>, which opened in 1978, the voltage on the line being raised to 1,500 V DC, and freight services ceasing the same year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="stations">Stations</h2> <p>All stations are in Aichi Prefecture. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Japanese</th><th>Distance (km)</th><th>Local</th><th>Semi Express</th><th>Express</th><th>Connections</th><th>Location</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Sakaemachi_Station_(Aichi)/cvaGXCHQ">Sakaemachi</a></td><td>栄町</td><td>0.0</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> <a href="/facts/Nagoya_Municipal_Subway/u9H526qX">Nagoya Municipal Subway</a>: <a href="/facts/Higashiyama_Line/SGEPdNBH">Higashiyama Line</a>, <a href="/facts/Meij%25C5%258D_Line/9urSqR1U">Meijō Line</a> (via <a href="/facts/Sakae_Station_(Aichi)/BC58AvNF">Sakae</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Higashi-ku%2c_Nagoya/vmCQI59M">Higashi-ku, Nagoya</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Higashi%25C5%258Dte_Station/MAP57S2X">Higashiōte</a></td><td>東大手</td><td>1.5</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Naka-ku%2c_Nagoya/PolNC2RW">Naka-ku, Nagoya</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Shimizu_Station_(Aichi)/oyGMDy2p">Shimizu</a></td><td>清水</td><td>2.2</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td>|</td><td> </td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kita-ku%2c_Nagoya/INbKJNzM">Kita-ku, Nagoya</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Amagasaka_Station/NPp7lIHL">Amagasaka</a></td><td>尼ヶ坂</td><td>2.7</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td>|</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Morishita_Station_(Aichi)/eDFg5heW">Morishita</a></td><td>森下</td><td>3.6</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td>|</td><td> </td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Higashi-ku%2c_Nagoya/vmCQI59M">Higashi-ku, Nagoya</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/%25C5%258Czone_Station/EhYlv8NV">Ōzone</a></td><td>大曽根</td><td>4.6</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ch%25C5%25AB%25C5%258D_Main_Line/roTUSCWr">Chūō Main Line</a> Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line<a href="/facts/Nagoya_Guideway_Bus/ImSqhcwK">Nagoya Guideway Bus</a> <a href="/facts/Yutor%25C4%25ABto_Line/ImSqhcwK">Yutorīto Line</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Yada_Station_(Aichi)/DXnLjtT6">Yada</a></td><td>矢田</td><td>5.9</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td>|</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Moriyama-Jieitai-Mae_Station/Xtl3joMg">Moriyama-Jieitai-Mae</a></td><td>守山自衛隊前</td><td>7.0</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td>|</td><td>Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorīto Line (via <a href="/facts/Moriyama_Station_(Aichi)/MC5XUpxb">Moriyama</a>)</td><td rowspan="5"><a href="/facts/Moriyama-ku%2c_Nagoya/fgjvmgEG">Moriyama-ku, Nagoya</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Hy%25C5%258Dtan-yama_Station_(Aichi)/jDpCn2Nr">Hyōtan-yama</a></td><td>瓢箪山</td><td>7.6</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td>|</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Obata_Station_(Aichi)/6xrvrWzQ">Obata</a></td><td>小幡</td><td>8.6</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kitayama_Station_(Aichi)/J8EFDK4A">Kitayama</a></td><td>喜多山</td><td>9.9</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/%25C5%258Cmori-Kinj%25C5%258Dgakuin-mae_Station/UQl8Dg2X">Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae</a></td><td>大森・金城学院前</td><td>10.7</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Inba_Station/opXntrKC">Inba</a></td><td>印場</td><td>12.2</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td> </td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Owariasahi%2c_Aichi/wjpEQLNJ">Owariasahi</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Asahi-mae_Station/JkvjrevW">Asahi-mae</a></td><td>旭前</td><td>13.1</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>|</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Owari_Asahi_Station/gK2f9dNW">Owari Asahi</a></td><td>尾張旭</td><td>14.7</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Sang%25C5%258D_Station_(Aichi)/E5MWr4LF">Sangō</a></td><td>三郷</td><td>16.1</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Mizuno_Station/GFbJMYBE">Mizuno</a></td><td>水野</td><td>18.0</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Seto%2c_Aichi/qC3BBP00">Seto</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Shin_Seto_Station/nWXhudLG">Shin Seto</a></td><td>新瀬戸</td><td>18.7</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> <a href="/facts/Aichi_Loop_Line/jEy9r7Mk">Aichi Loop Line</a> (via <a href="/facts/Setoshi_Station/6RIteKqb">Setoshi</a>)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Seto-Shiyakusho-mae_Station/drrRwq10">Seto-Shiyakusho-mae</a></td><td>瀬戸市役所前</td><td>19.4</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Owari_Seto_Station/l6VXn2m4">Owari Seto</a></td><td>尾張瀬戸</td><td>20.6</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td>●</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="rolling-stock">Rolling stock</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_3300_series/3EPWSAkr">3300 series</a> (since 17 September 2016)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_4000_series/lC8uLM1p">4000 series</a> (since October 2008)</li></ul> <h3>Former rolling stock</h3> <ul><li>3770 series</li> <li>3730 series</li> <li>3780 series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_6000_series/A34Rtg7J">6000 series</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_6600_series/1kWLfro2">6600 series</a></li> <li>6750 series</li></ul> <p>This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia. </p> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <ul><li>Imao, Keisuke (2008). <i>日本鉄道旅行地図帳</i> [<i>Japan Railway Travel Atlas</i>] (in Japanese). pp. 45–46. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-4-10-790025-8.</li> <li>Meitetsu (1994). <i>名古屋鉄道百年史</i> [<i>Hundred years of Meitetsu</i>] (in Japanese). Meitetsu.</li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meitetsu Seto Line. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Imao 2008, pp. 45–46. - Imao, Keisuke (2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 [Japan Railway Travel Atlas] (in Japanese). pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-4-10-790025-8. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Meitetsu 1994, pp. 745. - Meitetsu (1994). 名古屋鉄道百年史 [Hundred years of Meitetsu] (in Japanese). Meitetsu. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Matsunaga, Naoyuki (2012). 名鉄沿線 歴史のある風景 補遺 (in Japanese). p. 149. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Imao 2008, p. 45. - Imao, Keisuke (2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 [Japan Railway Travel Atlas] (in Japanese). pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-4-10-790025-8. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Imao 2008, p. 46. - Imao, Keisuke (2008). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 [Japan Railway Travel Atlas] (in Japanese). pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-4-10-790025-8. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>