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company operating around

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

and

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...

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. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''

Panorama Car is a trainset series operated by Nagoya Railroad, including the . Like the ''Romancecar'' trains of Odakyu Electric Railway, they are designed to be tourist oriented limited express trains, although they also operate on services. The very ...

'' 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 The is a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean. The name comes from the Tōkaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes. Because Tōkai is a sub-region and is not officially classified, there is s ...

around

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

, it is a central firm of the

Meitetsu Group The of companies centers on the Nagoya Railroad railway company, which links Nagoya and its suburbs. Many companies in the group are designed to enhance the value of the Meitetsu rail network. In addition to the railroad system, the group includes ...

, which is involved in the

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ation industry, the

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, the

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, and the

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industry, etc.

Meiji Mura is an open-air architectural museum/theme park in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was opened on March 18, 1965. The museum preserves historic buildings from Japan's Meiji (1867–1912), Taishō (1912–1926), and early Sh ...

is the corporate museum of Meitetsu. As of March 31, 2010, Meitetsu operated of track, 275 stations, and 1,090 train cars.

Lines

Major stations

Major stations in Nagoya

*NH36 :

Meitetsu Nagoya Station is the principal station of the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) system in Nagoya, Japan. Most trains of Meitetsu's major lines operate through this station. The station is also a gateway to the Chūbu Centrair International Airport, which is ...

*NH34 : Kanayama Station *NH33 : Jingū-mae Station *ST01 :

Nagoya Line (east side) and Toyokawa Line

*NH01 :

Toyohashi Station is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). Lines Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shi ...

(Toyohashi) *NH13 : Higashi Okazaki Station (Okazaki) *NH17 :

Shin Anjō Station is a train station, railway station in the city of Anjō, Aichi, Japan, operated by Nagoya Railroad, Meitetsu. Lines Shin Anjō Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and Meitetsu Nishio Line. It is a terminal station, terminus for ...

(Anjō) *NH19 :

Chiryū Station file:MT-Chiryū Station-Platform Track No.6.jpg, 270px, Platforms is a train station, railway station in the city of Chiryū, Aichi, Japan, operated by Nagoya Railroad, Meitetsu. Lines Chiryū Station is served by both the Meitetsu Mikawa Line, ...

(Chiryū) *NH23 :

Zengo Station 250px, Platforms 250px, Track layout is a railway station in the city of Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Local, Express and Semi Express trains has stops at Zengo station. Lines Zengo Station is served by the Meitets ...

(Toyoake) *TK04 :

Toyokawa-inari Station 270px, Track layout is a railway station in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Toyokawa-inari Station is a terminal station of the Meitetsu Toyokawa Line and is 7.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the li ...

(Toyokawa)

Tokoname Line, Chikkō Line, and Airport Line

*TA09 :

Ōtagawa Station is a junction train station, railway station in the city of Tōkai, Aichi, Tōkai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Nagoya Railroad, Meitetsu. Lines Ōtagawa Station is served by the Meitetsu Tokoname Line, and is located 12.3 kilometers fr ...

(Tokai) *TA12 : Asakura Station (Chita) *TA22 : Tokoname Station (Tokoname) *TA24 :

Central Japan International Airport Station 270px, Track layout is a railway station in the city of Tokoname, Aichi, Japan, owned by Central Japan International Airport Line Company, Ltd. and leased to the private railway operator Meitetsu. The station serves Chūbu Centrair Internation ...

Kōwa Line and Chita New Line

*KC08 :

Agui Station is a railway station in the town of Agui, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Agui Station is served by the Meitetsu Kōwa Line, and is located 10.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . Stati ...

(Agui) *KC12 :

Chita Handa Station file:Typical station track map 0D23B-1.svg, Track layout is a train station, railway station in the city of Handa, Aichi, Handa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Nagoya Railroad, Meitetsu. Lines Chita Handa Station is served by the Meitetsu ...

(Handa) *KC16 :

Chita Taketoyo Station East exit is a railway station in the town of Taketoyo, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Chita Taketoyo Station is served by the Meitetsu Kōwa Line, and is located 19.8 kilometers from the starting point ...

(Taketoyo) *KC19 : Kōwa Station (Mihama) *KC24 :

Utsumi Station is a train station in the town of Minamichita, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Utsumi Station is a terminal station on the Chita New Line, and is located 13.9 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus at ...

(Minami Chita)

Mikawa Line, Toyota Line, Nishio Line, and Gamagōri Line

*MY07 : Toyotashi Station (Toyota) *TT06 : Nisshin Station (Nisshin) *MU02 :

Kariya Station is a railway station in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Meitetsu. Lines Kariya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is loc ...

(Kariya) *MU06 : Mikawa Takahama Station (Takahama) *MU10 : Hekinan-chūō Station (Hekinan) *GN10 :

Nishio Station is a train station, railway station in the city of Nishio, Aichi, Japan, operated by Nagoya Railroad, Meitetsu. Lines Nishio Station is served by the Meitetsu Nishio Line, and is located 15.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . ...

(Nishio) *GN13 : Kira Yoshida Station *GN22 : Gamagōri Station (Gamagōri)

Nagoya Line (west side), Takehana Line, and Hashima Line

*NH42 :

Sukaguchi Station 250px, Track Diagram is a railway station in the city of Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. It is located to the Shinkawa Inspection Depot for the Nagoya Railway. Lines Sukaguchi Station is a junction station served by th ...

(Kiyosu) *NH47 : Kōnomiya Station (Inazawa) *NH50 :

Meitetsu Ichinomiya Station 220px, Track layout is a railway station in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and is 86.4 kilometers from the starting point of th ...

