Nagoya Municipal Subway

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Nagoya Municipal Subway (名古屋市営地下鉄, Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu^?) is the subway system that serves the Nagoya, Aichi, Japan area. Like other large Japanese cities, Greater Nagoya's subways are heavily complemented by suburban rail, forming an extensive network of 37 lines rivaling cities such as New York and London. It is operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. It has six lines, and fares currently range between ¥200-¥320. Approxmimately 90℅ of the total track length is underground.

Contents 1 Lines 2 Connections to other train lines 2.1 JR Central 2.2 Meitetsu 2.3 Kintetsu 3 See also 4 External links 5 Notes

[edit] Lines

Nagoya Municipal Subway lines and services

Color	Name		Label / letter	First section opened	Last ex- tension	Length km/miles	Stations served	Journeys per annum (000's)
Yellow	Line 1	Higashiyama Line	H	1957	1982	20.6/12.8	22	199,290
Purple	Line 2	Meijō Line	M	1965[1]	1971	8.9/5.5	12[2]	166,805
	Line 4			1974[3]	2004	17.5/10.9	17[4]
Purple and white	Line 2	Meikō Line	E	1965[5]	1971	6.0/3.7	7[6]
Blue	Via trackage rights	Meitetsu Inuyama Line	-	1993[7]	-	21.4/13.3	13[8]	N/A
	Line 3	Tsurumai Line	T	1977	1993	20.4/12.7	20	101,835
	Via trackage rights	Meitetsu Toyota Line	-	1979[9]	-	15.2/9.4	8[10]	N/A
		Meitetsu Mikawa Line		N/A[11]	-	1.4/0.9	2[12]	N/A
Red	Line 6	Sakura-dōri Line	S	1989	1994	14.9/9.3	17	87,965
Pink	Via trackage rights	Meitetsu Komaki Line	-	2003[13]	-	18.3/11.4	13[14]	N/A
				2003[15]	-	2.3/1.4	2[16]	N/A
	Line 7	Kamiiida Line	K	2003[17]	-	0.8/0.5	2[18]	8,030

[edit] Connections to other train lines

[edit] JR Central

• Tōkaidō Shinkansen: at Nagoya

(for Shin-Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto and Shin-Osaka)

• Tōkaidō Main Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Gifu, Ōgaki, Obu, Kariya, Okazaki, Toyohashi and Hamamatsu)

• Chūō Main Line: at Nagoya, Kanayama, Tsurumai, Chikusa and Ōzone

(for Kozoji (transfer to former Expo Site), Tajimi and Nakatsugawa)

• Kansai Main Line: at Nagoya and Hatta

(for Yokkaichi, Tsu and Kameyama)

• Takayama Main Line: at Nagoya

(Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama)

[edit] Meitetsu

• Nagoya Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Meitetsu Gifu, Chiryu, Hekinan, Nishio, Higashi Okazaki, Toyohashi and Toyokawa Inari)

• Tokoname Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Otagawa, Chita Handa, Kowa, Utsumi, Tokoname and Central Japan Int'l Airport)

• Inuyama Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Iwakura, Inuyama, Mikakino and Shin Kani)

• Tsushima Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Tsushima, Saya and Yatomi)

• Seto Line: at Sakae and Ōzone

(for Owari Seto)

[edit] Kintetsu

• Nagoya Line: at Nagoya and Hatta

(for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ise, Toba and Osaka)

• Aonami Line: at Nagoya

(for Kinjo-Futo (Nagoya International Exhibition Hall))

[edit] See also

• List of rapid transit systems

[edit] External links

• UrbanRail.net: Nagoya Subway system
• Official English Homepage

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Between Ōzone Station, Sakae Station and Kanayama Station (Aichi)
2. ^ Including Ōzone Station
3. ^ Between Ōzone Station, Nagoya Daigaku Station and Kanayama Station (Aichi)
4. ^ Including Ōzone Station
5. ^ Between Kanayama Station (Aichi) and Nagoyako Station
6. ^ Including Kanayama Station (Aichi)
7. ^ Between Inuyama Station and Kamiotai Station
8. ^ Including Kamiotai Station
9. ^ Between Akaike Station and Umetsubo Station
10. ^ Including Akaike Station
11. ^ Between Umetsubo Station and Toyotashi Station
12. ^ Including Akaike Station
13. ^ Between Inuyama Station and Ajima Station
14. ^ Including Ajima Station
15. ^ Owned by Kamiiida Link Line between Ajima Station and Kamiiida Station
16. ^ Including Ajima Station and Kamiiida Station
17. ^ Owned by Kamiiida Link Line between Kamiiida Station and Heian-dori Station
18. ^ Including Kamiiida Station

v • d • e Mass transit in Nagoya (Chūkyō Metropolitan Area) Subway lines ■Higashiyama (H) • ■Kamiiida (K) • ■Meijō (M) • 〓Meikō (E) • ■Sakura-dōri (S) • ■Tsurumai (T) Meitetsu lines ■Airport • ■Hiromi • ■Inuyama • ■Kakamigahara • ■Komaki • ■Kōwa • ■Monorail • ■Nagoya • ■Seto • ■Tokoname • ■Toyota Kintetsu lines (Chūkyō) Hachiōji • Nagoya • Shima • Suzuka • Toba • Yamada • Yunoyama • Utsube JR lines Chūō • Kansai • Takayama • Tōkaidō Other lines Aikan • Aonami • Linimo • TKJ • Toyotetsu • Yutorīto Miscellaneous Terminals: Kanayama • Kintetsu Nagoya • Meitetsu-Nagoya • Nagoya • Ōzone • Sakae • Cards: TOICA • Tranpass