Tsurumai Line

Tsurumai Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway N3000 series at Kami Otai Station
Overview
Locale	Nagoya, Japan
Termini	Kami-Otai Akaike
Stations	20
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Nagoya Municipal Subway
Operator(s)	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Depot(s)	Akaike
Rolling stock	3050 series N3000 series
Daily ridership	197,082 (2008)
History
Opened	18 March 1977 (18 March 1977)
Technical
Track length	20.4 km (12.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500V DC overhead line
Operating speed	75 km/h (45 mph)

The Tsurumai Line (鶴舞線, Tsurumai-sen) is a subway line which forms part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Kami Otai in Nishi-ku, Nagoya to Akaike in Nisshin. The Tsurumai Line's color on maps is light blue. Its stations carry the letter T followed by a number. Officially, the line is called Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 3 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第3号線, Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-san-gō-sen). All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card.

The line opened its first section in 1977. The line has through services with three Meitetsu lines, namely Inuyama Line, Toyota Line and Mikawa Line.

It is currently the only line to leave the Nagoya city limits.

Stations

Number	Station name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location (all in Aichi)
↑ Through service to/from Meitetsu Inuyama Line ↑
T01	Kami-Otai	上小田井	0.0	Meitetsu Inuyama Line Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line (Otai)	Nishi-ku, Nagoya
T02	Shōnai Ryokuchi Kōen	庄内緑地公園	1.4
T03	Shōnai-dōri	庄内通	2.7
T04	Jōshin	浄心	4.1
T05	Sengen-chō	浅間町	4.9
T06	Marunouchi	丸の内	6.3	Sakura-dōri Line (S-04)	Naka-ku, Nagoya
T07	Fushimi	伏見	7.0	Higashiyama Line (H-09)
T08	Ōsu Kannon	大須観音	7.8
T09	Kamimaezu	上前津	8.8	Meijō Line (M-03)
T10	Tsurumai	鶴舞	9.7	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line (planned) Chūō Main Line
T11	Arahata	荒畑	11.0		Shōwa-ku, Nagoya
T12	Gokiso	御器所	11.9	Sakura-dōri Line (S-10)
T13	Kawana	川名	13.1
T14	Irinaka	いりなか	14.1
T15	Yagoto	八事	15.0	Meijō Line (M-20)
T16	Shiogama-guchi	塩釜口	16.4		Tempaku-ku, Nagoya
T17	Ueda	植田	17.6
T18	Hara	原	18.4
T19	Hirabari	平針	19.3
T20	Akaike	赤池	20.4	Meitetsu Toyota Line	Nisshin
↓ Through service to/from Meitetsu Toyota Line, further to/from Meitetsu Mikawa Line ↓

Rolling stock

• 3050 series (since 1993)
• N3000 series (since 16 March 2012)
• Meitetsu 100 series (on through-running services)

• 
  3050 series
• 
  N3000 series
• 
  Meitetsu 100 series

Former

• 3000 series (1977–2023)

• 
  3000 series

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

External links

• Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya official website (in Japanese)