Meitetsu
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Native name | 名古屋鉄道株式会社 |
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Public KK (TYO: 9048) | |
Industry | Private railroad |
Founded | June 13, 1921[1] |
Headquarters | Nagoya, Japan |
Area served | Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture |
Website | http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/ |
Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (名古屋鉄道株式会社 Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) TYO: 9048, often abbreviated as Meitetsu (名鉄), is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows. While the Panorama Super train is used extensively for the railroad's limited express service, the older and more energy-consuming Panorama Car train has been retired, the last run being on 27 December 2008.
In the Tōkai region around Nagoya, it is a central firm of the Meitetsu Group, which is involved in the transportation industry, the retail trade, the service industry, and the real estate industry, etc.
History
While Nagoya Railroad is an old company in its own right, it has acquired many small rail companies in the area surrounding Nagoya, so most lines that belong to modern-day Nagoya Railroad were constructed and operated by other companies which later merged with Nagoya Railroad, mostly in the prewar and wartime period. For example, it acquired its Kōwa Line on the Chita Peninsula from its merger with Chita Railroad on February 1, 1943 and it acquired its Mikawa Line from its merger with Mikawa Railroad.[2][3] However, the company that became modern Nagoya Railroad was Aichi Horsecar Company, founded on June 25, 1894 .[4]
Meiji Mura is the corporate museum of Nagoya Railroad.
As of March 31, 2010, Nagoya Railroad operated 444.2 kilometres (276.0 mi) of track, 275 stations, and 1090 train cars.[5]
Lines
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Direction | Name | Japanese | Terminals | Length (km) |
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Main | ■ Nagoya Line | 名古屋本線 | Toyohashi - Meitetsu Gifu | 99.8 |
Western Aichi and Gifu Area |
■ Takehana Line | 竹鼻線 | Kasamatsu - Egira | 10.3 |
■ Hashima Line | 羽島線 | Egira - Shin Hashima | 1.3 | |
■ Bisai Line | 尾西線 | Yatomi - Tamanoi | 30.9 | |
■ Tsushima Line | 津島線 | Sukaguchi - Tsushima | 11.8 | |
Northern Aichi and Chūnō |
■ Inuyama Line1 | 犬山線 | Biwajima Junction - Shin Unuma | 26.8 |
■ Kakamigahara Line | 各務原線 | Meitetsu Gifu - Shin Unuma | 17.6 | |
■ Hiromi Line | 広見線 | Inuyama - Mitake | 22.3 | |
■ Komaki Line2 | 小牧線 | Kami Iida - Inuyama | 20.4 | |
Chita Peninsula | ■ Tokoname Line | 常滑線 | Jingū-mae - Tokoname | 29.3 |
■ Airport Line | 空港線 | Tokoname - Central Japan Int'l Airport | 4.2 | |
■ Chikkō Line | 築港線 | Ōe - Higashi Nagoyakō | 1.5 | |
■ Kōwa Line | 河和線 | Ōtagawa - Kōwa | 28.8 | |
■ Chita Line | 知多新線 | Fuki - Utsumi | 13.9 | |
Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) |
■■ Mikawa Line | 三河線 | Sanage - Hekinan | 39.8 |
■ Toyota Line1 | 豊田線 | Umetsubo - Akaike | 15.2 | |
■ Nishio Line | 西尾線 | Shin Anjō - Kira Yoshida | 24.7 | |
■ Gamagōri Line | 蒲郡線 | Kira Yoshida - Gamagōri | 17.6 | |
■ Toyokawa Line | 豊川線 | Kō - Toyokawa-inari | 7.2 | |
Independent | ■ Seto Line | 瀬戸線 | Sakaemachi - Owari Seto | 20.6 |
1 Through operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway ■ Tsurumai Line
2 Through operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway ■ Kamiiida Line
Major stations
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Major Stations in Nagoya City
Nagoya Line (East Side) and Toyokawa Line
- Toyohashi Station (Toyohashi City)
- Higashi Okazaki Station (Okazaki City)
