Meitetsu

, publicly trading as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Meitetsu, headquartered in Nagoya, is a core company of the Meitetsu Group which is involved in transport, retail, hotels, leisure/tourism and real estate, among other industries. Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, with almost all trains being either fully red or feature red in combination with white, black or unpainted stainless steel. Apart from special liveries, the only current train type to not feature red is the 2000 series "μ-Sky" trains used on Airport Line Limited Express services which feature a blue and white livery. The 300 series used on the through service to the Nagoya Municipal Subway Kamiiida Line has unpainted stainless steel with a thick pink stripe (the line colour of the Kamiiida Line) below a thin red stripe. As of March 2025, Meitetsu, as one of the largest private railway companies in Japan, operated 20 railway lines, of track, 276 stations, and 1,080 train cars.

, publicly trading as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Meitetsu, headquartered in Nagoya, is a core company of the Meitetsu Group which is involved in transport, retail, hotels, leisure/tourism and real estate, among other industries. Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, with almost all trains being either fully red or feature red in combination with white, black or unpainted stainless steel. Apart from special liveries, the only current train type to not feature red is the 2000 series "μ-Sky" trains used on Airport Line Limited Express services which feature a blue and white livery. The 300 series used on the through service to the Nagoya Municipal Subway Kamiiida Line has unpainted stainless steel with a thick pink stripe (the line colour of the Kamiiida Line) below a thin red stripe. As of March 2025, Meitetsu, as one of the largest private railway companies in Japan, operated 20 railway lines, of track, 276 stations, and 1,080 train cars.

Major stations

Major stations in Nagoya

NH36 : Meitetsu Nagoya Station NH34 : Kanayama Station NH33 : Jingū-mae Station ST01 :

Nagoya Line (east side) and Toyokawa Line

NH01 : Toyohashi Station (Toyohashi) NH13 : Higashi Okazaki Station (Okazaki) NH17 : Shin Anjō Station (Anjō) NH19 : Chiryū Station (Chiryū) NH23 : Zengo Station (Toyoake) TK04 : Toyokawa-inari Station (Toyokawa)

Tokoname Line, Chikkō Line, and Airport Line

TA09 : Ōtagawa Station (Tokai) TA12 : Asakura Station (Chita) TA22 : Tokoname Station (Tokoname) TA24 : Central Japan International Airport Station

Kōwa Line and Chita New Line

KC08 : Agui Station (Agui) KC12 : Chita Handa Station (Handa) KC16 : Chita Taketoyo Station (Taketoyo) KC19 : Kōwa Station (Mihama) KC24 : Utsumi Station (Minami Chita)

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

MY07 : Toyotashi Station (Toyota) TT06 : Nisshin Station (Nisshin) MU02 : Kariya Station (Kariya) MU06 : Mikawa Takahama Station (Takahama) MU10 : Hekinan-chūō Station (Hekinan) GN10 : Nishio Station (Nishio) GN13 : Kira Yoshida Station GN22 : Gamagōri Station (Gamagōri)

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

NH42 : Sukaguchi Station (Kiyosu) NH47 : Kōnomiya Station (Inazawa) NH50 : Meitetsu Ichinomiya Station (Ichinomiya) NH56 : Kasamatsu Station (Kasamatsu) NH60 : Meitetsu Gifu Station (Gifu) TH07 : Hashima-shiyakusho-mae Station (Hashima)

Tsushima Line and Bisai Line

TB01 : Jimokuji Station (Ama) TB07 : Tsushima Station (Tsushima) TB09 : Saya Station (Aisai) TB11 : Yatomi Station (Yatomi) BS06 : Morikami Station BS23 : Okuchō Station

Inuyama Line, Kakamigahara Line, and Hiromi Line

IY03 : Kami Otai Station IY04 : Nishiharu Station (Kitanagoya) IY07 : Iwakura Station (Iwakura) IY10 : Kōnan Station (Kōnan) IY15 : Inuyama Station (Inuyama) IY17 : Shin Unuma Station KG06 : Mikakino Station KG08 : Kakamigahara-Shiyakusho-mae Station (Kakamigahara) HM06 : Shin Kani Station (Kani) HM10 : Mitake Station (Mitake)

Komaki Line

KM06 : Komaki Station (Komaki) KM13 : Kami Iida Station

Seto Line

ST06 : Ōzone Station ST15 : Owari Asahi Station (Owariasahi) ST20 : Owari Seto Station (Seto)

Rolling stock

[[File:Meitetsu 1000 & 2000 series 001.JPG|thumb|right|Meitetsu 1000 series "Panorama Super" (left) and 2000 series "Airport Limited Express [μSky]" (right)]] 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

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 4000 series 5000 series (2008) 6000/6500/6800 series 9100/9500 series

Withdrawn train types

1380 series 1600 series "Panorama Super" 1700 series 7000 series "Panorama Car" 5000 series (1955) 5300/5700 series

Electric locomotives

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

Rationalization

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. 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.

References

External links

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

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