Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
1000 series EMU "Panorama Super" for Limited Express
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Aichi Gifu
Termini	Toyohashi Meitetsu-Gifu
Stations	60
Daily ridership	221,098 [1] (2008)
Operation
Opened	September 1, 1944 (1944-09-01) (as it is today)[2]
Owner	Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
Technical
Line length	99.8 km (62.01 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Overhead catenary 1500V DC
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)

Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Legend Subway: Nagoya City Subway Lines are of Meitetsu unless otherwise noted JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Toyotetsu: Atsumi Line Shin-Toyohashi Toyotetsu: Azumada Main Line 0.0 Toyohashi Shimin-Byōin-mae JR-C: Toyohashi depot JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR-F: Toyohashi ORS Funamachi Toyokawa Shimoji Toyokawa (3.8) Hirai S.B. Nishi-Kozakai JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line JR-C: Iida Line Kozakai Branch Line ja Kozakai 5.0 Ina 6.6 Odabuchi Toyokawa-Inari Toyokawa Line 9.6 Kō 10.7 Goyu 12.5 Meiden-Akasaka 15.0 Meiden-Nagasawa 18.7 Motojuku 20.4 Meiden Yamanaka (21.0) Maiki S.B. Maiki depot 23.1 Fujikawa 25.6 Miai 27.6 Otogawa 29.8 Higashi-Okazaki Okazaki City Line ja old Okazakikōen-mae 31.1 Okazakikōen-mae Naka-Okazaki Aikan: Aichi Loop Line Yahagi River 32.5 Yahagibashi 34.8 Utō Gamagōri Gamagōri Line Kira-Yoshida Nishio Line 38.3 Shin-Anjō 40.9 Ushida Chiryū S.B. Hekinan Nishi-Nakagane Sanage Toyota-shi freight bypass Higashi-Chiryū Mikawa-Chiryū 43.1 Chiryū Mikawa Line 44.6 Hitotsugi 46.6 Fujimatsu Toyoake depot 48.1 Toyoake 49.8 Zengo 51.4 Chūkyō-keibajō-mae 52.7 Arimatsu 53.8 Sakyōyama Narumi depot 55.1 Narumi 56.7 Moto-Hoshizaki Nagoya City Tramway: Kasamatsu Extension 58.2 Moto-Kasadera 58.9 Sakura 59.9 Yobitsugi Yamazaki River Subway: Meijō Line Myōon-dōri 61.1 Horita Horita JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line Tokoname, Airport, and Kōwa, Chita New lines 62.2 Jingū-mae Nagoya City Tramway: Atsuta Line Atsuta Nagoya City Tramway JR-C: Chūō Main Line Kanayamabashi Nagoya City Tramway: Atsuta Line 64.4 Kanayama Subway: Meikō Line Subway: Meijō Line Horikawa Nagoya City Tramway Otōbashi Nagoya City Tramway JR-F: Nagoyakō Line JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR-C: Sannō S.B. 66.0 Sannō canal JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR-C: Kansai Main Line Aonami Line Yanagibashi Kintetsu: Nagoya Line Subway: Higashiyama Line Kintetsu Nagoya 68.0 Meitetsu Nagoya Nagoya(Subway/JR-C) Sakuradōri Line Subway; Higashiyama Line Oshikirimachi 69.9 Sakō JR-C: Nagoya depot 70.7 Higashi-Biwajima Shōnai River (71.3) Biwajima Junction Inuyama Line Shin-Unuma 71.6 Nishi-Biwajima JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 72.2 Futatsuiri 72.8 Shinkawabashi Shinkawa depot 73.5 Sukaguchi Tsushima Line Bisai Line 74.3 Marunouchi Kiyosu Line ja Kiyosumachi 75.2 Shin-Kiyosu JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 77.5 Ōsato 78.8 Okuda 80.9 Kōnomiya 82.9 Shima-Ujinaga JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line 84.7 Myōkōji Bisai Line Higashi-Ichinomiya Ichinomiya Line ja 86.4 Meitetsu Ichinomiya JR-C: Owari-Ichinomiya Bisai Line/Okoshi Line ja 88.3 Imaise /Tamanoi 89.2 Iwato 91.2 Shin-Kisogawa Kisogawa/Kisogawabashi 92.1 Kuroda JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line 93.9 Kisogawa-zutsumi /Kisogawa-kō Aichi Prefecture Kiso River Gifu Prefecture Higashi-Kasamatsu Shin-Hashima Hashima Line Takehana Line 95.1 Kasamatsu 96.9 Ginan Sakai River Shimokawate Chajo depot 98.3 Chajo 98.7 Kanō JR-C: Tōkaidō Main Line JR-C: Takayama Main Line Gifu Gifu-Ekimae 99.8 Meitetsu Gifu Kakamigahara Line Gifu City Line ja

3500 series EMU for commuter service

The Nagoya Main Line (名古屋本線, Nagoya Honsen^?) is a railway line operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), between Toyohashi Station, Toyohashi and Meitetsu Gifu, Gifu. All the stations accept Tranpass, a prepaid magnetic card.