- Shin Anjō Station (Anjō City)
- Chiryū Station (Chiryū City)
- Zengo Station (Toyoake City)
- Toyokawa-inari Station (Toyokawa City)
Tokoname Line, Chikkō Line and Airport Line
- Ōtagawa Station (Tokai City)
- Asakura Station (Chita City)
- Tokoname Station (Tokoname City)
- Central Japan International Airport Station
Kōwa Line and Chita New Line
- Chita Handa Station (Handa City)
- Chita Taketoyo Station (Taketoyo Town)
- Kōwa Station (Mihama Town)
- Utsumi Station (Minami Chita Town)
Mikawa Line, Toyota Line, Nishio Line and Gamagōri Line
- Toyotashi Station (Toyota City)
- Kariya Station (Kariya City)
- Mikawa Takahama Station (Takahama City)
- Hekinan-chūō Station (Hekinan City)
- Nishio Station (Nishio City)
- Kira Yoshida Station
- Gamagōri Station (Gamagōri City)
Nagoya Line (West Side), Takehana Line and Hashima Line
- Sukaguchi Station (Kiyosu City)
- Kōnomiya Station (Inazawa City)
- Meitetsu Ichinomiya Station (Ichinomiya City)
- Kasamatsu Station (Kasamatsu Town)
- Meitetsu Gifu Station (Gifu City)
- Hashima-shiyakusho-mae Station (Hashima City)
Tsushima Line and Bisai Line
- Kida Station (Ama City)
- Tsushima Station (Tsushima City)
- Saya Station (Aisai City)
- Yatomi Station (Yatomi City)
Inuyama Line, Kakamigahara Line and Hiromi Line
- Kami Otai Station
- Nishiharu Station (Kitanagoya City)
- Iwakura Station (Iwakura City)
- Kōnan Station (Kōnan City)
- Inuyama Station (Inuyama City)
- Shin Unuma Station (Kakamigahara City)
- Shin Kani Station (Kani City)
- Mitake Station (Mitake Town)
Komaki Line and Kami Iida Line
- Komaki Station (Komaki City)
- Kami Iida Staion
Seto Line
- Sakaemachi Station
- Ōzone Station
- Owari Asahi Station (Owariasahi City)
- Owari Seto Station (Seto City)
Rolling stock
Nippon Sharyo has produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being its DeKi 600, an electric locomotive, which was produced by Toshiba, but very few units were produced for Meitetsu. The DeKi 600 is one of the few locomotives that Meitetsu possesses: while the company used to engage in the freight business and still possesses some freight locomotives, it no longer carries freight on a regular basis.
Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, including its famous 7000 Series "Panorama Car" which was retired in 2009 after a career lasting nearly half a century. The most recent cars, however, are not solid red but rather brushed steel as in the case of the 4000 Series and 5000 Series, or white as in the case of the 1700 Series or 2000 Series.
The following are the train types that Meitetsu operates today, as well as selected types that Meitetsu has retired:
- Limited Express
- 1000-1200/1030-1230 Series "Panorama Super"
- 1800/1850 Series
- 1700-2300 Series
- 2000 Series "μ-Sky"
- 2200 series
- Commuter
- Withdrawn train types
- 1600 Series "Panorama Super"
- 7000 Series "Panorama Car"
- 5000 Series (1955)
- Electric locomotives
- DeKi 300
- DeKi 400
- DeKi 600
References
- ↑ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese) (Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc.) (8): 21, ISBN 978-4-02-340138-9 Missing or empty
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- ↑ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese) (Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc.) (8): 20, ISBN 978-4-02-340138-9 Missing or empty
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External links
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- Nagoya Railroad (English Official Site)
- Nagoya Railroad (Japanese Official Site)
- Museum Meiji Village
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