Meijō Line

Meijō Line
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 Meikō Line)
Operation
Operator(s)	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Character	Hatchii
Rolling stock	2000 series
Technical
Track length	26.4 kilometres (16.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail 600 V DC
Operating speed	65 kilometres per hour (40 mph)

Nagoya Daigaku Station

The Meijō Line (名城線, Meijō-sen^?) is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway (名古屋市営地下鉄, Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu^?) system in Nagoya, Japan. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, through Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line's color on maps is wisteria purple. Its stations carry the letter M followed by a number. Officially, the line is consisted 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 Tranpass, a prepaid magnetic card.

This is the second loop subway line built in Japan, after Toei Ōedo Line. Ōedo Line, however, has a railway zig zag at Tochōmae, meaning Meijō Line is the first (and currently the only) true loop subway line in the nation. The line is longer than JR Ōsaka Loop Line (21.7 km), but shorter than JR Yamanote Line (34.5 km). It takes 48 minutes to complete the loop.

The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle (名古屋城, Nagoya-jō^?).

Basic data

• Distance: 26.4 km / 16.4 mi.
  • Line 2: From Ōzone to Kanayama, via Sakae: 8.9 km / 5.5 mi.
  • Line 4: From Ōzone to Kanayama, via Nagoya Daigaku: 17.5 km / 10.9 mi.
• Stations: 28
• Gauge: 1435 mm / 4 ft. 8½ in. (Standard gauge, in contrast to the narrow gauge of most Japanese railways.)
• Rolling stock: 2000 series
• Double-track line: Entire line
• Electric supply: Entire line (600 V DC, third rail)
• Railway signalling: CS-ATC
• Maximum speed at service: 65 km/h

History

The first section of Line 2, between Sakae-machi (current Sakae) and Shiyakusho, opened in 1965. The line was nicknamed Meijō Line in 1969, and the extension was completed in 1971. Line 4, on the other hand, opened its first section between Aratama-bashi and Kanayama in 1974. The line was extended fairly recently, and the extension completed in 2004, making a loop line together with Line 2. At this timing, the whole loop line was re-nicknamed as Meijō Line, and the section of Line 2 between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, out of the loop, changed its nickname to Meikō Line.

Stations

Listed clockwise:

Number	Station name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location
M01	Kanayama	金山	0 km	JR: Chūō Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line Meitetsu: Nagoya Line Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1, Meikō Line (E01) 2	Naka	Nagoya, Aichi
M02	Higashi Betsuin	東別院	0.7 km
M03	Kamimaezu	上前津	1.6 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tsurumai Line (T09)
M04	Yabachō	矢場町	2.3 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1
M05	Sakae	栄	3 km	Meitetsu: Seto Line (Sakaemachi) Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line (H10)
M06	Hisaya-ōdōri	久屋大通	3.4 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Sakura-dōri Line (S05)
M07	Shiyakusho (City Hall)	市役所	4.3 km
M08	Meijō Kōen	名城公園	5.4 km		Kita
M09	Kurokawa	黒川	6.4 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1
M10	Shiga-hondōri	志賀本通	7.4 km
M11	Heian-dōri	平安通	8.2 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kamiiida Line (K02)
M12	Ōzone	大曽根	8.9 km	JR: Chūō Main Line Meitetsu: Seto Line Nagoya Guideway Bus: Yutorīto Line (Y01)
M13	Nagoya Dome-mae Yada	ナゴヤドーム前矢田	9.7 km	Nagoya Guideway Bus: Yutorīto Line (Y02)	Higashi
M14	Sunadabashi	砂田橋	10.6 km	Nagoya Guideway Bus: Yutorīto Line (Y03)
M15	Chayagasaka	茶屋ヶ坂	11.5 km		Chikusa
M16	Jiyūgaoka	自由ヶ丘	12.7 km
M17	Motoyama	本山	14.1 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line (H16)
M18	Nagoya Daigaku	名古屋大学	15.1 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1
M19	Yagoto Nisseki	八事日赤	16.2 km		Shōwa
M20	Yagoto	八事	17.2 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tsurumai Line (T15)
M21	Sōgō Rihabiri Center	総合リハビリセンター	18.5 km		Mizuho
M22	Mizuho Undōjō Higashi	瑞穂運動場東	19.5 km
M23	Aratama-bashi	新瑞橋	20.7 km	Nagoya Municipal Subway: Sakura-dōri Line (S14)
M24	Myōon-dōri	妙音通	21.4 km
M25	Horita	堀田	22.2 km
M26	Temma-chō	伝馬町	23.4 km		Atsuta
M27	Jingū-Nishi	神宮西	24.4 km
M28	Nishi Takakura	西高蔵	25.3 km
M01	Kanayama	金山	26.4 km		Naka

¹: Planned lines.

²: There is a through service to/from Meijō Line.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

1. ^ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. http://wwwtb.mlit.go.jp/chubu/tetudo/tetudouhp.htm. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 

External links

• (Japanese) Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya official website