(Ichinomiya) *NH56 : Kasamatsu Station (Kasamatsu) *NH60 :

Meitetsu Gifu Station is a railway station located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu. It is one of the two major railway stations of the city along with JR Gifu Station. Lines Meitetsu Gifu Station is th ...

(Gifu) *TH07 : Hashima-shiyakusho-mae Station (Hashima)

Tsushima Line and Bisai Line

*TB01 : Jimokuji Station (Ama) *TB07 :

Tsushima Station 270px, Platform 270px, Track Layout is a junction railway station in the city of Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Tsushima Station is a terminal station for the Meitetsu Tsushima Line, and is located 11.8 kilom ...

(Tsushima) *TB09 :

Saya Station is a railway station in the city of Aisai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Saya Station is served by the Meitetsu Bisai Line, and is located 4.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . Station layout The stati ...

(Aisai) *TB11 :

Yatomi Station 270px, Platforms is a junction railway station in the city of Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway company, Nagoya Railway (Meitetsu). The station's elevation is 0.93&n ...

(Yatomi) *BS06 :

Morikami Station Platforms track layout is a railway station in the city of Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Morikami Station is served by the Meitetsu Bisai Line, and is located 16.2 kilometers from the starting point of the li ...

*BS23 :

Okuchō Station is a railway station in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Okuchō Station is served by the Meitetsu Bisai Line, and is located 29.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . Station layout Th ...

Inuyama Line, Kakamigahara Line, and Hiromi Line

*IY03 :

Kami Otai Station is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is built over Route 302 and under the Higashi-Meihan Expressway, and it is a ten-minute walk from Otai Station on the Jōhoku Line. This station was opened o ...

*IY04 :

Nishiharu Station 250px, East Exit of Nishiharu Station is a railway station in the city of Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Nishiharu Station is served by the Meitetsu Inuyama Line, and is located 5.9 kilometers from the sta ...

(Kitanagoya) *IY07 : Iwakura Station (Iwakura) *IY10 : Kōnan Station (Kōnan) *IY15 :

Inuyama Station 250px, Track Layout is a railway station in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Inuyama Station is served by the Meitetsu Komaki Line and is 20.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . It i ...

(Inuyama) *IY17 :

Shin Unuma Station is a railway station located in the city of Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu. This station and JR Central Unuma Station are connected with a passageway. Lines Shin-Unuma Station is a ter ...

*KG06 : Mikakino Station *KG08 :

Kakamigahara-Shiyakusho-mae Station is a railway station on the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line in the city of Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu. Lines Kakamigahara Shiyakusho-mae Station is served by the Meitetsu Kakamigahara ...

(Kakamigahara) *HM06 : Shin Kani Station (Kani) *HM10 : Mitake Station (Mitake)

Komaki Line

*KM06 :

Komaki Station 270px, Track Layout is a railway station in the city of Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Komaki Station is served by the Meitetsu Komaki Line, and is located 9.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . ...

(Komaki) *KM13 : Kami Iida Station

Seto Line

*ST06 :

Ōzone Station is a railway station in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Lines * Nagoya Municipal Subway **Meijō Line (Station number: M12) *Central Japan Railway Company ** Chūō Main Line *Nagoya Railroad **Meitetsu Seto Line The is a Japa ...

*ST15 : Owari Asahi Station (Owariasahi) *ST20 :

Owari Seto Station Track Layout is a railway station in the city of Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu. Lines Owari Seto Station is a terminal station on the Meitetsu Seto Line, and is located 20.6 kilometers from the opposing terminus of th ...

(Seto)

Rolling stock

Nippon Sharyo , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2 ...

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

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, 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 7000 series may refer to: Japanese trains * Chichibu Railway 7000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) * Echizen Railway 7000 series EMU * Hankyu 7000 series EMU * Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway 7000 series EMU operating for the Kobe Municipal Su ...

"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 The 4000 series is a CMOS logic family of integrated circuits (ICs) first introduced in 1968 by RCA. It had a supply voltage range of 5V to 20V, which is much wider than any contemporary logic family. Almost all IC manufacturers active during thi ...

and 5000 series, or white as in the case of the 1700 series and 2000 series. The following are the train types that Meitetsu operates today, as well as selected types that Meitetsu has retired.

Limited express

* 1200 and 1230 series "Panorama Super" * 1800/1850 series * 2000 series "μ-Sky" * 2200/2300 series

Commuter

* 100/200 series * 300 series * 3100/3500/3700 series * 3150 series * 3300 series *

* 5000 series (2008) * 6000/6500/6800 series * 9100/9500 series

Withdrawn train types

* 1380 series * 1600 series "Panorama Super" * 1700 series *

"Panorama Car" * 5000 series (1955) * 5300/ 5700 series

Electric locomotives

* Meitetsu DeKi 300 * Meitetsu DeKi 400 * Meitetsu DeKi 600 * Meitetsu Class EL120

History

While Meitetsu is an old company in its own right, it has over time acquired many small railway and

interurban The Interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. They were very prevalent in North America between 1900 a ...

companies in the area surrounding Nagoya. Meaning many lines that belong to modern-day Meitetsu were constructed and operated by other companies, mostly in the prewar and wartime period. For example, it acquired its Kōwa Line on the

Chita Peninsula Chita Peninsula (知多半島 ''Chita Hantō'') is a peninsula to the south of Aichi Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan. It runs approximately north-south. To the west is Ise Bay, while to the east it encloses Mikawa Bay. It faces the Atsumi ...

from its merger with Chita Railroad on February 1, 1943 and it acquired its Mikawa Line from its merger with Mikawa Railroad. However, the company that became modern Meitetsu was Aichi Horsecar Company, founded on .

References

External links

Nagoya Railroad (English Official Site)Nagoya Railroad (Japanese Official Site)Museum Meiji Village
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