Nagoya Municipal Subway

Nagoya Municipal Subway

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Info
Locale Nagoya
Transit type Rapid Transit
Number of lines 7
Number of stations 83
Daily ridership 1,171,289
Website www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp
Operation
Began operation 1957 (1957)
Operator(s) Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

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 47 lines rivaling cities such as New York and London (see Transport in Greater Nagoya). The Nagoya Municipal Subway represents 38% of Greater Nagoya's total rail ridership of 3 million passengers a day.[1] It is operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. It has six lines, and fares currently range between ¥200-¥320.[2] Approximately 90% of the total track length is underground. In 2002, the system introduced Hatchii as its official character.

Contents

Lines

Color & Icon Name Mark First section
opened		 Last ex-
tension		 Length Stations
yellow Line 1 Higashiyama Line H 1957 1982 20.6 km (12.8 mi) 22
purple Line 2 Meijō Line M 1965[Note 1] 1971 8.9 km (5.5 mi) 12[Note 2]
Line 4 1974[Note 3] 2004 17.5 km (10.9 mi) 17[Note 2]
purple & white
 Line 2 Meikō Line E 1971[Note 4] - 6.0 km (3.7 mi) 7[Note 5]
blue Via trackage rights Meitetsu Inuyama Line - 1993[Note 6] - 21.4 km (13.3 mi) 13[Note 7]
Line 3 Tsurumai Line T 1977 1993 20.4 km (12.7 mi) 20
Via trackage rights Meitetsu Toyota Line - 1979[Note 8] - 15.2 km (9.4 mi) 8[Note 9]
Meitetsu Mikawa Line N/A[Note 10] - 1.4 km (0.87 mi) 2[Note 9]
red Line 6 Sakura-dōri Line S 1989 2011 19.1 km (11.9 mi) 21
pink Via trackage rights Meitetsu Komaki Line - 2003[Note 11] - 18.3 km (11.4 mi) 13[Note 12]
2003[Note 13] - 2.3 km (1.4 mi) 2[Note 14]
Line 7 Kamiiida Line K 2003[Note 15] - 0.8 km (0.50 mi) 2[Note 16]

Notes

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

Connections to other train lines

JR Central

(for Shin-Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto and Shin-Osaka)
(for Gifu, Ōgaki, Obu, Kariya, Okazaki, Toyohashi and Hamamatsu)
(for Kozoji (transfer to former Expo Site), Tajimi and Nakatsugawa)
(for Yokkaichi, Tsu and Kameyama)
(Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama)

Meitetsu

(for Meitetsu Gifu, Chiryu, Hekinan, Nishio, Higashi Okazaki, Toyohashi and Toyokawa Inari)
(for Otagawa, Chita Handa, Kowa, Utsumi, Tokoname and Central Japan Int'l Airport)
(for Iwakura, Inuyama, Mikakino and Shin Kani)
(for Tsushima, Saya and Yatomi)
(for Owari Seto)
(for Toyotashi)
(for Komaki, Inuyama)

Kintetsu

(for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ise, Toba and Osaka)
(for Kinjo-Futo (Nagoya International Exhibition Hall))

Fares

Tickets can be purchased from ticket vending machines in stations. An integrated ticketing system, Tranpass, is available and also can be used at all municipal subway stations and for connected transportations systems such as Meitetsu lines, as well as others.[3] Starting on February 11, 2011, a magnetic fare card called manaca will supplement and replace Tranpass.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.mlit.go.jp/kisha/kisha07/01/010330_3/01.pdf
  2. ^ "料金 [Ticket Price]" (in Japanese). Bureau of Transportation City of Nagoya. http://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/subway/sub_price/sub_ticketprice.html. Retrieved 25 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "Tickets - Nagoya Transportation Bureau". http://english.jr-central.co.jp/company/company/achievement/transportation/index.html. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nagoya_Subway Nagoya Subway] at Wikimedia Commons
Rapid transit systems in Japan
Public
Sapporo · Sendai · Toei (Tokyo) · Kawasaki (planned) · Yokohama · Nagoya · Kyoto · Osaka · Kobe · Fukuoka
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Mass transit in Nagoya (Chūkyō)
Municipal 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 • ■Bisai
Kintetsu lines (Chūkyō)
Hachiōji • Nagoya • Shima • Suzuka • Toba • Yamada • Yunoyama • Utsube
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