Native name 名古屋鉄道株式会社 | Founded 13 June 1921 | |
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Stock price 9048 (TYO) JP¥ 519 -3.00 (-0.57%)17 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer CEO Ado Yamamoto (25 Jun 2009–) Subsidiaries Gifu Bus, Meitetsu Transport, Kōnan Bus Company | ||
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 private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
Contents
- Major stations in Nagoya
- Nagoya Line east side and Toyokawa Line
- Tokoname Line Chikk Line and Airport Line
- Kwa Line and Chita New Line
- Mikawa Line Toyota Line Nishio Line and Gamagri 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
- Limited express
- Commuter
- Withdrawn train types
- Electric locomotives
- History
- References
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.
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 1,090 train cars.
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
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 and 2000 series.
The following are the train types that Meitetsu operates today, as well as selected types that Meitetsu has retired.
Limited express
Commuter
Withdrawn train types
Electric locomotives
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. However, the company that became modern Nagoya Railroad was Aichi Horsecar Company, founded on June 25, 1894 (1894-06-25).