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Meitetsu

{{Short description|Japanese railway company}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Expand Japanese|名古屋鉄道|date=February 2024}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.

| native_name = 名古屋鉄道株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| logo = File:Meitetsu logo.svg

| type = Public KK

| traded_as = {{tyo|9048}}
{{NAG|9048}}

| image = MEITETSU Department Store - Head Store - 01.JPG

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| foundation = {{Start date|1921|6|13}}{{Citation | last =鷲田 | first =鉄也 | title =名古屋鉄道 1 | date =September 2010 | periodical =週刊朝日百科 | series =週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 | place =Japan | language=ja | publisher =Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. | issue =8 | page =21 | isbn = 978-4-02-340138-9}}

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| location_city = Nagoya

| location_country = Japan

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| area_served = Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture

| key_people = {{ill|Takashi Ando|jp|安藤隆司}} {{small|(Chairman)}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/profile/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2023/06/26/kaisyagaiyou2022.pdf |title=Organizational Chart |access-date=2024-01-09}}
{{ill|Hiroki Takasaki|jp|髙﨑裕樹}} (President)

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{{Nihongo|Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.|名古屋鉄道株式会社|Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha}},{{Cite web |url=https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/profile/pdf/fiscal2018.pdf |title=Overview of the Meitetsu Group for Fiscal 2018 |access-date=2019-06-15 |archive-date=2018-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221038/https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/profile/pdf/fiscal2018.pdf |url-status=live }} publicly trading as {{nihongo|Meitetsu|名鉄|}}, is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. {{tyo|9048}}

Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu 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 transport, retail trade, service industry, and real estate, among other industries.

As of March 2023, Meitetsu operated {{Convert|444.2|km|mi}} of track, 275 stations, and 1,076 train cars, being one of the largest private railway companies in Japan.{{Cite web |title=名古屋鉄道株式会社 {{!}} 日本民営鉄道協会 |url=https://www.mintetsu.or.jp/corporates/meitetsu/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.mintetsu.or.jp}}

History

Meitetsu was founded on June 25, 1894, as the Aichi Horsecar Company.{{Citation | last =鷲田 | first =鉄也 | title =名古屋鉄道 1 | date =September 2010 | periodical =週刊朝日百科 | series =週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 | place =Japan | language=ja | publisher =Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. | issue =8 | page =20 | isbn = 978-4-02-340138-9}}

Over time, Meitetsu has acquired many small railway and interurban companies in the Nagoya area, many of whom were constructed and operated before and during World War II. For example, Meitetsu 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.{{Citation | last =鷲田 | first =鉄也 | title =週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線大手私鉄: 名古屋鉄道 | date =September 2010 | periodical =週刊朝日百科 | place =Japan | language=ja | publisher =Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. | issue =9 | page =10 | isbn = 978-4-02-340139-6}}{{Citation |last=佐藤 |first=信之 |script-title=ja:地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 |date=19 June 2004 |publisher=グランプリ出版 |language=ja |isbn=4-87687-260-0 |chapter=高度経済成長期の鉄道整備―昭和30～40年代 |page=129 }}

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.{{Cite web |title=なごや色さんぽ#２【名鉄電車の「スカーレットレッド」】 {{!}} ICD国際カラーデザイン協会 |url=https://icd-color.com/3576/#:~:text=%E5%90%8D%E9%89%84%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A%E3%81%AE%E8%89%B2%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84,%E8%AD%A6%E6%88%92%E3%82%92%E8%A1%A8%E3%81%99%E8%89%B2%E3%81%A0%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%80%82 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=icd-color.com}} 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 and 2000 series.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-01 |title=赤い電車｢名鉄｣､今振り返る昭和･平成の記憶 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/278466 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=東洋経済オンライン |language=ja}}

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.{{Cite web |title=名鉄貨物輸送 |url=http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/meitetsu/kamotsu.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp}}

Lines

File:Nagoya Railroad Linemap en.svg

class="wikitable"
Direction

! Name

! Japanese

! Terminals

! Length (km)

