MeijÅ Line
MeijÅ Line | |
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Entrance to Shiyakusho (City Hall) Station | |
Overview | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Nagoya Municipal Subway |
Locale | Nagoya, Japan |
Stations | 28 |
Daily ridership | 197,082[1] (2008) (including MeikÅ Line) |
Operation | |
Opened | 15 October 1965 |
Operator(s) | Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya |
Depot(s) | Daiko (between Nagoya Dome-mae Yada and Sunadabashi) |
Rolling stock | 2000 series |
Technical | |
Track length | 26.4 km (16.4 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1â„2 in) |
Electrification | Third rail 600 V DC |
Operating speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) |

The MeijÅ Line (å城線 MeijÅ-sen) is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, ÅŒzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The MeijÅ Line's color on maps is wisteria purple. Its stations carry the letter M followed by a number. Officially, the line consists of Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 2 (åå¤å±‹å¸‚高速度鉄é“第2å·ç·š Nagoya-shi KÅsokudo TetsudÅ Dai-ni-gÅ-sen), the western part, and Line 4 (第4å·ç·š Dai-yon-gÅ-sen), the eastern part. All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card.
This is the second loop subway line built in Japan, after Toei ÅŒedo Line. ÅŒedo Line, however, has a railway zig zag at TochÅmae, meaning MeijÅ Line is the first (and currently the only) true loop subway line in the nation. The line is longer than JR ÅŒsaka Loop Line (21.7 km), but shorter than JR Yamanote Line (34.5 km). It takes 48 minutes to complete the loop.
The name MeijÅ derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle (åå¤å±‹åŸŽ Nagoya-jÅ).
Stations
Listed clockwise:
Number | Station name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
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M01 | Kanayama | 金山 | 0.0 | ChūŠMain Line, TÅkaidÅ Main Line Meitetsu Nagoya Line Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1, ![]() | Naka | Nagoya, Aichi |
M02 | Higashi Betsuin | æ±åˆ¥é™¢ | 0.7 | |||
M03 | Kamimaezu | ä¸Šå‰æ´¥ | 1.6 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M04 | YabachÅ | çŸ¢å ´ç”º | 2.3 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: TÅbu Line 1 | ||
M05 | Sakae | æ „ | 3.0 | Meitetsu Seto Line (Sakaemachi) Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M06 | Hisaya-ÅdÅri | 久屋大通 | 3.4 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M07 | Shiyakusho (City Hall) | 市役所 | 4.3 | |||
M08 | MeijÅ KÅen | å城公園 | 5.4 | Kita | ||
M09 | Kurokawa | é»’å· | 6.4 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1 | ||
M10 | Shiga-hondÅri | 志賀本通 | 7.4 | |||
M11 | Heian-dÅri | 平安通 | 8.2 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M12 | ÅŒzone | å¤§æ›½æ ¹ | 8.9 | ChūŠMain Line Meitetsu Seto Line Yutorito Line (Y01) | ||
M13 | Nagoya Dome-mae Yada | ナゴヤドームå‰çŸ¢ç”° | 9.7 | Yutorito Line (Y02) | Higashi | |
M14 | Sunadabashi | ç ‚ç”°æ©‹ | 10.6 | Yutorito Line (Y03) | ||
M15 | Chayagasaka | èŒ¶å±‹ãƒ¶å‚ | 11.5 | Chikusa | ||
M16 | Jiyūgaoka | 自由ヶ丘 | 12.7 | |||
M17 | Motoyama | 本山 | 14.1 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M18 | Nagoya Daigaku | åå¤å±‹å¤§å¦ | 15.1 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: TÅbu Line 1 | ||
M19 | Yagoto Nisseki | 八事日赤 | 16.2 | ShÅwa | ||
M20 | Yagoto | 八事 | 17.2 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M21 | SÅgÅ Rihabiri Center | ç·åˆãƒªãƒãƒ“リセンター | 18.5 | Mizuho | ||
M22 | Mizuho UndÅjÅ Higashi | 瑞穂é‹å‹•å ´æ± | 19.5 | |||
M23 | Aratama-bashi | 新瑞橋 | 20.7 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M24 | MyÅon-dÅri | 妙音通 | 21.4 | |||
M25 | Horita | å €ç”° | 22.2 | |||
M26 | Temma-chÅ | ä¼é¦¬ç”º | 23.4 | Atsuta | ||
M27 | Jingū-Nishi | 神宮西 | 24.4 | |||
M28 | Nishi Takakura | 西高蔵 | 25.3 | |||
M01 | Kanayama | 金山 | 26.4 | Naka | ||
- 1: Planned lines.
- 2: Through service to/from MeijÅ Line.
Rolling stock
Current
- 2000 series (since 1989)
Former
- 1000/1100/1200 series (from 1965 until 2000)
History
The first section of Line 2, between Sakae-machi (current Sakae) and Shiyakusho, opened in 1965. The line was named MeijÅ 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 MeijÅ Line, and the section of Line 2 between Kanayama and NagoyakÅ, outside the loop, became the MeikÅ Line.
See also
References
- ↑ å„鉄軌é“会社ã®ã”案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
External links
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