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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 Template:Convert of track, 275 stations, and 1,076 train cars, being one of the largest private railway companies in Japan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

Meitetsu was founded on June 25, 1894, as the Aichi Horsecar Company.<ref name="issue 8 page 20">Template:Citation</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 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.<ref name="asahi">Template:Citation</ref><ref name="history of subways">Template:Citation</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

LinesEdit

File:Nagoya Railroad Linemap en.svg
Line map
Direction Name Japanese Terminals Length (km)
Main Template:Colors Nagoya Main Line 名古屋本線 Toyohashi - Meitetsu Gifu 99.8
Mikawa (Eastern Aichi) Template:Colors Toyokawa Line 豊川線 Kō - Toyokawa-inari 7.2
Template:Colors Nishio Line 西尾線 Shin Anjō - Kira Yoshida 24.7
Template:Colors Gamagōri Line 蒲郡線 Kira Yoshida - Gamagōri 17.6
Template:Colors Template:Colors Mikawa Line 三河線 Sanage - Hekinan 39.8
Template:Colors Toyota Line<ref name="tsurumai" group="Note" /> 豊田線 Umetsubo - Akaike 15.2
Chita Peninsula Template:Colors Tokoname Line 常滑線 Jingū-mae - Tokoname 29.3
Template:Colors Airport Line 空港線 Tokoname - Central Japan Int'l Airport 4.2
Template:Colors Chikkō Line 築港線 Ōe - Higashi Nagoyakō 1.5
Template:Colors Kōwa Line 河和線 Ōtagawa - Kōwa 28.8
Template:Colors Chita New Line 知多新線 Fuki - Utsumi 13.9
Western Aichi and Gifu Area Template:Colors Tsushima Line 津島線 Sukaguchi - Tsushima 11.8
Template:Colors Template:Colors Bisai Line 尾西線 Yatomi - Tamanoi 30.9
Template:Colors Takehana Line 竹鼻線 Kasamatsu - Egira 10.3
Template:Colors Hashima Line 羽島線 Egira - Shin Hashima 1.3
Northern Aichi and Chūnō Template:Colors Inuyama Line<ref group="Note" name="tsurumai">Through operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway Template:Colorbull Tsurumai Line</ref> 犬山線 Biwajima Junction - Shin Unuma 26.8
Template:Colors Kakamigahara Line 各務原線 Meitetsu Gifu - Shin Unuma 17.6
Template:Colors Hiromi Line 広見線 Inuyama - Mitake 22.3
Template:Colors Komaki Line<ref group="Note" name="kamiida">Through operation to/from the Nagoya Municipal Subway Template:Colorbull Kamiiida Line</ref> 小牧線 Kami Iida - Inuyama 20.4
Isolated from all Meitetsu lines Template:Colors Seto Line 瀬戸線 Sakaemachi - Owari Seto 20.6

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Major stationsEdit

File:Meitetsu Limited Express Network 2023EN.svg
The Meitetsu limited express network

Major stations in NagoyaEdit

Nagoya Line (east side) and Toyokawa LineEdit

Tokoname Line, Chikkō Line, and Airport LineEdit

Kōwa Line and Chita New LineEdit

Mikawa Line, Toyota Line, Nishio Line, and Gamagōri LineEdit

Nagoya Line (west side), Takehana Line, and Hashima LineEdit

Tsushima Line and Bisai LineEdit

Inuyama Line, Kakamigahara Line, and Hiromi LineEdit

Komaki LineEdit

Seto LineEdit

Rolling stockEdit

File:Meitetsu 1000 & 2000 series 001.JPG
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 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 expressEdit

CommuterEdit

File:Meitetsu 5000 series ( II ) EMU 015.JPG
Meitetsu 5000 series commuter train

Withdrawn train typesEdit

File:Meitetsu 7000 Series EMU 051.JPG
Meitetsu 7000 series "Panorama Car" train

Electric locomotivesEdit

RationalizationEdit

File:MT-Tamatsu-ura Station entrance.jpg
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. Meitetsu has abolished over 15 lines over the past 70 years, while also closing sections with low ridership.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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