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{{Short description|Japanese railway company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Expand Japanese|名古屋鉄道|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.
| native_name      = 名古屋鉄道株式会社 
| native_name_lang = ja
| logo             = [[File:Meitetsu logo.svg|250px|class=skin-invert]]
| type             = [[Public company|Public]] [[kabushiki gaisha|KK]] 
| traded_as        = {{tyo|9048}}<br>{{NAG|9048}}
| image            = MEITETSU Department Store - Head Store - 01.JPG
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| foundation       = {{Start date|1921|6|13}}<ref name="issue 8 page 21">{{Citation | last =鷲田 | first =鉄也 | title =名古屋鉄道 1 | date =September 2010 | periodical =週刊朝日百科 | series =週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 | place =Japan | language=ja | publisher =Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. | issue =8 | page =21 | isbn = 978-4-02-340138-9}}</ref>
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| location_city    = [[Nagoya]]
| location_country = Japan
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| area_served      = [[Aichi Prefecture]], [[Gifu Prefecture]]
| key_people       = {{ill|Takashi Ando|jp|安藤隆司}} {{small|([[Chairman]])}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/profile/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2023/06/26/kaisyagaiyou2022.pdf |title=Organizational Chart |access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref><br />{{ill|Hiroki Takasaki|jp|髙﨑裕樹}} <small>([[President (corporate title)|President]])</small>
| industry         =  [[Private railway]]
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| homepage         = {{URL|https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.'''|名古屋鉄道株式会社|Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/profile/pdf/fiscal2018.pdf |title=Overview of the Meitetsu Group for Fiscal 2018 |access-date=2019-06-15 |archive-date=2018-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221038/https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/profile/pdf/fiscal2018.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> publicly trading as  {{nihongo|'''Meitetsu'''|名鉄|}}, is a [[private railway]] company operating around [[Aichi Prefecture]] and [[Gifu Prefecture]] of [[Japan]].

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]], [[retailer|retail trade]], [[Tertiary sector of economic activity|service industry]], and [[real estate]], among other industries.

As of March 2023, Meitetsu operated {{Convert|444.2|km|mi}} of track, 275 stations, and 1,076 train cars, being one of the largest private railway companies in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=名古屋鉄道株式会社 {{!}} 日本民営鉄道協会 |url=https://www.mintetsu.or.jp/corporates/meitetsu/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.mintetsu.or.jp}}</ref>

== History ==
Meitetsu was founded on June 25, 1894, as the Aichi Horsecar Company.<ref name="issue 8 page 20">{{Citation | last =鷲田 | first =鉄也 | title =名古屋鉄道 1 | date =September 2010 | periodical =週刊朝日百科 | series =週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 | place =Japan | language=ja | publisher =Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. | issue =8 | page =20 | isbn = 978-4-02-340138-9}}</ref>

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 [[Meitetsu Kōwa Line|Kōwa Line]] on the [[Chita Peninsula]] from its merger with [[Chita Railroad]] on February 1, 1943, and it acquired its [[Meitetsu Mikawa Line|Mikawa Line]] from its merger with [[Mikawa Railroad]].<ref name="asahi">{{Citation | last =鷲田 | first =鉄也 | title =週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線大手私鉄: 名古屋鉄道 | date =September 2010 | periodical =週刊朝日百科 | place =Japan | language=ja | publisher =Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. | issue =9 | page =10 | isbn = 978-4-02-340139-6}}</ref><ref name="history of subways">{{Citation |last=佐藤 |first=信之 |script-title=ja:地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 |date=19 June 2004 |publisher=グランプリ出版 |language=ja |isbn=4-87687-260-0 |chapter=高度経済成長期の鉄道整備―昭和30～40年代 |page=129 }}</ref>

Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, including its famous [[Meitetsu 7000 series|7000 series]] "Panorama Car" which was retired in 2009 after a career lasting nearly half a century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=なごや色さんぽ#２【名鉄電車の「スカーレットレッド」】 {{!}} ICD国際カラーデザイン協会 |url=https://icd-color.com/3576/#:~:text=%E5%90%8D%E9%89%84%E9%9B%BB%E8%BB%8A%E3%81%AE%E8%89%B2%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84,%E8%AD%A6%E6%88%92%E3%82%92%E8%A1%A8%E3%81%99%E8%89%B2%E3%81%A0%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%80%82 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=icd-color.com}}</ref> The most recent cars, however, are not solid red but rather brushed steel as in the case of the [[Meitetsu 4000 series|4000 series]] and [[Meitetsu 5000 series (2008)|5000 series]], or white as in the case of the [[Meitetsu 1700 series|1700 series]] and [[Meitetsu 2000 series|2000 series]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-01 |title=赤い電車｢名鉄｣､今振り返る昭和･平成の記憶 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/278466 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=東洋経済オンライン |language=ja}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=名鉄貨物輸送 |url=http://tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp/meitetsu/kamotsu.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=tsushima-keibendo.a.la9.jp}}</ref>

