Meitetsu
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Native name | Nagoya thiết nói kabushiki gaisha |
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Company type | PublicKK(TYO:9048) |
Industry | Private railway |
Founded | June 13, 1921[1] |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Aichi Prefecture,Gifu Prefecture |
Key people | Takashi Ando(Chairman)[2] Hiroki Takasaki (President) |
Website | www |
Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.(Nagoya thiết nói kabushiki gaisha,Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha),[3]often abbreviated to asMeitetsu(Danh thiết),is aprivate railwaycompany operating aroundAichi PrefectureandGifu PrefectureofJapan.TYO:9048
Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include thePanorama Carand thePanorama Car Super,both of which offer views through their wide front windows. While thePanorama Supertrain is used extensively for the railroad's limited express service, the older and more energy-consumingPanorama Cartrain has been retired, the last run being on 27 December 2008.
In theTōkai regionaroundNagoya,it is a central firm of theMeitetsu Group,which is involved intransport,retail trade,service industry,andreal estate,among other industries.
Meiji Murais the corporate museum of Meitetsu.
As of March 2023, Meitetsu operated 444.2 kilometres (276.0 mi) of track, 275 stations, and 1,076 train cars, being one of the largest private railway company in Japan.[4]
History
[edit]Meitetsu was founded on 25 June 1894 as the Aichi Horsecar Company.[5]
Over time, Meitetsu has acquired many small railway andinterurbancompanies in the Nagoya area, many of whom were constructed and operated before and during World War II. For example, Meitetsu acquired itsKōwa Lineon theChita Peninsulafrom its merger withChita Railroadon February 1, 1943, and it acquired itsMikawa Linefrom its merger withMikawa Railroad.[6][7]
Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, including its famous7000 series"Panorama Car" which was retired in 2009 after a career lasting nearly half a century.[8]The most recent cars, however, are not solid red but rather brushed steel as in the case of the4000 seriesand5000 series,or white as in the case of the1700 seriesand2000 series.[9]
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.[10]
Lines
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Direction | Name | Japanese | Terminals | Length (km) |
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Main | NHNagoya Main Line | Nagoya bổn tuyến | Toyohashi-Meitetsu Gifu | 99.8 |
Western Aichi andGifu Area | TBTsushima Line | Tân đảo tuyến | Sukaguchi-Tsushima | 11.8 |
TBBSBisai Line | Đuôi tây tuyến | Yatomi-Tamanoi | 30.9 | |
THTakehana Line | Trúc mũi tuyến | Kasamatsu-Egira | 10.3 | |
THHashima Line | Vũ đảo tuyến | Egira -Shin Hashima | 1.3 | |
Northern Aichi andChūnō | IYInuyama Line[Note 1] | Khuyển sơn tuyến | Biwajima Junction-Shin Unuma | 26.8 |
KGKakamigahara Line | Các vụ nguyên tuyến | Meitetsu Gifu - Shin Unuma | 17.6 | |
HMHiromi Line | Quảng thấy tuyến | Inuyama-Mitake | 22.3 | |
KMKomaki Line[Note 2] | Tiểu mục tuyến | Kami Iida- Inuyama | 20.4 | |
Chita Peninsula | TATokoname Line | Thường hoạt tuyến | Jingū-mae-Tokoname | 29.3 |
TAAirport Line | Không cảng tuyến | Tokoname -Central Japan Int'l Airport | 4.2 | |
CHChikkō Line | Trúc cảng tuyến | Ōe-Higashi Nagoyakō | 1.5 | |
KCKōwa Line | Hà cùng tuyến | Ōtagawa-Kōwa | 28.8 | |
KCChita New Line | Biết nhiều tân tuyến | Fuki-Utsumi | 13.9 | |
Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) | TKToyokawa Line | Phong xuyên tuyến | Kō-Toyokawa-inari | 7.2 |
GNNishio Line | Tây đuôi tuyến | Shin Anjō-Kira Yoshida | 24.7 | |
GNGamagōri Line | Bồ quận tuyến | Kira Yoshida -Gamagōri | 17.6 | |
MUMYMikawa Line | Tam hà tuyến | Sanage-Hekinan | 39.8 | |
TTToyota Line[Note 1] | Phong điền tuyến | Umetsubo-Akaike | 15.2 | |
Isolated from all Meitetsu lines | STSeto Line | Lại hộ tuyến | Sakaemachi-Owari Seto | 20.6 |
