Meikō Line

Meikō Line
Overview
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Nagoya Municipal Subway
Locale	Nagoya, Japan
Termini	Kanayama Nagoyakō
Stations	7
Operation
Opened	1971
Operator(s)	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Character	Hatchii
Rolling stock	2000 series
Technical
Track length	6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi)
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail

Meikō Line
Legend ↑Bound for Sakae 0.0 Kanayama ←JR Central:Chūō Main Line→ ←Meitetsu:Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line→ ←JR Central:Tōkaidō Main Line→ ↑Meijō Line→ Hori River 1.5 Hibino 2.6 Rokuban-chō ←JR Central:Tōkaidō Main Line→ 3.8 Tōkaidōri 4.6 Minato Kuyakusho 5.4 Tsukijiguchi Nagoyakō Depot 6.0 Nagoyakō

The Meikō Line (名港線, Meikō-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 runs from Kanayama, Naka Ward to Nagoyakō, Minato Ward, all within Nagoya. The Meikō Line's color on maps is the stripe of wisteria purple and white. Its stations carry the letter E followed by a number. Officially, the line is the 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 Tranpass, a prepaid magnetic card. The line has a through service with Meijō Line.

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 re-nicknamed as the Meijō Line, and the remaining section between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, out of the loop, had its nickname changed to the Meikō Line.

The name Meikō derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Port (名古屋港, Nagoya-kō^?).

Basic data

• Distance: 6.0 km / 3.7 mi.
• Stations: 7
• Gauge: 1435 mm / 4 ft. 8½ in. (Standard gauge, in contrast to the narrow gauge of most Japanese railways.)
• Double-track: The entire line
• Rolling stock: 2000 series
• Electric supply: 600 V DC, third rail)
• Railway signalling: CS-ATC
• Maximum service speed: 65 km/h

Stations

Number	Station name	Japanese	Total distance	Transfers	Location
Through service to/from Meijō Line.
E01	Kanayama	金山	0 km	JR: Chūō Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line Meitetsu: Nagoya Line Nagoya Municipal Subway: Meijō Line (M01)	Naka	Nagoya, Aichi
E02	Hibino	日比野	1.5 km		Atsuta
E03	Rokuban-chō	六番町	2.6 km
E04	Tōkai-dōri	東海通	3.8 km		Minato
E05	Minato Kuyakusho	港区役所	4.6 km
E06	Tsukiji-guchi	築地口	5.4 km
E07	Nagoyakō (Nagoya Port)	名古屋港	6 km

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

External links

• (Japanese) Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya official website