Aichi Loop Line

<h2 id="basic-data">Basic data</h2>
<ul><li>Operators, distances:
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Aichi_Loop_Railway/jEy9r7Mk">Aichi Loop Railway</a> (Category 1)
<ul><li>Okazaki – Kōzōji: 45.3 km (ca. 28.1 mi.)</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Japan_Freight_Railway_Company/swqmuGmu">Japan Freight Railway Company</a> (Category 2)
<ul><li>Okazaki – Kita-Okazaki: 5.3 km (ca. 3.3 mi.)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Freight_train/uejxQ9yb">Freight</a> operation ceased in 1999.</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li>Track:
<ul><li>Double: Naka-Okazaki – Kita-Okazaki, Kitano-Masuzuka – Mikawa-Kamigō, Mikawa-Toyota – Shin-Toyota, Setoshi – Kōzōji</li>
<li>Single: the rest</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Railway_signalling/yK37bHt7">Railway signalling</a>: Automatic (<a href="/facts/Automatic_train_stop/Iv7G88XL">ATS-ST</a>)</li></ul>
<h2 id="services">Services</h2>
<p>There are no rapid services. All trains stop at every station. Three to four trains run per hour.
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<h2 id="station-list">Station list</h2>
<ul><li>All stations are located in <a href="/facts/Aichi_Prefecture/SDqHPcjm">Aichi Prefecture</a>.</li>
<li>Trains can pass each other at stations marked "◇", "^", and "v".</li></ul>
<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">StationNo.</th><th rowspan="2">Station</th><th rowspan="2">Japanese</th><th colspan="2">Distance (km)</th><th rowspan="2">Transfers</th><th rowspan="2"> </th><th rowspan="2">Location</th></tr><tr><th>Betweenstations</th><th>Total</th></tr><tr><th>01</th><td><a href="/facts/Okazaki_Station/4SP9EnhQ">Okazaki</a></td><td>岡崎</td><td>-</td><td>0.0</td><td><a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Main_Line/14Q2maI7">Tōkaidō Main Line</a></td><td>｜</td><td rowspan="6"><a href="/facts/Okazaki,_Aichi/zAPYXzwS">Okazaki</a></td></tr><tr><th>02</th><td><a href="/facts/Mutsuna_Station/YgjwTKgD">Mutsuna</a></td><td>六名</td><td>1.7</td><td>1.7</td><td> </td><td>◇</td></tr><tr><th>03</th><td><a href="/facts/Naka-Okazaki_Station/SXC1hlaC">Naka-Okazaki</a></td><td>中岡崎</td><td>1.7</td><td>3.4</td><td><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_Nagoya_Line/1LynGEV6">Meitetsu Nagoya Line</a> (<a href="/facts/Okazaki-K%C5%8Den-Mae_Station/mkXWsUQc">Okazaki-Kōen-Mae</a>)</td><td>^</td></tr><tr><th>04</th><td><a href="/facts/Kita-Okazaki_Station/LxptghK5">Kita-Okazaki</a></td><td>北岡崎</td><td>1.9</td><td>5.3</td><td> </td><td>v</td></tr><tr><th>05</th><td><a href="/facts/Daimon_Station_(Aichi)/jMLk9owQ">Daimon</a></td><td>大門</td><td>1.2</td><td>6.5</td><td> </td><td>｜</td></tr><tr><th>06</th><td><a href="/facts/Kitano-Masuzuka_Station/q7XVhPvb">Kitano-Masuzuka</a></td><td>北野桝塚</td><td>2.2</td><td>8.7</td><td> </td><td>^</td></tr><tr><th>07</th><td><a href="/facts/Mikawa-Kamig%C5%8D_Station/TktndYUV">Mikawa-Kamigō</a></td><td>三河上郷</td><td>2.0</td><td>10.7</td><td> </td><td>v</td><td rowspan="12"><a href="/facts/Toyota,_Aichi/E0KEMIXR">Toyota</a></td></tr><tr><th>08</th><td><a href="/facts/Ekaku_Station/6nqGf2Gd">Ekaku</a></td><td>永覚</td><td>1.7</td><td>12.4</td><td> </td><td>｜</td></tr><tr><th>09</th><td><a href="/facts/Suenohara_Station/87Hg9bqA">Suenohara</a></td><td>末野原</td><td>1.6</td><td>14.0</td><td> </td><td>◇</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td><a href="/facts/Mikawa-Toyota_Station/kffXoJtm">Mikawa-Toyota</a></td><td>三河豊田</td><td>1.9</td><td>15.9</td><td> </td><td>^</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td><a href="/facts/Shin-Uwagoromo_Station/670PwWnM">Shin-Uwagoromo</a></td><td>新上挙母</td><td>1.7</td><td>17.6</td><td><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_Mikawa_Line/0QS83R7y">Meitetsu Mikawa Line</a> (<a href="/facts/Uwagoromo_Station/jvrRGM2p">Uwagoromo</a>)</td><td>∥</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td><a href="/facts/Shin-Toyota_Station/cmoaYrTR">Shin-Toyota</a></td><td>新豊田</td><td>1.9</td><td>19.5</td><td><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_Mikawa_Line/0QS83R7y">Meitetsu Mikawa Line</a> (<a href="/facts/Toyotashi_Station/ReJuBH3C">Toyotashi</a>)</td><td>v</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td><a href="/facts/Aikan-Umetsubo_Station/sxTmTIqG">Aikan-Umetsubo</a></td><td>愛環梅坪</td><td>2.0</td><td>21.5</td><td> </td><td>｜</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td><a href="/facts/Shig%C5%8D_Station/7Kyg3HGB">Shigō</a></td><td>四郷</td><td>2.0</td><td>23.5</td><td> </td><td>◇</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td><a