# Meitetsu

Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (名古屋鉄道株式会社, Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha), publicly trading as Meitetsu (名鉄), is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. TYO: 9048
Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows. While the Panorama Super train is used extensively for the railroad's limited express service, the older and more energy-consuming Panorama Car train has been retired, the last run being on 27 December 2008.
In the Tōkai region around Nagoya, it is a central firm of the Meitetsu Group, which is involved in transport, retail trade, service industry, and real estate, among other industries.
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 companies in Japan.

## History

Meitetsu was founded on June 25, 1894, as the Aichi Horsecar Company.
Over time, Meitetsu has acquired many small railway and interurban companies in the Nagoya area, many of whom were constructed and operated before and during World War II. For example, Meitetsu acquired its Kōwa Line on the Chita Peninsula from its merger with Chita Railroad on February 1, 1943, and it acquired its Mikawa Line from its merger with Mikawa Railroad.
Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, including its famous 7000 series "Panorama Car" which was retired in 2009 after a career lasting nearly half a century. The most recent cars, however, are not solid red but rather brushed steel as in the case of the 4000 series and 5000 series, or white as in the case of the 1700 series and 2000 series.
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.

## Lines

| Direction | Name | Japanese | Terminals | Length (km) |
| Main | NH Nagoya Main Line | 名古屋本線 | Toyohashi - Meitetsu Gifu | 99.8 |
| Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) | TK Toyokawa Line | 豊川線 | Kō - Toyokawa-inari | 7.2 |
| Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) | GN Nishio Line | 西尾線 | Shin Anjō - Kira Yoshida | 24.7 |
| Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) | GN Gamagōri Line | 蒲郡線 | Kira Yoshida - Gamagōri | 17.6 |
| Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) | MU  MY Mikawa Line | 三河線 | Sanage - Hekinan | 39.8 |
| Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) | TT Toyota Line | 豊田線 | Umetsubo - Akaike | 15.2 |
| Chita Peninsula | TA Tokoname Line | 常滑線 | Jingū-mae - Tokoname | 29.3 |
| Chita Peninsula | TA Airport Line | 空港線 | Tokoname - Central Japan Int'l Airport | 4.2 |
| Chita Peninsula | CH Chikkō Line | 築港線 | Ōe - Higashi Nagoyakō | 1.5 |
| Chita Peninsula | KC Kōwa Line | 河和線 | Ōtagawa - Kōwa | 28.8 |
| Chita Peninsula | KC Chita New Line | 知多新線 | Fuki - Utsumi | 13.9 |
| Western Aichi and Gifu Area | TB Tsushima Line | 津島線 | Sukaguchi - Tsushima | 11.8 |
| Western Aichi and Gifu Area | TB  BS Bisai Line | 尾西線 | Yatomi - Tamanoi | 30.9 |
| Western Aichi and Gifu Area | TH Takehana Line | 竹鼻線 | Kasamatsu - Egira | 10.3 |
| Western Aichi and Gifu Area | TH Hashima Line | 羽島線 | Egira - Shin Hashima | 1.3 |
| Northern Aichi and Chūnō | IY Inuyama Line | 犬山線 | Biwajima Junction - Shin Unuma | 26.8 |
| Northern Aichi and Chūnō | KG Kakamigahara Line | 各務原線 | Meitetsu Gifu - Shin Unuma | 17.6 |
| Northern Aichi and Chūnō | HM Hiromi Line | 広見線 | Inuyama - Mitake | 22.3 |
| Northern Aichi and Chūnō | KM Komaki Line | 小牧線 | Kami Iida - Inuyama | 20.4 |
| Isolated from all Meitetsu lines | ST Seto Line | 瀬戸線 | Sakaemachi - Owari Seto | 20.6 |
* 1 2 Through operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway ■ Tsurumai Line
* ↑ Through operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway ■ Kamiiida Line

## Major stations
### Major stations in Nagoya

* NH36 : Meitetsu Nagoya Station
* NH34 : Kanayama Station
* NH33 : Jingū-mae Station
* ST01 : Sakaemachi

### Nagoya Line (east side) and Toyokawa Line

* 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

* TA09 : Ōtagawa Station (Tokai)
* TA12 : Asakura Station (Chita)
* TA22 : Tokoname Station (Tokoname)
* TA24 : Central Japan International Airport Station

### Kōwa Line and Chita New Line

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* KM06 : Komaki Station (Komaki)
* KM13 : Kami Iida Station

### Seto Line

* ST06 : Ōzone Station
* ST15 : Owari Asahi Station (Owariasahi)
* ST20 : Owari Seto Station (Seto)

## Rolling stock

Nippon Sharyo has produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being its Class EL120, an electric locomotive, which was produced by Toshiba, 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

* 1200 and 1230 series "Panorama Super"
* 1800/1850 series
* 2000 series "μ-Sky"
* 2200/2300 series

### Commuter

* 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

* 1380 series
* 1600 series "Panorama Super"
* 1700 series
* 7000 series "Panorama Car"
* 5000 series (1955)
* 5300/5700 series

### Electric locomotives

* Meitetsu DeKi 300
* Meitetsu DeKi 400
* Meitetsu DeKi 600
* Meitetsu Class EL120

## Rationalization

Meitetsu inherited many deficit lines as a result of multiple mergers. The railway lines were also seeing competition from cars due to Aichi prefecture's notable automobile industry in cities such as Toyota. Meitetsu has abolished over 15 lines over the past 70 years, while also closing sections with low ridership. Additionally, with the collapse of the asset price bubble in the 1990s, and the privatization of JNR, formation of Central Japan Railway Company, the company also cut the number of companies in its corporate group from 250 to 139.