| Nagoya Municipal Subway | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Native name | 名古屋市営地下鉄 Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu | ||
| Locale | Nagoya,Aichi, Japan | ||
| Transit type | Rapid Transit | ||
| Number of lines | 6 | ||
| Number of stations | 87[1] | ||
| Daily ridership | 1,171,289[2] | ||
| Website | www | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 15 November 1957; 68 years ago (1957-11-15) | ||
| Operator(s) | Nagoya City Transportation Bureau | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 93.3 km (58.0 mi)[1] | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Higashiyama and Meijō/Meikō Lines) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (Tsurumai, Sakura-dōri, and Kamiiida Lines) | ||
| Electrification | 600 V DCthird rail (Higashiyama and Meijō/Meikō Lines) 1,500 V DCoverhead lines (Tsurumai, Sakura-dōri, and Kamiiida Lines) | ||
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TheNagoya Municipal Subway (名古屋市営地下鉄,Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu), also referred to as simply theNagoya Subway,[3] is arapid transit system servingNagoya, the capital ofAichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover 93.3 kilometers (58.0 mi) of route and serve 87 stations.[1] Approximately 90% of the subway's total track length is underground.
The subway system is owned and operated by theNagoya City Transportation Bureau and, like other large Japanese cities includingTokyo andOsaka, is heavily complemented bysuburban rail, together formingan extensive network of 47 lines in and aroundGreater Nagoya. Of them, the subway lines represent 38% of Greater Nagoya's total rail ridership of 3 million passengers a day.[4]
In 2002, the system introducedHatchii as its official mascot.
The six lines that comprise the Nagoya subway network are, for the most part, independent. However, Meikō Line services partially interline with the Meijō Line, and the operations of both lines are combined. Therefore, there are in fact five distinct services on the subway. They are mostly self-contained, but two of its lines havethrough services onto lines owned and operated byMeitetsu, the largestprivate railway operator in the region. One of these, the Kamiida Line, is essentially an extension of the Meitetsu Komaki Line to which it connects.
The first two subway lines, the Higashiyama and Meijō/Meikō Lines, run onstandard gauge track and use 600 voltDC electrification from athird rail. They are three of the eleven subway lines in Japan which use both third-rail electrification and standard gauge track (theGinza andMarunouchi lines inTokyo are the only other two lines to use third rail at that voltage; five of the eight lines of theOsaka Metro and theBlue Line inYokohama all use 750 V DC third rail). Subsequent lines were built tonarrow gauge and employ 1,500 volt DC electrification fromoverhead lines, in common with most other rapid transit lines in the country.
As with otherrailway lines in Japan, tickets can be purchased fromticket vending machines in stations. Since February 2011, this has largely been supplemented byManaca, a rechargeablesmart card. In 2012, Manaca replacedTranpass, the predecessorintegrated ticketing system, which was also able to be used at subway stations and for other connected transportation systems in the region.[5]
On January 4, 2023, four stations were renamed:[6]
| Line color | Line icon | Line number | Name | Japanese | Route | Stations | Length | Train Length | First Opened | Last Extension | Gauge | Current supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Line 1 | Higashiyama Line | 東山線 | Takabata toFujigaoka | 22 | 20.6 km (12.8 mi) | 6 cars | 1957 | 1982 | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 600 V DC, third rail | |
| Purple | Line 2 | Meijō Line | 名城線 | Kanayama toŌzone viaSakae | 12[Note 1] | 8.9 km (5.5 mi) | 1965 | 1971 | ||||
| Line 4 | Ōzone toKanayama viaNagoya Daigaku | 17[Note 1] | 17.5 km (10.9 mi) | 1974 | 2004 | |||||||
| Purple | Line 2 | Meikō Line | 名港線 | Kanayama toNagoyakō | 7[Note 2] | 6.0 km (3.7 mi) | 1971 | – | ||||
| Blue | Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Inuyama Line | 名鉄犬山線 | Inuyama toKamiotai | 13[Note 3] | 21.4 km (13.3 mi) | 1993 | – | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | 1,500 V DC, overhead supply | ||
| Line 3 | Tsurumai Line | 鶴舞線 | Kamiotai toAkaike | 20 | 20.4 km (12.7 mi) | 1977 | 1993 | |||||
| Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Toyota Line | 名鉄豊田線 | Akaike toUmetsubo | 8[Note 4] | 15.2 km (9.4 mi) | 1979 | – | |||||
| Meitetsu Mikawa Line | 名鉄三河線 | Umetsubo toToyotashi | 2[Note 4] | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) | N/A | – | ||||||
| Red | Line 6 | Sakura-dōri Line | 桜通線 | Taiko-dori toTokushige | 21 | 19.1 km (11.9 mi) | 5 cars | 1989 | 2011 | |||
| Pink | Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Komaki Line | 名鉄小牧線 | Inuyama toAjima | 13[Note 5] | 18.3 km (11.4 mi) | 4 cars | 2003 | – | |||
| Ajima toKamiiida | 2[Note 6] | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) | 2003[Note 7] | – | ||||||||
| Line 7 | Kamiiida Line | 上飯田線 | Kamiiida toHeian-dori | 2[Note 8] | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) | 2003[Note 7] | – | |||||
| Total (Subway only – not incl.trackage rights portions): | 87[1] | 93.3 km (58.0 mi) | ||||||||||

