Inuyama Line - Inuyama

Japanese: 犬山線 - いぬやません
Inuyama Line - Inuyama

...Abbreviated as Meitetsu. In addition to the Nagoya Main Line between Toyohashi, Shin-Nagoya and Shin-Gifu, it consists of numerous branch lines such as the Mikawa Line, Tokoname Line (Jingumae to Tokoname), Kowa Line, Inuyama Line (Biwajima Junction to Shin-Unuma), and Bisai Line, as well as the Minomachi Streetcar Line and the Monkey Park Monorail Line. It originated from the Inuyama Line built by Nagoya Electric Railroad, founded in 1894, and the Tokoname Line built by Aichi Electric Railroad, founded in 1910. Nagoya Electric Railroad went through periods when it was called Nagoya Railroad and Meigi Railroad, and merged with Aichi Electric Railroad in 1935 to become Nagoya Railroad.

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the Inuyama Line are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…名鉄と略称。豊橋~新名古屋~新岐阜間の名古屋本線のほか三河線,常滑(とこなめ)線(神宮前~常滑),河和(こうわ)線,犬山線(枇杷島分岐点~新鵜沼),尾西線など多数の支線と路面電車の美濃町線,モンキーパークモノレール線などから成る。1894年創立の名古屋電気鉄道が建設した犬山線と,1910年創立の愛知電気鉄道が建設した常滑線が発祥で,名古屋電気鉄道は名古屋鉄道,名岐鉄道と称した時代を経て,1935年愛知電気鉄道を合併して名古屋鉄道となった。…

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