Meijō Line
Meijō Line | |
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Entrance to Nagoyajo (Nagoya Castle) Station | |
Overview | |
Native name | |
Locale | Nagoya, Aichi |
Stations | 28 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | ![]() |
Operator(s) | ![]() |
Depot(s) | Daiko (between Nagoya Dome-mae Yada and Sunadabashi) |
Rolling stock | 2000 series |
Daily ridership | 197,082[1] (2008) (including Meikō Line) |
History | |
Opened | 15 October 1965 |
Technical | |
Track length | 26.4 km (16.4 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Electrification | Third rail 600 V DC |
Operating speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) |
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The Meijō Line (
The Meijō Line is the second loop subway line built in Japan, after Toei Ōedo Line. The Ōedo Line, however, is not a true loop line as it is operated like a 6 lying on its side, with trains from the western Hikarigaoka terminus running anticlockwise around the loop and terminating at Tochōmae Station and then returning around the loop to Hikarigaoka. Thus the Meijō Line is the first (and currently the only) true loop subway line in the nation. The line is longer than the JR Ōsaka Loop Line (21.7 km or 13.5 mi), but shorter than the JR Yamanote Line (34.5 km or 21.4 mi). It takes 48 minutes to complete the loop.
The name Meijō is derived from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle (
Stations
[edit]Number | Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Transfers | Location | |
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M01 | Kanayama | 0.0 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1![]() Chūō Main Line Tōkaidō Main Line Meitetsu Nagoya Line |
Naka | Nagoya | |
M02 | Higashi Betsuin | 0.7 | ||||
M03 | Kamimaezu | 1.6 | ![]() | |||
M04 | Yabachō | 2.3 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1 | |||
M05 | Sakae | 3.0 | Meitetsu Seto Line (Sakaemachi)![]() | |||
M06 | Hisaya-ōdōri | 3.4 | ![]() | |||
M07 | Nagoyajo (Nagoya Castle) | 4.3 | ||||
M08 | Meijō Kōen | 5.4 | Kita | |||
M09 | Kurokawa | 6.4 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1 | |||
M10 | Shiga-hondōri | 7.4 | ||||
M11 | Heian-dōri | 8.2 | ![]() | |||
M12 | Ōzone | 8.9 | Chūō Main Line Meitetsu Seto Line Yutorito Line (Y01) | |||
M13 | Nagoya Dome-mae Yada | ナゴヤドーム |
9.7 | Yutorito Line (Y02) | Higashi | |
M14 | Sunadabashi | 10.6 | Yutorito Line (Y03) | |||
M15 | Chayagasaka | 11.5 | Chikusa | |||
M16 | Jiyūgaoka | 12.7 | ||||
M17 | Motoyama | 14.1 | ![]() | |||
M18 | Nagoya Daigaku | 15.1 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1 | |||
M19 | Yagoto Nisseki | 16.2 | Shōwa | |||
M20 | Yagoto | 17.2 | ![]() | |||
M21 | Sōgō Rihabiri Center | 18.5 | Mizuho | |||
M22 | Mizuho Undōjō Higashi | 19.5 | ||||
M23 | Aratama-bashi | 20.7 | ![]() | |||
M24 | Myōon-dōri | 21.4 | ||||
M25 | Horita | 22.2 | ||||
M26 | Atsuta Jingu Temma-cho | 23.4 | Atsuta | |||
M27 | Atsuta Jingu Nishi | 24.4 | ||||
M28 | Nishi Takakura | 25.3 | ||||
M01 | Kanayama | 26.4 | Naka |
- 1: Planned lines.
- 2: Through service to/from Meijō Line.
Meikō Line
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Locale | Nagoya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stations | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | Rapid transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
System | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator(s) | Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depot(s) | Nagoyakō | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rolling stock | 2000 series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 29 March 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Track length | 6.0 km (3.7 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrification | 600V DC Third rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Meikō Line (
Stations
[edit]Number | Station name | Japanese | Total distance | Transfers | Location | |
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Through service to/from Meijō Line | ||||||
E01 | Kanayama | 0.0 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1![]() Chūō Main Line Tōkaidō Main Line Meitetsu Nagoya Line |
Naka | Nagoya | |
E02 | Hibino | 1.5 | Atsuta | |||
E03 | Rokuban-chō | 2.6 | ||||
E04 | Tōkai-dōri | 3.8 | Minato | |||
E05 | Minato Kuyakusho | 4.6 | ||||
E06 | Tsukiji-guchi | 5.4 | ||||
E07 | Nagoyakō (Nagoya Port) | 6.0 |
History
[edit]The line was originally the part of Meijō Line. When Line 4, the eastern part of the current loop line, was completed in 2004, the whole of the loop (consisting of part of Line 2 and line 4) was renamed the Meijō Line, and the remaining section between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, outside the loop, became the Meikō Line. The name Meikō derives from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Port (
Women-only cars were introduced on the line on 4 July 2016, operating in the mornings until 09:00.[2]
Rolling stock
[edit]Current
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/NS-Kamimaezu-station-platform-003.jpg/220px-NS-Kamimaezu-station-platform-003.jpg)
- 2000 series (since 1989)
Former
[edit]- 1000/1100/1200 series (from 1965 until 2000)
History
[edit]The first section of Line 2, between Sakae-machi (now named Sakae) and Shiyakusho (now named Nagoyajo), opened in 1965. The line was named Meijō Line in 1969, and the extension was completed in 1971. Line 4 opened its first section between Aratama-bashi and Kanayama in 1974. The line extension was completed in 2004, making a loop line together with Line 2. At the same time, the whole loop line was renamed the Meijō Line, and the section of Line 2 between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, outside the loop, became the Meikō Line.
Women-only cars were introduced on the line on 4 July 2016, operating in the mornings until 09:00.[2]
See also
[edit]References
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各 鉄 軌道 会社 のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010. - ^ a b
名城 線 ・名港 線 の女性 専用 車両 運行 開始 について [Introduction of women-only cars Meijo and Meiko Lines] (in Japanese). Japan: Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya official website (in Japanese)