TheHigashiyama Line (東山線,Higashiyama-sen) is asubway line inNagoya, Japan, part of theNagoya Municipal Subway system. It runs fromTakabata inNakagawa Ward toFujigaoka inMeitō Ward, all within Nagoya. The Higashiyama Line's color on maps is yellow and stations are labeled with the prefix "H". Officially, the line is called theNagoya City Rapid Railway Line 1 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第1号線,Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-ichi-gō-sen). All stations acceptmanaca, a rechargeable contactlesssmart card, and other major Japanese IC cards.

Higashiyama Line
An N1000 series EMU approaching Kamiyashiro Station in June 2015
Overview
Native name	東山線
Locale	Nagoya, Japan
Termini	Takabata Fujigaoka
Stations	22
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Nagoya Municipal Subway
Route number	1
Operator(s)	Nagoya City Transportation Bureau
Depot(s)	Takabata, Fujigaoka
Rolling stock	5050 series N1000 series
Daily ridership	200,334[1] (2008)
History
Opened	15 November 1957; 67 years ago (1957-11-15)
Technical
Track length	20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)standard gauge
Electrification	600VDCthird rail
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)

Higashiyama Line
Legend
0.0 Takabata Takabata depot 0.9 Hatta ←Kansai Main Line→ ←Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Hatta Station)→ 2.0 Iwatsuka 3.1 Nakamura Kōen 3.9 Nakamura Nisseki 4.6 Honjin 5.5 Kamejima →Tōkaidō Shinkansen →Tōkaidō Main Line →Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line ←Sakura-dōri Line→ 6.6 Nagoya Station Kintetsu Nagoya・Meitetsu-Nagoya 　Connecting Passage to Nagoya Station ←Kintetsu Nagoya Line ←Aonami Line ←Kansai Main Line ← Tokaido Shinkansen ←Chūō Main Line ←Tōkaidō Main Line ←Nagoya Main Line Hori River ←Tsurumai Line→ 8.0 Fushimi ←Meijō Line→ 9.0 Sakae Station (Aichi) SakaemachiMeitetsu Seto Line→ 10.1 Shinsakae-machi ←Chūō Main Line 11.0 Chikusa Station →Chūō Main Line ←Sakura-dōri Line→ 11.7 Imaike previous Ikeshita depot 12.6 Ikeshita 13.2 Kakuōzan ←Meijō Line→ 14.2 Motoyama 15.1 Higashiyama Kōen 16.2 Hoshigaoka 17.5 Issha Higashi-Meihan Expressway 18.6 Kamiyashiro 19.3 Hongō Tōmei Expressway 20.6 Fujigaoka Fujigaoka Depot ↓Aichi Rapid TransitLinimo

The first section of the line opened in 1957. The line linksNagoya Station andSakae, theCBD of Nagoya. As such, the line has the highest ridership among Nagoya Municipal Subway lines. Upon arrivals and departures at both Nagoya and Fujigaoka Stations, announcements are made in five languages: Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, and Portuguese.^[2]

All stations are in Nagoya,Aichi Prefecture.^[3]

The Higashiyama Line was the first underground rapid transit line in Nagoya, and it opened initially on 15 November 1957 with three stations. The three stations wereNagoya Station, Fushimimachi Station (nowFushimi), and Sakaemachi Station (nowSakae). At first, the subway had six 100 series EMU trainsets, formed with two cars per set.

The line was extended from Sakaemachi (now Sakae) toIkeshita on June 15, 1960, from Ikeshita toHigashiyama Kōen on April 1, 1963, fromHigashiyama Kōen toHoshigaoka on March 30, 1967.

The line was simultaneously extended from Nagoya toNakamura Kōen and fromHoshigaoka to its current eastern terminus ofFujigaoka on April 1, 1969. The line was further extended fromNakamura Kōen to its present western terminus ofTakabata on September 21, 1982, and with that was completed as the line which operates today.^[4]

All trains are based at Takabata and Fujigaoka Depots.

• 5050 series (since 1992)
• N1000 series (since 2008)

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  A 5050 series train in March 2010
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  An N1000 series train in March 2010

• 100/200/250/500/700 series (1957-1999)
• 300/800 series (1967-2000)
• 5000 series (July 1980 – August 2015)

The 250, 300 and 700 series trains were later sold toTakamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad, where they were refurbished and reclassified asKotoden 600 series (former 250/700 series) andKotoden 700 series (former 300 series), and to theArgentinian transport companyMetrovías S.A., where they serveLine C of theBuenos Aires Metro.

The last remaining 5000 series train in service was withdrawn following a special final run on 30 August 2015.^[5]

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  A Takabata-bound 300 series train in March 1994
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  A 5000 series train in July 2015

• Nagoya City Transportation Bureau official website(in Japanese)