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Native name | 名古屋鉄道株式会社 |
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| Company type | PublicKK |
| TYO:9048 NAG:9048 | |
| Industry | Private railway |
| Founded | June 13, 1921 (1921-06-13)[1] |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Aichi Prefecture,Gifu Prefecture |
Key people | Takashi Ando [jp](Chairman)[2] Hiroki Takasaki [jp](President) |
| Website | www |
Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (名古屋鉄道株式会社,Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha),[3] publicly trading asMeitetsu (名鉄), is aprivate railway company operating aroundAichi Prefecture andGifu Prefecture ofJapan.
Meitetsu, headquartered inNagoya, is a core company of theMeitetsu Group which is involved intransport,retail,hotels,leisure/tourism andreal estate, among other industries.[4]
Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, with almost all trains being either fully red or feature red in combination with white, black or unpainted stainless steel. Apart from special liveries, the only current train type to not feature red is the2000 series "μ-Sky" trains used onAirport Line Limited Express services which feature a blue and white livery. The300 series used on thethrough service to theNagoya Municipal Subway Kamiiida Line has unpainted stainless steel with a thick pink stripe (the line colour of the Kamiiida Line) below a thin red stripe.[5]
As of March 2025, Meitetsu, as one of the largest private railway companies in Japan, operated 20 railway lines, 444.2 kilometres (276.0 mi) of track, 276 stations, and 1,080 train cars.[4]
Meitetsu was founded on June 25, 1894, as the Aichi Basha Tetsudo, meaning AichiHorsecar Company.[6][7]
Over time, Meitetsu has acquired many small railway andinterurban companies in the Nagoya area, many of whom were constructed and operated before and during World War II. For example, Meitetsu acquired itsKōwa Line on theChita Peninsula from its merger withChita Railroad on February 1, 1943, and it acquired itsMikawa Line from its merger withMikawa Railroad.[8][9]
Meitetsu's red trains include its famous7000 series "Panorama Car" (which was retired in 2009 after a career lasting nearly half a century[10]) and thePanorama Car Super, both of which offered panoramic views through their wide front windows. The most recent cars, however, are not solid red but rather brushed steel as in the case of the4000 series and5000 series, or white as in the case of the1700 series and2000 series.[11]
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.[12]
Nippon Sharyo has produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being itsClass EL120, an electric locomotive, which was produced byToshiba, 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.
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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 asToyota. Meitetsu has abolished over 15 lines over the past 70 years, while also closing sections with low ridership.[13] Additionally, with the collapse of theasset price bubble in the 1990s, and the privatization ofJNR, formation ofCentral Japan Railway Company, the company also cut the number of companies in its corporate group from 250 to 139.[14]
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