- ^abThrough operation to/from theNagoya Municipal Subway■Tsurumai Line
- ^Through operation to/from theNagoya Municipal Subway■Kamiiida Line
Major stations
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Major stations in Nagoya
[edit]- NH36:Meitetsu Nagoya Station
- NH34:Kanayama Station
- NH33:Jingū-mae Station
- ST01:Sakaemachi
Nagoya Line (east side) and Toyokawa Line
[edit]- 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
[edit]- TA09:Ōtagawa Station(Tokai)
- TA12:Asakura Station(Chita)
- TA22:Tokoname Station(Tokoname)
- TA24:Central Japan International Airport Station
Kōwa Line and Chita New Line
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- KM06:Komaki Station(Komaki)
- KM13:Kami Iida Station
Seto Line
[edit]- ST06:Ōzone Station
- ST15:Owari Asahi Station(Owariasahi)
- ST20:Owari Seto Station(Seto)
Rolling stock
[edit]Nippon Sharyohas produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being itsClass EL120,an electric locomotive, which was produced byToshiba,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
[edit]- 1200 and 1230 series"Panorama Super"
- 1800/1850 series
- 2000 series"μ-Sky"
- 2200/2300 series
Commuter
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1380 series
- 1600 series"Panorama Super"
- 1700 series
- 7000 series"Panorama Car"
- 5000 series (1955)
- 5300/5700 series
Electric locomotives
[edit]Rationalization
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/MT-Tamatsu-ura_Station_entrance.jpg/220px-MT-Tamatsu-ura_Station_entrance.jpg)
As Meitetsu formed out of multiple mergers, it owned many deficit lines previously owned by other companies. The railway lines were also seeing competition from cars, due to the fact that Aichi prefecture has a notable automobile industry in cities such asToyota.Meitetsu has abolished over 15 lines over the past 70 years, while also closing sections with low ridership.[11]Additionally, with the collapse ofBubble economyin the 1990s, and the privatization ofJNR,formation ofCentral Japan Railway Company,the company also cut the number of companies in its corporate group from 250 to 139.[12]
References
[edit]- ^Thứu điền, thiết cũng (September 2010), "Nagoya thiết nói 1",Tuần san mặt trời mới mọc bách khoa,Tuần san lịch sử でめぐる thiết nói toàn lộ tuyến (in Japanese), no. 8, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 21,ISBN978-4-02-340138-9
- ^"Organizational Chart"(PDF).RetrievedJanuary 9,2024.
- ^"Overview of the Meitetsu Group for Fiscal 2018"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on November 20, 2018.RetrievedJune 15,2019.
- ^"Nagoya thiết nói kabushiki gaisha | Nhật Bản dân 営 thiết nói hiệp hội".mintetsu.or.jp.RetrievedMay 11,2024.
- ^Thứu điền, thiết cũng (September 2010), "Nagoya thiết nói 1",Tuần san mặt trời mới mọc bách khoa,Tuần san lịch sử でめぐる thiết nói toàn lộ tuyến (in Japanese), no. 8, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 20,ISBN978-4-02-340138-9
- ^Thứu điền, thiết cũng (September 2010), "Tuần san lịch sử でめぐる thiết nói toàn lộ tuyến bàn tay to tư thiết: Nagoya thiết nói",Tuần san mặt trời mới mọc bách khoa(in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 10,ISBN978-4-02-340139-6
- ^Tá đằng, tin chi (June 19, 2004), "Độ cao kinh tế trưởng thành kỳ の thiết nói chỉnh đốn và sắp đặt ― chiêu cùng 30~40 niên đại",Ngầm thiết の lịch sử thủ đô quyển ・ trung bộ ・ gần kỳ quyển(in Japanese), グランプリ xuất bản, p. 129,ISBN4-87687-260-0
- ^"なごや sắc さんぽ#2【 danh thiết xe điện の “スカーレットレッド” 】 | ICD quốc tế カラーデザイン hiệp hội ".icd-color.RetrievedFebruary 2,2024.
- ^"Xích い xe điện 「 danh thiết 」、 nay chấn り phản る chiêu cùng ・ bình thành の ký ức".Đông Dương kinh tế オンライン(in Japanese). May 1, 2019.RetrievedFebruary 2,2024.
- ^"Danh thiết hàng hóa chuyển vận".tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp.RetrievedFebruary 2,2024.
- ^"OpenId transaction in progress".plus.chunichi.co.jp.RetrievedMay 11,2024.
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