Meitetsu Seto Line

The Seto Line (瀬戸線, Seto-sen) is a Japanese railway line which connects Sakaemachi in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture with Owari Seto in Seto, Aichi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu. The line is also nicknamed Setoden (瀬戸電) after the line's former operator Seto Electric Railway (瀬戸電気鉄道, Seto Denki Tetsudō).^[1]

Meitetsu Seto Line
A Meitetsu 4000 series EMU on the Seto Line
Overview
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Aichi Prefecture
Termini	Sakaemachi Owari Seto
Stations	20
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Rolling stock	Meitetsu 4000 series
History
Opened	April 2, 1905 (1905-04-02)
Technical
Line length	20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map Legend Meijō Line Sakae (栄) Higashiyama Line Meijō Line 0.0 Sakaemachi (栄町) 1.5 Higashiōte (東大手) Route 1 (Nagoya Expressway) 2.2 Shimizu (清水) 2.7 Amagasaka (尼ヶ坂) 3.6 Morishita (森下) Chūō Main Line 4.6 Ōzone (大曽根) Meijō Line Guideway Bus Shidami Line Chūō Main Line 5.9 Yada (矢田) River Yada 7.0 Moriyama-Jieitai-Mae (守山自衛隊前) 7.6 Hyōtan-yama (瓢箪山) 8.6 Obata (小幡) 9.9 Kitayama (喜多山) 10.7 Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae (大森・金城学院前) Tōmei Expressway (E1) 12.2 Inba (印場) 13.1 Asahi-mae (旭前) Owari Asahi depot 14.7 Owari Asahi (尾張旭) 16.1 Sangō (三郷) 18.0 Mizuno (水野) 18.7 Shin Seto (新瀬戸) Setoshi (瀬戸市) Aichi Loop Line 19.4 Seto-Shiyakusho-mae (瀬戸市役所前) 20.6 Owari Seto (尾張瀬戸)

History

The railway was opened by the Seto Automatic Railway (瀬戸自動鉄道, Seto Jidō Tetsudō) between Owari Seto and Yada in 1905, and extended it to Ōzone the following year.^[2] 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 (瀬戸電気鉄道, Seto Denki Tetsudō) at that time.^[3] By 1915, the line was extended to Horikawa.^[4] In 1939, the company merged with Meitetsu.^[5] The Horikawa to Shimizu section closed in 1976 to allow for the construction of the new line to Sakaemachi and the connection to the Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line, which opened in 1978. The voltage on the line was raised to 1,500 V DC, and freight services ceased the same year.^[6]

Operations

Infrastructure

Rolling stock

Station list

All stations are in Aichi Prefecture.

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance from Sakaemachi (km)[7]	Local	Semi Express	Express	Connections	Location
	Sakaemachi	栄町	0.0	●	●	●	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line, Meijō Line (via Sakae)	Higashi-ku, Nagoya
	Higashiōte	東大手	1.5	●	●	●		Naka-ku, Nagoya
	Shimizu	清水	2.2	●	|	|		Kita-ku, Nagoya
	Amagasaka	尼ヶ坂	2.7	●	|	|
	Morishita	森下	3.6	●	|	|		Higashi-ku, Nagoya
	Ōzone	大曽根	4.6	●	●	●	Chūō Main Line Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorīto Line
	Yada	矢田	5.9	●	|	|
	Moriyama-Jieitai-Mae	守山自衛隊前	7.0	●	|	|	Nagoya Guideway Bus Yutorīto Line (via Moriyama)	Moriyama-ku, Nagoya
	Hyōtan-yama	瓢箪山	7.6	●	|	|
	Obata	小幡	8.6	●	●	●
	Kitayama	喜多山	9.9	●	●	●
	Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae	大森・金城学院前	10.7	●	●	●
	Inba	印場	12.2	●	●	|		Owariasahi
	Asahi-mae	旭前	13.1	●	●	|
	Owari Asahi	尾張旭	14.7	●	●	●
	Sangō	三郷	16.1	●	●	●
	Mizuno	水野	18.0	●	●	●		Seto
	Shin Seto	新瀬戸	18.7	●	●	●	Aichi Loop Line (via Setoshi)
	Seto-Shiyakusho-mae	瀬戸市役所前	19.4	●	●	●
	Owari Seto	尾張瀬戸	20.6	●	●	●