Meitetsu Takehana Line

Meitetsu Takehana Line
A 3150 series train between Minami-Juku and Suka in December 2015
Overview
Native name	竹鼻線
Owner	Meitetsu
Locale	Gifu Prefecture
Termini	Kasamatsu Egira
Stations	9
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Meitetsu
Operator	Meitetsu
History
Opened	June 25, 1921 (1921-06-25)
Technical
Line length	10.3 km (6.40 mi)
Number of tracks	Entire line single-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Signalling	Automatic block signalling
Train protection system	M-ATS
Route map Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Meitetsu Gifu (名鉄岐阜) 0.0 Kasamatsu (笠松) Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Meitetsu Nagoya (名鉄名古屋) 0.9 Nishi-Kasamatsu (西笠松) 2.9 Yanaizu (柳津) 5.2 Minami-Juku (南宿) 6.1 Suka (須賀) 7.0 Fuwa Ishiki (不破一色) 8.6 Takehana (竹鼻) 9.6 Hashima-shiyakusho-mae (羽島市役所前) 10.3 Egira (江吉良) Meitetsu Hashima Line to Shin-Hashima (新羽島) 10.9 Makino (牧野) 11.5 Nagama (長間) 12.2 Nakaku (中区) 13.4 Ichinoeda (市之枝) 15.5 Yagami (八神) 17.0 Ōsu (大須)

The Meitetsu Takehana Line (名鉄竹鼻線, Meitetsu Takehana-sen) is a railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad). The line runs 10.3 km (6.4 mi) from Kasamatsu Station in Kasamatsu to Egira Station in Hashima. At Egira, almost all trains continue over the Hashima Line to Shin-Hashima Station, adjacent to Gifu-Hashima Station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

The Takehana and Hashima lines operate as a single service corridor entirely within Gifu Prefecture. All stations accept manaca and the other cards participating in Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.