Nagoya Municipal Subway

Rapid transit system in Japan

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.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp
Operation
Began operation| 15 November 1957; 67 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 DC third rail (Higashiyama and Meijō/Meikō Lines)
1,500 V DC overhead lines (Tsurumai, Sakura-dōri, and Kamiiida Lines)
| System map

Map of Nagoya Municipal Subway

The Nagoya Municipal Subway (名古屋市営地下鉄, Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu), also referred to as simply the Nagoya Subway,[3] is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi 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 the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau and, like other large Japanese cities including Tokyo and Osaka, is heavily complemented by suburban rail, together forming an extensive network of 47 lines in and around Greater 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 introduced Hatchii as its official mascot.

## Lines and infrastructure

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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 have through services onto lines owned and operated by Meitetsu, the largest private 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 on standard gauge track and use 600 volt DC electrification from a third rail. They are three of the eleven subway lines in Japan which use both third-rail electrification and standard gauge track (the Ginza and Marunouchi lines in Tokyo are the only other two lines to use third rail at that voltage; five of the eight lines of the Osaka Metro and the Blue Line in Yokohama all use 750 V DC third rail). Subsequent lines were built to narrow gauge and employ 1,500 volt DC electrification from overhead lines, in common with most other rapid transit lines in the country.

As with other railway lines in Japan, tickets can be purchased from ticket vending machines in stations. Since February 2011, this has largely been supplemented by Manaca, a rechargeable smart card. In 2012, Manaca replaced Tranpass, the predecessor integrated 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]

* Nakamura Kuyakusho → Taiko-dori
* Shiyakusho (City Hall) → Nagoyajo (Nagoya Castle)
* Temma-cho → Atsuta Jingu Temma-cho
* Jingu Nishi → Atsuta Jingu Nishi

### List of Nagoya Municipal Subway lines

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Line color  | Line icon  | Line number  | Name  | Japanese  | Route  | Stations  | Length  | Train Length  | First Opened  | Last Extension  | Gauge  | Current supply

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Yellow |  | Line 1  | Higashiyama Line | 東山線 | Takabata to Fujigaoka | 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 to Ōzone via Sakae | 12[Note 1] | 8.9 km (5.5 mi)  | 1965  | 1971
Line 4  | Ōzone to Kanayama via Nagoya Daigaku | 17[Note 1] | 17.5 km (10.9 mi)  | 1974  | 2004
Purple |  | Line 2  | Meikō Line | 名港線 | Kanayama to Nagoyakō | 7[Note 2] | 6.0 km (3.7 mi)  | 1971  | –
Blue |  | Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Inuyama Line | 名鉄犬山線 | Inuyama to Kamiotai | 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 to Akaike | 20  | 20.4 km (12.7 mi)  | 1977  | 1993
Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Toyota Line | 名鉄豊田線 | Akaike to Umetsubo | 8[Note 4] | 15.2 km (9.4 mi) | 1979 | –
Meitetsu Mikawa Line | 名鉄三河線 | Umetsubo to Toyotashi | 2[Note 4] | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) | N/A | –
Red |  | Line 6  | Sakura-dōri Line | 桜通線 | Taiko-dori to Tokushige | 21  | 19.1 km (11.9 mi)  | 5 cars  | 1989  | 2011
Pink |  | Via trackage rights | Meitetsu Komaki Line | 名鉄小牧線 | Inuyama to Ajima | 13[Note 5] | 18.3 km (11.4 mi) | 4 cars  | 2003 | –
Ajima to Kamiiida | 2[Note 6] | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) | 2003[Note 7] | –
Line 7  | Kamiiida Line | 上飯田線 | Kamiiida to Heian-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) |

### Notes

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1. ^ a b Including Ōzone Station
2. ^ Including Kanayama Station (Aichi)
3. ^ Including Kamiotai Station
4. ^ a b Including Akaike Station
5. ^ Including Ajima Station
6. ^ Including Ajima Station and Kamiiida Station
7. ^ a b Owned by Kamiiida Link Line
8. ^ Including Kamiiida Station

Platform of Nagoyajo Station Entrance to Nagoyajo Station Ticket gates (also referred to as "wickets" on city signage) Ticket vending machines

## Connecting services

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### JR Central

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* Tōkaidō Shinkansen: at Nagoya

(for Shin-Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Shin-Osaka)

* Tōkaidō Main Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Gifu, Ōgaki, Obu, Kariya, Okazaki, Toyohashi, and Hamamatsu)

* Chūō Main Line: at Nagoya, Kanayama, Tsurumai, Chikusa, and Ōzone

(for Kozoji (transfer to former Expo Site), Tajimi, and Nakatsugawa)

* Kansai Main Line: at Nagoya and Hatta

(for Yokkaichi, Tsu and Kameyama)

* Takayama Main Line: at Nagoya

(Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama)

### Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad)

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* Meitetsu Nagoya Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Meitetsu Gifu, Chiryu, Hekinan, Nishio, Higashi Okazaki, Toyohashi, and Toyokawa Inari)

* Meitetsu Tokoname Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Otagawa, Chita Handa, Kowa, Utsumi, Tokoname, and Central Japan Int'l Airport)

* Meitetsu Inuyama Line: at Nagoya, Kanayama, and Kami-Otai

(for Iwakura, Inuyama, Mikakino and Shin Kani)

* Meitetsu Tsushima Line: at Nagoya and Kanayama

(for Tsushima, Saya and Yatomi)

* Meitetsu Seto Line: at Sakae and Ōzone

(for Owari Seto)

* Meitetsu Toyota Line: at Akaike

(for Toyotashi)

### Kintetsu

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* Kintetsu Nagoya Line: at Nagoya and Hatta

(for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ise, Toba, and Osaka)

### Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit

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* Aonami Line: at Nagoya

(for Kinjo-Futo (Nagoya International Exhibition Hall))

### Aichi Rapid Transit

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* Linimo: at Fujigaoka

(for Yakusa, Aichikyūhaku-kinen-kōen (Expo Memorial Park))

## Network map

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## See also

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* List of metro systems

## References

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1. ^ a b c d トップページ - ご意見・お問い合わせ - よくあるご質問 - 地下鉄について [Top - Feedback and inquiries - Frequently Asked Questions - For subway] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau, City of Nagoya. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
2. ^ 平成21年版名古屋市統計年鑑 11.運輸・通信 [Nagoya Statistics for Year 21 of the Heisei Era, 11 Transportation and Communication] (in Japanese). Nagoya City. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
3. ^ "Subway & City Bus One-Day Ticket Discounts and Benefits Guidebook (Nagoya Toku Navi)" (PDF). Nagoya City Transportation Bureau. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
4. ^ "10th Metropolitan Transportation Census 2005" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
5. ^ "Tickets - Nagoya Transportation Bureau". Archived from the original on 2014-03-11.
6. ^ "Subway Station Name Change" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-20.

## External links

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