Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

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1000 series "Panorama Super" limited express train
1000 series "Panorama Super" limited express train
3500 series commuter trainset
3500 series commuter trainset

The Nagoya Main Line (名古屋本線 Nagoya Honsen?) is a railway line operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), between Toyohashi Station, Toyohashi City and Meitetsu Gifu, Gifu. All the stations accept Tranpass, a prepaid magnetic card.

The line is the most important line of Meitetsu. From its opening, the line rivaled Tōkaidō Main Line in Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (Greater Nagoya). The service of Nagoya Line overrode that of Tōkaidō Main Line in the past, but after the rivaling operator changed from JNR to JR Central, the competition became much more fierce.

Due to historical reasons, the line shares its track between Hirai Signal Box and Toyohashi Station with JR Iida Line. The agreement between two companies prohibits Meitetsu to have more than 6 trainsets per hour on the 3.8 km shared tracks. Consequently, local trains cannot reach Toyohashi. Instead, they terminate at Ina.

Many branch lines of Meitestu have through services to/from Nagoya Line. Toyokawa Line, Nishio Line, Tokoname Line (which has its through services with Airport Line, Kōwa Line, and Chita Line), and Inuyama Line all have through services bound for Meitetsu Nagoya, making the segment around the station extremely busy. Between Biwajima Junction and Kanayama, 26 trainsets go through per an hour, even at daytime.

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[edit] Basic data

  • Distance: 99.8 km / Approx. 62.0  mi.
  • Stations: 60
  • Gauge: 1,067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
  • Track:
    • Quadruple-track line:
      • From Jingū-mae to Kanayama
    • Double-track line:
      • From Hirai Signal Box to Jingū-mae
      • From Kanayama to Kanō
    • Single-track line:
      • From Toyohashi to Hirai Signal Box (A shared track with JR Iida Line, virtually double-tracked.)
      • From Kanō to Meitetsu-Gifu (Only a short section right before Meitetsu-Gifu.)
  • Electric supply: Whole line (1,500 V DC)
  • Block system: Automatic
  • Maximum speed at service: 120 km/h (85 km/h between Toyohashi and Hirai Signal Box.)

[edit] Stations

● Lo: Local (普通 Futsū?)
● SE: Semi Express (準急 Junkyū?)
● Ex: Express (急行 Kyūkō?)
● RE: Rapid Express (快速急行 Kaisoku Kyūkō?)
● LE: Limited Express (特急 Tokkyū?)
● RL: Rapid Limited Express (快速特急 Kaisoku Tokkyū?)
All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". Only trains from Tsushima Line stop at "‡" (Sugaguchi). No trains stop at "-".
Station name Total distance Lo SE Ex RE LE RL Transfers Location
Toyohashi 0 km + + + + + JR Central: Iida Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Toyohashi Railroad: Atsumi Line (Shintoyohashi), Azumada Main Line (Ekimae)		 Aichi Toyohashi
Hirai Signal box 3.8 km - - - - - Kozakai, Hoi
Ina 5 km + + + + * *
Odabuchi 6.6 km + - - - - - Toyokawa
Kō 9.6 km + + + + + * Meitetsu: Toyokawa Line 1
Goyu 10.7 km + - - - - -
Meiden Akasaka 12.5 km + - - - - - Otowa, Hoi
Meiden Nagasawa 15 km + - - - - -
Motojuku 18.7 km + + + + - - Okazaki
Meiden Yamanaka 20.4 km + - - - - -
Fujikawa 23.1 km + - * - - -
Miai 25.6 km + + + + * -
Otogawa 27.6 km + - - - - -
Higashi-Okazaki 29.8 km + + + + + +
Okazakikōen-​mae Station 31.1 km + - - - - - Aichi Loop Line Company: Aichi Loop Line (Nakaokazaki)
Yahagibashi 32.5 km + + * * - -
Utō 34.8 km + - - - - -
Shin-Anjō 38.3 km + + + + + - Meitetsu: Nishio Line 1 Anjō
Ushida 40.9 km + * * - - - Chiryū
Chiryū 43.1 km + + + + + + Meitetsu: Mikawa Line
Hitotsugi 44.6 km + - - - - - Kariya
Fujimatsu 46.6 km + - - - - -
Toyoake 48.1 km + + * - - - Toyoake
Zengo 49.8 km + + + + - -
Chūkyō-​keibajō-mae 51.4 km + + - - - - Midori, Nagoya
Arimatsu 52.7 km + + * - - -
Sakyōyama 53.8 km + * - - - -
Narumi 55.1 km + + + + * -
Moto-Hoshizaki 56.7 km + - - - - - Minami, Nagoya
Moto-Kasadera 58.2 km + * * - - -
Sakura 58.9 km + - - - - -
Yobitsugi 59.9 km + - - - - -
Horita 61.1 km + + + + - - Mizuho, Nagoya
Jingū-mae 62.2 km + + + + + + Meitetsu: Tokoname Line 1 Atsuta, Nagoya
Kanayama 64.4 km + + + + + + JR Central: Chūō Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line
Nagoya Subway: ●Meijō Line (M01), ●Meikō Line (E01)		 Naka, Nagoya
Sannō 66 km + - * - - - Nakagawa, Nagoya
Meitetsu Nagoya 68 km + + + + + + JR Central: Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen (All at Nagoya.)
Kintetsu: Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagoya)
Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway: Aonami Line (AN01) (Nagoya)
Nagoya Subway: ●Higashiyama Line (H08), ●Sakura-dōri Line (S02) (Both at Nagoya.)		 Nakamura, Nagoya
Sakō 69.9 km + + + * - - Nishi, Nagoya
Higashi-Biwajima 70.7 km + - - - - -
Biwajima Junction 71.3 km - - - - - - Meitetsu: Inuyama Line 2 Kiyosu
Nishi-Biwajima 71.6 km + * - - - -
Futatsuiri 72.2 km + + - - - -
Shinkawabashi 72.8 km + - - - - -
Sukaguchi 73.5 km + + + + ‡ - Meitetsu: Tsushima Line 1
Marunouchi 74.3 km + - - - - -
Shin-Kiyosu 75.2 km + + + + - -
Ōsato 77.5 km + + + - - - Inazawa
Okuda 78.8 km + - - - - -
Kōnomiya 80.9 km + + + + + +
Shima-ujinaga 82.9 km + - - - - -
Myōkōji 84.7 km + * - - - - Ichinomiya
Meitetsu Ichinomiya 86.4 km + + + + + + JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (Owari-​Ichinomiya)
Meitetsu: Bisai Line
Imaise 88.3 km + - - - - -
Iwato 89.2 km + - - - - -
Shin-Kisogawa 91.2 km + + + + - -
Kuroda 92.1 km + - - - - -
Kisogawa-​zutsumi 93.9 km + - - - - -
Kasamatsu 95.1 km + + + + * * Meitetsu: Takehana Line 3 Gifu Kasamatsu, Hashima
Ginan 96.9 km + - - - - - Ginan, Hashima
Chajo 98.3 km + - - - - - Gifu
Kanō 98.7 km + - - - - -
Meitetsu Gifu 99.8 km + + + + + + JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line, Takayama Main Line (Both at Gifu)
Meitetsu: Kakamigahara Line
1: Some trains of the marked line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Nagoya.
2: All trains of Inuyama line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Nagoya.
2: Some trains of Takehana line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Gifu.

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