href="/facts/Kaizu_Station/pPlzPcfp">Kaizu</a></td><td>貝津</td><td>2.0</td><td>25.5</td><td> </td><td>｜</td></tr><tr><th>16</th><td><a href="/facts/Homi_Station/YnxhnI7f">Homi</a></td><td>保見</td><td>1.3</td><td>26.8</td><td> </td><td>◇</td></tr><tr><th>17</th><td><a href="/facts/Sasabara_Station/rUKHBe14">Sasabara</a></td><td>篠原</td><td>2.4</td><td>29.2</td><td> </td><td>◇</td></tr><tr><th>18</th><td><a href="/facts/Yakusa_Station/tLrQRH48">Yakusa</a></td><td>八草</td><td>2.8</td><td>32.0</td><td><a href="/facts/Linimo/r9LjscJM">Linimo</a> (L09)</td><td>◇</td></tr><tr><th>19</th><td><a href="/facts/Yamaguchi_Station_(Aichi)/HqeCNpwB">Yamaguchi</a></td><td>山口</td><td>2.6</td><td>34.6</td><td> </td><td>◇</td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Seto,_Aichi/qC3BBP00">Seto</a></td></tr><tr><th>20</th><td><a href="/facts/Setoguchi_Station/Kb4g1cze">Setoguchi</a></td><td>瀬戸口</td><td>2.1</td><td>36.7</td><td> </td><td>◇</td></tr><tr><th>21</th><td><a href="/facts/Setoshi_Station/6RIteKqb">Setoshi</a></td><td>瀬戸市</td><td>2.4</td><td>39.1</td><td><a href="/facts/Meitetsu_Seto_Line/2SwkNbGu">Meitetsu Seto Line</a> (<a href="/facts/Shin-Seto_Station/nWXhudLG">Shin-Seto</a>)</td><td>^</td></tr><tr><th>22</th><td><a href="/facts/Nakamizuno_Station/ynHzs5fo">Nakamizuno</a></td><td>中水野</td><td>2.8</td><td>41.9</td><td> </td><td>∥</td></tr><tr><th>23</th><td><a href="/facts/K%C5%8Dz%C5%8Dji_Station/zkDCXqfm">Kōzōji</a></td><td>高蔵寺</td><td>3.4</td><td>45.3</td><td><a href="/facts/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Main_Line/roTUSCWr">Chūō Main Line</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>∥</td><td><a href="/facts/Kasugai,_Aichi/XHQILPlU">Kasugai</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 id="rolling-stock">Rolling stock</h2>
<p>Services are operated by a fleet of 2-car <a href="/facts/Aichi_Loop_Railway_2000_series/Lek0vrjG">2000 series</a> EMUs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The first section of the line between Okazaki and Kitano-Masuzuka opened in 1970 as the Okata Line (岡多線), a <a href="/facts/Freight_train/uejxQ9yb">freight rail</a> line of <a href="/facts/Japanese_National_Railways/DnhDoFSA">Japanese National Railways</a> (JNR). The section between Kitano-Masuzuka and Shin-Toyota was extended and the whole line started a passenger service in 1976. 
</p><p>Another part of the line, between Setoshi and Kōzōji, was originally planned as the JNR <a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dkai_Transport_Service_J%C5%8Dhoku_Line/UEecoSM3">Seto Line</a>, a (later cancelled) freight line. The Okata Line, merged with the planned Seto Line route and the link between two, was renamed the Aichi Loop Line in 1988. 
</p><p>The newly founded Aichi Loop Line Company took over the line from <a href="/facts/Central_Japan_Railway_Company/FG4QvyLr">Central Japan Railway Company</a> (JR Central), with services starting on 31 January 1988.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>Beginning on 1 October 2005, through-service began over the JR <a href="/facts/Chuo_Main_Line/roTUSCWr">Chuo Main Line</a> to <a href="/facts/Nagoya_Station/IfDeddAp">Nagoya Station</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> This service has since been discontinued.[<i>when?</i>]
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_railway_lines_in_Japan/v37IWexf">List of railway lines in Japan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dkai_Transport_Service_J%C5%8Dhoku_Line/UEecoSM3">Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Musashino_Line/cItLhkow">Musashino Line</a>, semi-closed outer loop around Tokyo</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Osaka_Higashi_Line/3PWmXVYF">Osaka Higashi Line</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="http://www.aikanrailway.co.jp">Official website</a> (in Japanese)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>(some trains through to/from Nagoya) <a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Station" target="_blank">/wiki/Nagoya_Station</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>私鉄車両編成表 2012 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2012]. Japan: JRR. July 2012. p. 97. ISBN 978-4-330-29911-2. <a href="978-4-330-29911-2" target="_blank">978-4-330-29911-2</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. <a href="978-4-7770-1336-4" target="_blank">978-4-7770-1336-4</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. <a href="978-4-7770-1336-4" target="_blank">978-4-7770-1336-4</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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