Meitetsu Toyokawa Line

Toyokawa Line
A 6800 series EMU on the Meitetsu Toyokawa Line
Overview
Native name	豊川線
Status	In service
Owner	Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.
Locale	Toyokawa, Aichi
Termini	Kō Toyokawa-Inari
Stations	5
Service
Type	Commuter rail classified as Tram
System	Meitetsu
Route number	TK
Operator(s)	Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.
History
Opened	25 December 1954 (1954-12-25)
Technical
Line length	7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Route map Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Meitetsu-Nagoya (名鉄名古屋) Kō (国府) 0.0 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Toyohashi (豊橋) Nishikose River Yawata (八幡) 2.5 Suwachō (諏訪町) 4.4 Inariguchi (稲荷口) 6.0 Iida Line to Iida (飯田) Toyokawa-inari (豊川稲荷) 7.2 Toyokawa (豊川) Iida Line to Toyohashi (豊橋駅)

The Toyokawa Line (豊川線, Toyokawa-sen) is a railway line in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). The line connects Kō Station in the western part of Toyokawa with Toyokawa-inari Station in the eastern part of Toyokawa.

History

The line was constructed during the Pacific War in 1945 to carry commuters to the Toyokawa Naval Arsenal. The construction materials were taken from lines suspended or converted into a single-track line, and the trains were also taken from existing lines. As the line was originally named Toyokawa Shinai Line (豊川市内線) and built with tram standards, the line is covered by the Tramways Act. The section between Kō and Suwachō opened on 18 February 1945. However, the Toyokawa Naval Arsenal becomes defunct after air raids in August 1945. After the end of World War II, the line was started to be used by passengers to visit the Toyokawa Inari.

The voltage of the line was increased to 1,500 V in 1953. The line extended to Toyokawa-inari the next year. This extension made the Kozakai Branch Line branching from Ina to Kozakai redundant, which was closed at the same time. The area around Yawata Station was elevated in 1996.

Stations

No.	Image	Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers
		Kō	国府	0.0	Nagoya Main Line (NH04)
		Yawata	八幡	2.5
		Suwachō	諏訪町	4.4
		Inariguchi	稲荷口	6.0
		Toyokawa-inari	豊川稲荷	7.2	Iida Line (Toyokawa: CD04)

Ridership

Reference:

No.	Station name	Passengers (2022)
	Kō	9,034
	Yawata	2,409
	Suwachō	4,109
	Inariguchi	964
	Toyokawa-inari	4,600

Services

As of 2025, trains service the station every 16-30 minutes from 5am to 11pm. Most services during daytime only runs inside the line, while services during rush hours provide through service to stations like Meitetsu Ichinomiya Station through the Nagoya Main Line.

References

Bibliography

• 名古屋鉄道社史 [History of Meitetsu] (in Japanese). Meitetsu. 1961.
• 名古屋鉄道百年史 [One hundred years of Meitetsu] (in Japanese). Meitetsu. 1994.
• Shimizu, Takeshi (24 March 2016). 名古屋鉄道　各駅停車 [Nagoya Railroad All Stations] (in Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8003-0800-9.
• Sugiura, Makoto (16 January 2023). 名古屋鉄道のすべて 改訂版 (鉄道まるわかり008) [Everything about Nagoya Railroad Revised edition] (in Japanese). Tabi To Tetsudo. ISBN 978-4635824569.
• Kawashima, Ryozo (2009). 東海道ライン全線・全駅・全配線 第4巻 豊橋駅-名古屋エリア [Tokaido Line all route diagrams part 4 - Toyohashi-Nagoya Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-270014-6.