Meitetsu

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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

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 LineEdit

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

Kōwa Line and Chita New LineEdit

KC08 : Agui Station (Agui)
KC12 : Chita Handa Station (Handa)
KC16 : Chita Taketoyo Station (Taketoyo)
KC19 : Kōwa Station (Mihama)
KC24 : Utsumi Station (Minami Chita)

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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