== Lines ==
[[File:Nagoya Railroad Linemap en.svg|thumb|300px|Line map]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Direction
! Name
! Japanese
! Terminals
! Length (km)
|-
| Main
| {{RouteBox|NH||#d12027}} [[Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line|Nagoya Main Line]]
| 名古屋本線
| [[Toyohashi Station|Toyohashi]] - [[Meitetsu Gifu Station|Meitetsu Gifu]]
| 99.8
|-
| rowspan="5" | Eastern Aichi ([[Mikawa Province|Mikawa]])
| {{RouteBox|TK||#d12027}} [[Meitetsu Toyokawa Line|Toyokawa Line]]
|豊川線
|[[Kō Station (Aichi)|Kō]] - [[Toyokawa-Inari Station|Toyokawa-inari]]
|7.2
|-
| {{RouteBox|GN||#654e9e}} [[Meitetsu Nishio Line|Nishio Line]]
|西尾線
|[[Shin-Anjō Station|Shin Anjō]] - [[Kira-Yoshida Station|Kira Yoshida]]
|24.7
|-
| {{RouteBox|GN||#654e9e}} [[Meitetsu Gamagōri Line|Gamagōri Line]]
|蒲郡線
|Kira Yoshida - [[Gamagōri Station|Gamagōri]]
|17.6
|-
| {{RouteBox|MU||#654e9e}} {{RouteBox|MY||#9eb03a}} [[Meitetsu Mikawa Line|Mikawa Line]]
|三河線
|[[Sanage Station|Sanage]] - [[Hekinan Station|Hekinan]]
|39.8
|-
| {{RouteBox|TT||#9eb03a}} [[Meitetsu Toyota Line|Toyota Line]]<ref name="tsurumai" group="Note" />
|豊田線
|[[Umetsubo Station|Umetsubo]] - [[Akaike Station (Aichi)|Akaike]]
|15.2
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Chita Peninsula]]
| {{RouteBox|TA||#1065ab}} [[Meitetsu Tokoname Line|Tokoname Line]]
|常滑線
|[[Jingu-mae Station|Jingū-mae]] - [[Tokoname Station|Tokoname]]
|29.3
|-
| {{RouteBox|TA||#1065ab}} [[Meitetsu Airport Line|Airport Line]]
|空港線
|Tokoname - [[Central Japan International Airport Station|Central Japan Int'l Airport]]
|4.2
|-
| {{RouteBox|CH||#727171}} [[Meitetsu Chikkō Line|Chikkō Line]]
|築港線
|[[Ōe Station (Aichi)|Ōe]] - [[Higashi-Nagoyakō Station|Higashi Nagoyakō]]
|1.5
|-
| {{RouteBox|KC||#2a9dd8}} [[Meitetsu Kōwa Line|Kōwa Line]]
|河和線
|[[Ōtagawa Station|Ōtagawa]] - [[Kōwa Station|Kōwa]]
|28.8
|-
| {{RouteBox|KC||#2a9dd8}} [[Meitetsu Chita New Line|Chita New Line]]
|知多新線
|[[Fuki Station|Fuki]] - [[Utsumi Station|Utsumi]]
|13.9
|-
| rowspan=3 | Western Aichi ([[Owari Province|Owari]])
| {{RouteBox|ST||#7c2982}} [[Meitetsu Seto Line|Seto Line]]
| 瀬戸線
| [[Sakaemachi Station (Aichi)|Sakaemachi]] - [[Owari Seto Station|Owari Seto]]
| 20.6
|-
| {{RouteBox|TB||#e85624}} [[Meitetsu Tsushima Line|Tsushima Line]]
| 津島線
| [[Sukaguchi Station|Sukaguchi]] - [[Tsushima Station|Tsushima]]
| 11.8
|-
| {{RouteBox|TB||#e85624}} {{RouteBox|BS||#e85624}} [[Meitetsu Bisai Line|Bisai Line]]
| 尾西線
| [[Yatomi Station|Yatomi]] - [[Tamanoi Station|Tamanoi]]
| 30.9
|-
| rowspan=6 | Northern Aichi and [[Gifu prefecture|Gifu]]
| {{RouteBox|IY||#018b44}} [[Meitetsu Inuyama Line|Inuyama Line]]<ref group="Note" name="tsurumai">Through operation to/from the [[Nagoya Municipal Subway]] {{Colorbull|deepskyblue}} [[Tsurumai Line]]</ref>
| 犬山線
| [[Biwajima Junction]] - [[Shin-Unuma Station|Shin Unuma]]
| 26.8
|-
| {{RouteBox|KG||#018b44}} [[Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line|Kakamigahara Line]]
| 各務原線
| Meitetsu Gifu - Shin Unuma
| 17.6
|-
| {{RouteBox|HM||#018b44}} [[Meitetsu Hiromi Line|Hiromi Line]]
| 広見線
| [[Inuyama Station|Inuyama]] - [[Mitake Station (Gifu)|Mitake]]
| 22.3
|-
| {{RouteBox|KM||#da5290}} [[Meitetsu Komaki Line|Komaki Line]]<ref group="Note" name="kamiida">Through operation to/from the [[Nagoya Municipal Subway]] {{Colorbull|hotpink}} [[Kamiiida Line]]</ref>
| 小牧線
| [[Kamiiida Station|Kami Iida]] - Inuyama
| 20.4
|-
| {{RouteBox|TH||#d7a629}} [[Meitetsu Takehana Line|Takehana Line]]
| 竹鼻線
| [[Kasamatsu Station (Gifu)|Kasamatsu]] - [[Egira Station|Egira]]
| 10.3
|-
| {{RouteBox|TH||#d7a629}} [[Meitetsu Hashima Line|Hashima Line]]
| 羽島線
| Egira - [[Shin-Hashima Station|Shin Hashima]]  
| 1.3
|}