The line is the main line of the operator. The line has rivaled Tōkaidō Main Line in the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (Greater Nagoya). Local traffic on the Nagoya Line used to be much heavier than on the Tōkaidō Main Line, but since the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR), transforming into the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in this area, competition has become much stronger in the Chūkyō area into the competition became much more fierce.

Due to historical reasons, the line shares its track between Hirai Signal Box and Toyohashi Station with the JR Iida Line. The agreement between two companies prohibits Meitetsu to have more than 6 trains in one direction per hour on the 3.8 km of shared tracks. Consequently, local trains are unable to reach Toyohashi, instead, terminate at Ina Station.

Many branch lines of Meitetsu have through services to/from the Nagoya Line. Toyokawa, Nishio, Tokoname (which has its through services with Airport, Kōwa, Chita), and Inuyama lines all have through services bound for Meitetsu Nagoya, making the segment around the station extremely busy. Between Biwajima Junction and Kanayama, 26 trains go through per hour, even during less busy daytime services.

Basic data

• Distance: 99.8 km (approx. 62.0 mi.)
• Stations: 60
• Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft. 6 in.)
• Track:
  • Quadruple: Jingū-mae to Kanayama
  • Double: Hirai Signal Box to Jingū-mae, Kanayama to Kanō
  • Single: Toyohashi to Hirai Signal Box (A shared track with JR Iida Line, virtually double-tracked), Kanō to Meitetsu-Gifu (Only a short section right before Meitetsu-Gifu.)
• Electric supply: 1,500 V DC
• Block system: Automatic
• Maximum speed at service: 120 km/h (85 km/h between Toyohashi and Hirai Signal Box.)

Rapid services

Abbreviations are tentative for this article.

Lo: Local (普通, Futsū^?)

SE: Semi Express (準急, Junkyū^?)

Ex: Express (急行, Kyūkō^?)

RE: Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō^?)

LE: Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū^?)

RL: Rapid Limited Express (快速特急, Kaisoku Tokkyū^?)

Stations

For abbreviations of rapid trains, refer to the above section. For distances and connections, see the route diagram.

Some trains stop at stations signed with lower cases. At Sukaguchi, Limited Expresses only from Tsushima Line stop, shown as LE*.

For distances and transfers, see the route diagram.

Station	Stop	Location
Toyohashi	SM Ex RE LE RE	Toyohashi	Aichi
Hirai Junction		Toyokawa
Ina	Lo SM Ex RE le re
Odabuchi	Lo
Kō	Lo SM Ex RE LE re
Goyu	Lo
Meiden Akasaka	Lo
Meiden Nagasawa	Lo
Motojuku	Lo SM Ex RE	Okazaki
Meiden Yamanaka	Lo
Fujikawa	Lo    ex
Miai	Lo SM Ex RE le
Otogawa	Lo
Higashi-Okazaki	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE
Okazakikōen-mae Station	Lo
Yahagibashi	Lo SM ex re
Utō	Lo
Shin-Anjō	Lo SM Ex RE LE	Anjō
Ushida	Lo sm ex	Chiryū
Chiryū	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE
Hitotsugi	Lo	Kariya
Fujimatsu	Lo
Toyoake	Lo SM ex	Toyoake
Zengo	Lo SM Ex RE
Chūkyō-keibajō-mae	Lo SM	Midori, Nagoya
Arimatsu	Lo SM ex
Sakyōyama	Lo sm
Narumi	Lo SM Ex RE le
Moto-Hoshizaki	Lo	Minami, Nagoya
Moto-Kasadera	Lo sm ex
Sakura	Lo
Yobitsugi	Lo
Horita	Lo SM Ex RE	Mizuho, Nagoya
Jingū-mae	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE	Atsuta, Nagoya
Kanayama	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE	Naka, Nagoya
Sannō	Lo    ex	Nakagawa, Nagoya
Meitetsu Nagoya	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE	Nakamura, Nagoya
Sakō	Lo SM Ex re	Nishi, Nagoya
Higashi-Biwajima	Lo
Biwajima Junction		Kiyosu
Nishi-Biwajima	Lo sm
Futatsuiri	Lo SM
Shinkawabashi	Lo
Sukaguchi	Lo SM Ex RE LE*
Marunouchi	Lo
Shin-Kiyosu	Lo SM Ex RE
Ōsato	Lo SM Ex	Inazawa
Okuda	Lo
Kōnomiya	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE
Shima-Ujinaga	Lo
Myōkōji	Lo sm	Ichinomiya
Meitetsu Ichinomiya	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE
Imaise	Lo
Iwato	Lo
Shin-Kisogawa	Lo SM Ex RE
Kuroda	Lo
Kisogawa-zutsumi	Lo
Kasamatsu	Lo SM Ex RE le re	Kasamatsu, Hashima	Gifu
Ginan	Lo	Ginan, Hashima
Chajo	Lo	Gifu
Kanō	Lo
Meitetsu Gifu	Lo SM Ex RE LE RE

¹: Some trains of the marked line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Nagoya.

²: All trains of Inuyama line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Nagoya.

²: Some trains of Takehana line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Gifu.

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. 
2. ^ 曽根, 悟 (September 2010), (in Japanese)週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc.) (8): 3, ISBN 9784023401389 

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu official website
• (English) Meitetsu official website