岐阜 – GIFU

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Operator: Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad)

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

1	岐阜駅前 (Gifu Station) – 新岐阜駅 (New Gifu Station) – 徹明町 (Tetsumei-chō) – 長良北町 (Nagara Kitamachi)
2	徹明町 (Tetsumei-chō) – 忠節 (Chūsetsu)

Note: The numbers assigned to these lines are purely for convenience, and were not used by the operator.

INTERURBAN TRAM ROUTES

Note: Interurban trams run over urban tram tracks to connect to Gifu Station.

揖斐線	Ibi Line	忠節 (Chūsetsu) – 北方 真桑 (Kitagata Makuwa) – 黒野 (Kurono) – 本揖斐 (Hon-Ibi)
美濃町線	Minomachi Line	徹明町 (Tetsumei-chō) – 競輪場前 (Keirinjō-mae) – 日野橋 (Hinobashi) – 上芥見 (Kami-Akutami) – 関 (Seki) – 美濃 (Mino)
田神線	Tagami Line	新岐阜駅 (New Gifu Station) – 徹明町 (Tetsumei-chō) – 競輪場前 (Keirinjō-mae) – 日野橋 (Hinobashi) – 上芥見 (Kami-Akutami) – 関 (Seki) – 美濃 (Mino)
谷汲線	Tanigumi Line	黒野 (Kurono) – 谷汲 (Tanigumi)

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Urban tramways: 7.6 km.
• Interurban tramways: 55.7 km.
  • Ibi line: 18.3 km.
  • Minomachi line: 24.8 km.
  • Tagami line: 1.4 km.
  • Tanigumi line: 11.2 km.



HISTORY

• Municipal tramway: 1911 - 1 Apr. 2005
• Ibi line: 29 Mar. 1914 - 1 Apr. 2005
• Minomachi line: 11 Feb. 1911 - 1 Apr. 2005
• Tagami line: 25 June 1970 - 1 Apr. 2005
• Tanigumi line: 6 Apr. 1926 - 1 Oct. 2001

GAUGE

• All tramways: 1067 mm.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• Demery, L.W., Forty, R., DeGroote, R. and Higgins, J.W. Electric railways of Japan - Vol.2: Central Japan. London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1985.
• 原口隆行 (Haraguchi, T.) 日本の路面電車 I (Japan's Street Railways, Pt.I) Tokyo: JTB, 2000.

WIKIS

• 名鉄岐阜市内線 [Meitetsu Gifu Municipal Railway]
• 名鉄揖斐線 [Meitetsu Ibi Line]
• 名鉄美濃町線 [Meitetsu Minomachi Line]
• 名鉄田神線 [Meitetsu Tagami Line]
• 名鉄谷汲線 [Meitetsu Tanigumi Line]
• 名古屋鉄道 / Nagoya Railroad

WEB SITES

• Destruction [of] tramways in Gifu City
• Tram in Gifu