{{Reflist|group="Note"}}

==Major stations==
[[File:Meitetsu Limited Express Network 2023EN.svg|thumb|300px|The Meitetsu limited express network]]

===Major stations in Nagoya===
*NH36 : [[Meitetsu Nagoya Station]]
*NH34 : [[Kanayama Station (Aichi)|Kanayama Station]]
*NH33 : [[Jingū-mae Station]]
*ST01 : {{STN|Sakaemachi|x|Aichi}}

===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 (Aichi)|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|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 (Aichi)|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 (Gifu)|Kasamatsu Station]] (Kasamatsu)
*NH60 : [[Meitetsu Gifu Station]] (Gifu)
*TH07 : [[Hashimashiyakushomae Station|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 (Aichi)|Iwakura Station]] (Iwakura)
*IY10 : [[Kōnan Station (Aichi)|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 (Gifu)|Mitake Station]] (Mitake)

===Komaki Line===
*KM06 : [[Komaki Station]] (Komaki)
*KM13 : [[Kamiiida Station|Kami Iida Station]]

===Seto Line===
*ST06 : [[Ōzone Station]]
*ST15 : [[Owari Asahi Station]] (Owariasahi)
*ST20 : [[Owari Seto Station]] (Seto)

==Rolling stock==
[[File:Meitetsu 1000 & 2000 series 001.JPG|thumb|right|Meitetsu 1000 series "Panorama Super" (left) and 2000 series "Airport Limited Express [μSky]" (right)]]
[[Nippon Sharyo]] has produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being its [[Meitetsu Class EL120|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===
* [[Meitetsu 1200 series|1200 and 1230 series]] "Panorama Super"
* [[Meitetsu 1800 series|1800/1850 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 2000 series|2000 series]] "μ-Sky"
* [[Meitetsu 2200 series|2200/2300 series]]

===Commuter===
[[File:Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 015.JPG|thumb|Meitetsu 5000 series commuter train]]
* [[Meitetsu 100 series|100/200 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 300 series|300 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 3500 series|3100/3500/3700 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 3150 series|3150 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 3300 series|3300 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 4000 series|4000 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 5000 series (2008)|5000 series (2008)]]
* [[Meitetsu 6000 series|6000/6500/6800 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 9500 series|9100/9500 series]]

===Withdrawn train types===
[[File:Meitetsu 7000 Series EMU 051.JPG|thumb|Meitetsu 7000 series "Panorama Car" train]]
* [[Meitetsu 1380 series|1380 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 1600 series|1600 series]] "Panorama Super"
* [[Meitetsu 1700 series|1700 series]]
* [[Meitetsu 7000 series|7000 series]] "Panorama Car"
* [[Meitetsu 5000 series (1955)|5000 series (1955)]]
* [[Meitetsu 5300 series|5300]]/[[Meitetsu 5700 series|5700 series]]

=== Electric locomotives===
* [[Meitetsu DeKi 300]]
* [[Meitetsu DeKi 400]]
* [[Meitetsu DeKi 600]]
* [[Meitetsu Class EL120]]

==Rationalization==
[[File:Nagoya Railroad Linemap (Abandoned Lines).svg|thumb|Line map of Meitetsu closed lines]]
[[File:MT-Tamatsu-ura Station entrance.jpg|thumb|Tamatsu-ura Station, one of the stations that were closed due to low passengers]]

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, Aichi|Toyota]]. Meitetsu has abolished over 15 lines over the past 70 years, while also closing sections with low ridership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OpenId transaction in progress |url=https://plus.chunichi.co.jp/blog/ito/article/264/9782/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=plus.chunichi.co.jp}}</ref> Additionally, with the collapse of the [[Japanese asset price bubble|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-20 |title=JR東海の攻勢をかわした｢名鉄｣の復活劇 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/141033 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Toyo Keizai Online |language=ja}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/english/ Nagoya Railroad (English Official Site)]
*[http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/ Nagoya Railroad (Japanese Official Site)]
*[http://www.meijimura.com/ Museum Meiji Village]

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