Meijō Line

The Meijō Line (名城線, Meijō-sen) is a subway line forming part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan, operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line color on maps is wisteria purple. Its stations are numbered with the prefix "M". Officially, the line consists of Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 2 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第2号線, Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-ni-gō-sen), the western part, and Line 4 (第4号線, Dai-yon-gō-sen), the eastern part. All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card.

Meijō Line
Entrance to Shiyakusho (City Hall) Station
Overview
Native name名城線
TypeRapid transit
SystemNagoya Municipal Subway
LocaleNagoya, Aichi
Stations28
Daily ridership197,082[1] (2008) (including Meikō Line)
Operation
Opened15 October 1965
Operator(s)Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Depot(s)Daiko (between Nagoya Dome-mae Yada and Sunadabashi)
Rolling stock2000 series
Technical
Track length26.4 km (16.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
ElectrificationThird rail 600 V DC
Operating speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Nagoya Daigaku Station

This is the second loop subway line built in Japan, after Toei Ōedo Line. The Ōedo Line, however, is not a true loop line as it is operated like a 6 lying on its side, with trains from the western Hikarigaoka terminus running anticlockwise around the loop and terminating at Tochōmae Station and then returning around the loop to Hikarigaoka. Thus the Meijō Line is the first (and currently the only) true loop subway line in the nation. The line is longer than the JR Ōsaka Loop Line (21.7 km or 13.5 mi), but shorter than the JR Yamanote Line (34.5 km or 21.4 mi). It takes 48 minutes to complete the loop.

The name Meijō is derived from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle (名古屋城, Nagoya-jō).

Stations
Stations listed clockwise
No. Station name Japanese Distance
(km)		 Transfers Location
M01Kanayama金山0.0Chūō Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line
Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1, Meikō Line (E01) 2		NakaNagoya
M02Higashi Betsuin東別院0.7
M03Kamimaezu上前津1.6Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tsurumai Line (T09)
M04Yabachō矢場町2.3Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1
M05Sakae栄3.0Meitetsu Seto Line (Sakaemachi)
Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line (H10)
M06Hisaya-ōdōri久屋大通3.4Nagoya Municipal Subway: Sakura-dōri Line (S05)
M07Shiyakusho (City Hall)市役所4.3
M08Meijō Kōen名城公園5.4Kita
M09Kurokawa黒川6.4Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1
M10Shiga-hondōri志賀本通7.4
M11Heian-dōri平安通8.2Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kamiiida Line (K02)
M12Ōzone大曽根8.9Chūō Main Line
Meitetsu Seto Line
Yutorito Line (Y01)
M13Nagoya Dome-mae Yadaナゴヤドーム前矢田9.7Yutorito Line (Y02)Higashi
M14Sunadabashi砂田橋10.6Yutorito Line (Y03)
M15Chayagasaka茶屋ヶ坂11.5Chikusa
M16Jiyūgaoka自由ヶ丘12.7
M17Motoyama本山14.1Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line (H16)
M18Nagoya Daigaku名古屋大学15.1Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1
M19Yagoto Nisseki八事日赤16.2Shōwa
M20Yagoto八事17.2Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tsurumai Line (T15)
M21Sōgō Rihabiri Center総合リハビリセンター18.5Mizuho
M22Mizuho Undōjō Higashi瑞穂運動場東19.5
M23Aratama-bashi新瑞橋20.7Nagoya Municipal Subway: Sakura-dōri Line (S14)
M24Myōon-dōri妙音通21.4
M25Horita堀田22.2
M26Temma-chō伝馬町23.4Atsuta
M27Jingū-Nishi神宮西24.4
M28Nishi Takakura西高蔵25.3
M01Kanayama金山26.4Naka
1: Planned lines.
2: Through service to/from Meijō Line.

Meikō Line
Meikō Line
Overview
Native name名港線
TypeRapid transit
SystemNagoya Municipal Subway
LocaleNagoya
TerminiKanayama
Nagoyakō
Stations7
Operation
OpenedMarch 29, 1971
Operator(s)Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Depot(s)Nagoyakō
Rolling stock2000 series
Technical
Track length6.0 km (3.7 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
ElectrificationThird rail

The Meikō Line (名港線, Meikō-sen) is a subway line forming part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan, operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. It runs from Kanayama Station in Naka Ward to Nagoyako Station in Minato Ward, all within Nagoya. The Meikō Line color on maps is a stripe of wisteria purple and white. Its stations are numbered with the prefix "E". Officially, the line is part of Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 2 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第2号線, Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-ni-gō-sen). All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card. The line has through services with the Meijō Line.

Stations
No. Station name Japanese Distance
(km)		 Transfers Location
Through service to/from Meijō Line
E01Kanayama金山0.0Chūō Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line
Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway: Meijō Line (M01)		NakaNagoya
E02Hibino日比野1.5Atsuta
E03Rokuban-chō六番町2.6
E04Tōkai-dōri東海通3.8Minato
E05Minato Kuyakusho港区役所4.6
E06Tsukiji-guchi築地口5.4
E07Nagoyakō (Nagoya Port)名古屋港6.0

History

The line was originally the part of Meijō Line. When Line 4, the eastern part of the current loop line, was completed in 2004, the whole of the loop (consisting of part of Line 2 and line 4) was renamed the Meijō Line, and the remaining section between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, outside the loop, became the Meikō Line. The name Meikō derives from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Port (名古屋港, Nagoya-kō).

Women-only cars were introduced on the line on 4 July 2016, operating in the mornings until 09:00.[2]

Rolling stock

Current
A 2000 series train in May 2009

Former
A 1200 series train in September 1999
  • 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 Meijō 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 Meijō Line, and the section of Line 2 between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, outside the loop, became the Meikō Line.

Women-only cars were introduced on the line on 4 July 2016, operating in the mornings until 09:00.[2]

See also

References
  1. 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. 名城線・名港線の女性専用車両運行開始について [Introduction of women-only cars Meijo and Meiko Lines] (in Japanese). Japan: Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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