Main

| {{Colors|white|#d12027|  NH  }} Nagoya Main Line

| 名古屋本線

| Toyohashi - Meitetsu Gifu

| 99.8

rowspan="5" |Mikawa (Eastern Aichi)

|{{Colors|white|#d12027|  TK  }} Toyokawa Line

|豊川線

|Kō - Toyokawa-inari

|7.2

{{Colors|white|#654e9e|  GN  }} Nishio Line

|西尾線

|Shin Anjō - Kira Yoshida

|24.7

{{Colors|white|#654e9e|  GN  }} Gamagōri Line

|蒲郡線

|Kira Yoshida - Gamagōri

|17.6

{{Colors|white|#654e9e|  MU  }} {{Colors|white|#9eb03a|  MY  }} Mikawa Line

|三河線

|Sanage - Hekinan

|39.8

{{Colors|white|#9eb03a|  TT  }} Toyota Line

|豊田線

|Umetsubo - Akaike

|15.2

rowspan="5" |Chita Peninsula

|{{Colors|white|#1065ab|  TA  }} Tokoname Line

|常滑線

|Jingū-mae - Tokoname

|29.3

{{Colors|white|#1065ab|  TA  }} Airport Line

|空港線

|Tokoname - Central Japan Int'l Airport

|4.2

{{Colors|white|#727171|  CH  }} Chikkō Line

|築港線

|Ōe - Higashi Nagoyakō

|1.5

{{Colors|white|#2a9dd8|  KC  }} Kōwa Line

|河和線

|Ōtagawa - Kōwa

|28.8

{{Colors|white|#2a9dd8|  KC  }} Chita New Line

|知多新線

|Fuki - Utsumi

|13.9

rowspan=4 | Western Aichi and Gifu Area

| {{Colors|white|#e85624|  TB  }} Tsushima Line

| 津島線

| Sukaguchi - Tsushima

| 11.8

{{Colors|white|#e85624|  TB  }} {{Colors|white|#e85624|  BS  }} Bisai Line

| 尾西線

| Yatomi - Tamanoi

| 30.9

{{Colors|white|#d7a629|  TH  }} Takehana Line

| 竹鼻線

| Kasamatsu - Egira

| 10.3

{{Colors|white|#d7a629|  TH  }} Hashima Line

| 羽島線

| Egira - Shin Hashima

| 1.3

rowspan=4 | Northern Aichi and Chūnō

| {{Colors|white|#018b44|  IY  }} Inuyama LineThrough operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway {{Colorbull|deepskyblue}} Tsurumai Line

| 犬山線

| Biwajima Junction - Shin Unuma

| 26.8

{{Colors|white|#018b44|  KG  }} Kakamigahara Line

| 各務原線

| Meitetsu Gifu - Shin Unuma

| 17.6

{{Colors|white|#018b44|  HM  }} Hiromi Line

| 広見線

| Inuyama - Mitake

| 22.3

{{Colors|white|#da5290|  KM  }} Komaki LineThrough operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway {{Colorbull|hotpink}} Kamiiida Line

| 小牧線

| Kami Iida - Inuyama

| 20.4

Isolated from all Meitetsu lines

| {{Colors|white|#7c2982|  ST  }} Seto Line

| 瀬戸線

| Sakaemachi - Owari Seto

| 20.6

{{Reflist|group="Note"}}

Major stations

File:Meitetsu Limited Express Network 2023EN.svg

=Major stations in Nagoya=

=Nagoya Line (east side) and Toyokawa Line=

=Tokoname Line, Chikkō Line, and Airport Line=

=Kōwa Line and Chita New Line=

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

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

=Tsushima Line and Bisai Line=

=Inuyama Line, Kakamigahara Line, and Hiromi Line=

=Komaki Line=

=Seto Line=

Rolling stock

File:Meitetsu 1000 & 2000 series 001.JPG

Nippon Sharyo has produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being its Class EL120, an electric locomotive, which was produced by Toshiba, but very few units were produced for Meitetsu. The Class EL120 is one of the few locomotives that Meitetsu possesses.

The following are the train types that Meitetsu operates today, as well as selected types that Meitetsu has retired.

=Limited express=

=Commuter=

File:Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 015.JPG

=Withdrawn train types=

File:Meitetsu 7000 Series EMU 051.JPG

= Electric locomotives=

Rationalization

File:MT-Tamatsu-ura Station entrance.jpg

Meitetsu inherited many deficit lines as a result of multiple mergers. The railway lines were also seeing competition from cars due to Aichi prefecture's notable automobile industry in cities such as Toyota. Meitetsu has abolished over 15 lines over the past 70 years, while also closing sections with low ridership.{{Cite web |title=OpenId transaction in progress |url=https://plus.chunichi.co.jp/blog/ito/article/264/9782/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=plus.chunichi.co.jp}} Additionally, with the collapse of the asset price bubble in the 1990s, and the privatization of JNR, formation of Central Japan Railway Company, the company also cut the number of companies in its corporate group from 250 to 139.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-20 |title=JR東海の攻勢をかわした｢名鉄｣の復活劇 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/141033 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Toyo Keizai Online |language=ja}}

References

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External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/english/ Nagoya Railroad (English Official Site)]
  • [http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/ Nagoya Railroad (Japanese Official Site)]
  • [http://www.meijimura.com/ Museum Meiji Village]

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