Meguro Line

The Meguro Line (目黒線) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Tokyu Corporation. As a railway line, the name is for the section between Meguro and Den-en-chōfu in southwest Tokyo, but nearly all trains run to Hiyoshi on a quad-tracked section of the Tōyoko Line in Yokohama, Kanagawa. Additionally, the Meguro line interoperates with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and Toei Mita Line beyond Meguro.

History

 * 1923:
 * March 11: The line opens as the Meguro Line between Meguro and Maruko (now Numabe) (on the current Tamagawa Line).
 * October: Meguro-Fudōmae station is renamed to Fudōmae station.
 * November 1: The line is extended from Maruko to Kamata, and the line is renamed to the Mekama line.
 * 1924, June 1: Koyama becomes Musashi-Koyama.
 * 1926, January 1: Chōfu and Tamagawa stations are renamed to Den-en-Chōfu and Maruko-Tamagawa stations respectively.
 * 1928, August 1: Nishi-Koyama station opens.
 * 1931, January 1: Maruko-Tamagawa station is renamed again to Tamagawa-en-mae station.
 * 1977, December 16: Tamagawa-en-mae station is renamed yet again to Tamagawa-en station.
 * 1994, November 27: Den-en-Chōfu station moves underground.
 * 1997:
 * June 27: Ōokayama station moves underground.
 * July 27: Meguro station moves underground.
 * 1999, October 10: Fudōmae station is elevated.
 * 2000:
 * August 6: Service is split into two services, Meguro - Musashi-Kosugi and Tamagawa - Kamata. Tamagawa-en station is renamed to Tamagawa station and one-man operation begins.
 * September 26: Through service begins with the Tokyo Metro Namboku and Toei Mita Lines.
 * 2001, March 28: Through service begins with the Saitama Rapid Railway line via the Namboku line.
 * 2006:
 * July 2: As part of a grade separation project between Fudōmae and Senzoku, Musashi-Koyama and Nishi-Koyama stations move underground.
 * September 25: Express service commences.
 * 2008 June 22: Service extended to Hiyoshi.
 * 2022 April: Eight-car trains commence operation on the line. Platforms on Meguro Line were lengthened in order to accommodate 8-car trainsets and allow through services with Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line.
 * 2023 March 18: The through service onto the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line began service. Since then, most express trains no longer terminate at Hiyoshi but instead either Shin-yokohama, Nishiya, Shōnandai, Yamato or Ebina. The majority of local trains still terminate at Hiyoshi.

Tokyu

 * 3000 series 8-car EMUs
 * 3020 series 8-car EMUs
 * 5080 series 8-car EMUs

Other operators

 * Toei 6300 series 6-car EMUs (Toei Mita Line)
 * Toei 6500 series 8-car EMUs (Toei Mita Line)
 * Tokyo Metro 9000 series 6/8-car EMUs (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)
 * Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series 6-car EMUs (Saitama Rapid Railway Line)


 * Sotetsu 21000 series 8-car EMUs (Sōtetsu Main Line or Sōtetsu Izumino Line, via the Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line)

Former connecting lines

 * Okusawa station - A 1 km gauge line, electrified at 600 VDC, from Shin-Okusawa operated between 1928 and 1935, providing a connection to Yukigaya-Otsuka on the Tokyu Ikegami Line.