Nagoya Municipal Subway
Nagoya Municipal Subway | |||
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![]() Nagoya Municipal Subway Logo | |||
Overview | |||
Native name | Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu | ||
Locale | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | ||
Transit type | Rapid Transit | ||
Number of lines | 6 | ||
Number of stations | 87[1] | ||
Daily ridership | 1,171,289[2] | ||
Website | www | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | 15 November 1957 | ||
Operator(s) | Nagoya City Transportation Bureau | ||
Technical | |||
System length | 93.3 km (58.0 mi)[1] | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Higashiyama and Meijō/Meikō Lines) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (Tsurumai, Sakura-dōri, and Kamiiida Lines) | ||
Electrification | 600 V DC third rail (Higashiyama and Meijō/Meikō Lines) 1,500 V DC overhead lines (Tsurumai, Sakura-dōri, and Kamiiida Lines) | ||
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The Nagoya Municipal Subway (
The subway system is owned and operated by the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau and, like other large Japanese cities including Tokyo and Osaka, is heavily complemented by suburban rail, together forming an extensive network of 47 lines in and around Greater Nagoya. Of them, the subway lines represent 38% of Greater Nagoya's total rail ridership of 3 million passengers a day.[4]
In 2002, the system introduced Hatchii as its official mascot.
Lines and infrastructure
[edit]The six lines that comprise the Nagoya subway network are, for the most part, independent. However, Meikō Line services partially interline with the Meijō Line, and the operations of both lines are combined. Therefore, there are in fact five distinct services on the subway. They are mostly self-contained, but two of its lines have through services onto lines owned and operated by Meitetsu, the largest private railway operator in the region. One of these, the Kamiida Line, is essentially an extension of the Meitetsu Komaki Line to which it connects.
The first two subway lines, the Higashiyama and Meijō/Meikō Lines, run on standard gauge track and use 600 volt DC electrification from a third rail. They are three of the eleven subway lines in Japan which use both third-rail electrification and standard gauge track (the Ginza and Marunouchi lines in Tokyo are the only other two lines to use third rail at that voltage; five of the eight lines of the Osaka Metro and the Blue Line in Yokohama all use 750 V DC third rail). Subsequent lines were built to narrow gauge and employ 1,500 volt DC electrification from overhead lines, in common with most other rapid transit lines in the country.
As with other railway lines in Japan, tickets can be purchased from ticket vending machines in stations. Since February 2011, this has largely been supplemented by Manaca, a rechargeable smart card. In 2012, Manaca replaced Tranpass, the predecessor integrated ticketing system, which was also able to be used at subway stations and for other connected transportation systems in the region.[5]
On January 4, 2023, four stations were renamed:[6]
- Nakamura Kuyakusho → Taiko-dori
- Shiyakusho (City Hall) → Nagoyajo (Nagoya Castle)
- Temma-cho → Atsuta Jingu Temma-cho
- Jingu Nishi → Atsuta Jingu Nishi
List of Nagoya Municipal Subway lines
[edit]Line color |
Line icon |
Line number |
Name | Japanese | Route | Stations | Length | Train Length | First Opened | Last Opened | Gauge | Current supply |
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yellow | ![]() |
Line 1 | Higashiyama Line | Takabata to Fujigaoka | 22 | 20.6 km (12.8 mi) | 6 cars | 1957 | 1982 | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 600 V DC, third rail | |
purple | ![]() |
Line 2 | Meijō Line | Kanayama to Ōzone via Sakae | 12[Note 1] | 8.9 km (5.5 mi) | 1965[Note 2] | 1971 | ||||
Line 4 | Ōzone to Kanayama via Nagoya Daigaku | 17[Note 1] | 17.5 km (10.9 mi) | 1974[Note 3] | 2004 | |||||||
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Line 2 | Meikō Line | Kanayama to Nagoyakō | 7[Note 4] | 6.0 km (3.7 mi) | 1971[Note 5] | – | |||||
blue | ![]() |
Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Inuyama Line | Inuyama to Kamiotai | 13[Note 6] | 21.4 km (13.3 mi) | 1993[Note 7] | – | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 1,500 V DC, overhead supply | ||
Line 3 | Tsurumai Line | Kamiotai to Akaike | 20 | 20.4 km (12.7 mi) | 1977 | 1993 | ||||||
Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Toyota Line | Akaike to Umetsubo | 8[Note 8] | 15.2 km (9.4 mi) | 1979[Note 9] | – | ||||||
Meitetsu Mikawa Line | Umetsubo to Toyotashi | 2[Note 8] | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) | N/A[Note 10] | – | |||||||
red | ![]() |
Line 6 | Sakura-dōri Line | Taiko-dori to Tokushige | 21 | 19.1 km (11.9 mi) | 5 cars | 1989 | 2011 | |||
pink | ![]() |
Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Komaki Line | Inuyama to Ajima | 13[Note 11] | 18.3 km (11.4 mi) | 4 cars | 2003[Note 12] | – | |||
Ajima to Kamiiida | 2[Note 13] | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) | 2003[Note 14] | – | ||||||||
Line 7 | Kamiiida Line | Kamiiida to Heian-dori | 2[Note 15] | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) | 2003[Note 16] | – | ||||||
Total (Subway only – not incl. trackage rights portions): | 87[1] | 93.3 km (58.0 mi) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Including Ōzone Station
- ^ Between Ōzone Station, Sakae Station and Kanayama Station (Aichi)
- ^ Between Ōzone Station, Nagoya Daigaku Station and Kanayama Station (Aichi)
- ^ Including Kanayama Station (Aichi)
- ^ Between Kanayama Station (Aichi) and Nagoyako Station
- ^ Including Kamiotai Station
- ^ Between Inuyama Station and Kamiotai Station
- ^ a b Including Akaike Station
- ^ Between Akaike Station and Umetsubo Station
- ^ Between Umetsubo Station and Toyotashi Station
- ^ Including Ajima Station
- ^ Between Inuyama Station and Ajima Station
- ^ Including Ajima Station and Kamiiida Station
- ^ Owned by Kamiiida Link Line between Ajima Station and Kamiiida Station
- ^ Including Kamiiida Station
- ^ Owned by Kamiiida Link Line between Kamiiida Station and Heian-dori Station
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Connecting services
[edit]JR Central
[edit]- (for Shin-Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Shin-Osaka)
- Tōkaidō Main Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama
- (for Gifu, Ōgaki, Obu, Kariya, Okazaki, Toyohashi, and Hamamatsu)
- Chūō Main Line: at Nagoya, Kanayama, Tsurumai, Chikusa, and Ōzone
- (for Kozoji (transfer to former Expo Site), Tajimi, and Nakatsugawa)
- Kansai Main Line: at Nagoya and Hatta
- (for Yokkaichi, Tsu and Kameyama)
- Takayama Main Line: at Nagoya
- (Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama)
Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad)
[edit]- Meitetsu Nagoya Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama
- (for Meitetsu Gifu, Chiryu, Hekinan, Nishio, Higashi Okazaki, Toyohashi, and Toyokawa Inari)
- Meitetsu Tokoname Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama
- (for Otagawa, Chita Handa, Kowa, Utsumi, Tokoname, and Central Japan Int'l Airport)
- Meitetsu Inuyama Line: at Nagoya, Kanayama, and Kami-Otai
- (for Iwakura, Inuyama, Mikakino and Shin Kani)
- Meitetsu Tsushima Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama
- (for Tsushima, Saya and Yatomi)
- Meitetsu Seto Line: at Sakae and Ōzone
- (for Owari Seto)
- Meitetsu Toyota Line: at Akaike
- (for Toyotashi)
Kintetsu
[edit]- Kintetsu Nagoya Line: at Nagoya and Hatta
- (for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ise, Toba, and Osaka)
Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit
[edit]- Aonami Line: at Nagoya
- (for Kinjo-Futo (Nagoya International Exhibition Hall))
Aichi Rapid Transit
[edit]- Linimo: at Fujigaoka
- (for Yakusa, Aichikyūhaku-kinen-kōen (Expo Memorial Park))
Network map
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d トップページ - ご
意見 ・お問 い合 わせ - よくあるご質問 -地下鉄 について [Top - Feedback and inquiries - Frequently Asked Questions - For subway] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau, City of Nagoya. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014. - ^
平成 21年 版 名古屋 市 統計 年鑑 11.運輸 ・通信 [Nagoya Statistics for Year 21 of the Heisei Era, 11 Transportation and Communication] (in Japanese). Nagoya City. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2010. - ^ "Subway & City Bus One-Day Ticket Discounts and Benefits Guidebook (Nagoya Toku Navi)" (PDF). Nagoya City Transportation Bureau. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Tickets - Nagoya Transportation Bureau". Archived from the original on 2014-03-11.
- ^ https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/en/pc/OTHER/TRP0001448/Subway%20Station%20Name%20Change_.pdf
External links
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