Meijō Line

The is a subway line in Nagoya, Japan, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line's color on maps is wisteria purple and stations are labeled with the prefix "M". Officially, the line consists of the , the western part, and , the eastern part. All stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card, and other major Japanese IC cards.

The Meijō Line, upon its completion, became the second loop subway line built in Japan, after the Toei Ōedo Line. The Ōedo Line, however, is not a true loop line as it is operated like a figure 6, with trains from the western Hikarigaoka terminus running counterclockwise around the loop and terminating at Tochōmae, returning around the loop to Hikarigaoka. Thus the Meijō Line is the first (and currently only) true subway loop line in the country. The line is longer than the JR Ōsaka Loop Line (), but shorter than the JR Yamanote Line (). It takes 48 minutes to complete the loop.

The name Meijō is derived from the abbreviated kanji of .

Stations +Stations listed clockwiseNo.Station nameJapaneseDistance (km)TransfersLocationBetween stationsTotal Kanayama - 0.0 Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1 (E-01) 2Chūō Main LineTōkaidō Main LineMeitetsu Nagoya Line Naka Higashi Betsuin 0.7 0.7 Kamimaezu 0.9 1.6 (T-09) Yabachō 0.7 2.3Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1 Sakae 0.7 3.0Meitetsu Seto Line (Sakaemachi) (H-10) Hisaya-ōdōri 0.4 3.4 (S-05) Nagoyajo (Nagoya Castle) 0.9 4.3 Meijō Kōen 1.1 5.4Kita Kurokawa 1.0 6.4Nagoya Municipal Subway:Kanayama Line 1 Shiga-hondōri 1.0 7.4 Heian-dōri 0.8 8.2 (K-02) Ōzone 0.7 8.9Chūō Main LineMeitetsu Seto LineYutorito Line (Y01) Nagoya Dome-mae Yada 0.8 9.7 Yutorito Line (Y02)Higashi Sunadabashi 0.9 10.6Yutorito Line (Y03) Chayagasaka 0.9 11.5Chikusa Jiyūgaoka 1.2 12.7 Motoyama 1.4 14.1 (H-16) Nagoya Daigaku 1.0 15.1Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1 Yagoto Nisseki 1.1 16.2Shōwa Yagoto 1.0 17.2 (T-15) Sōgō Rihabiri Center 1.3 18.5Mizuho Mizuho Undōjō Higashi 1.0 19.5 Aratama-bashi 1.2 20.7 (S-14) Myōon-dōri 0.7 21.4 Horita 0.8 22.2 Atsuta Jingu Temma-cho 1.2 23.4Atsuta Atsuta Jingu Nishi 1.0 24.4 Nishi Takakura 0.9 25.3 Kanayama 1.1 26.4Naka

1: Planned lines. 2: Through service to/from Meijō Line.

Meikō Line

The acts as a branch line from the Meijō line, with roughly every other anticlockwise train running toward Nagoyakō instead of Nagoya Daigaku. The Meikō Line's color on maps is a stripe of wisteria purple and white, and stations are labeled with the prefix "E". Officially, the line is part of Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 2. The line provides through service to the Meijō Line.

Stations No.Station nameJapaneseDistance (km)TransfersLocationBetween stationsTotal↑ Through-services to/from , via the Meijō Line ↑ Kanayama - 0.0 Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1 (M-01) 2Chūō Main LineTōkaidō Main LineMeitetsu Nagoya Line Naka Hibino 1.5 1.5Atsuta Rokuban-chō 1.1 2.6 Tōkai-dōri 1.2 3.8Minato Minato Kuyakusho 0.8 4.6 Tsukiji-guchi 0.8 5.4 Nagoyakō (Nagoya Port) 0.6 6.0

History The line was originally part of the Meijō Line. When the eastern part ("Line 4") of the current loop line was completed in 2004, the entire loop was renamed the Meijō Line, with the remaining section (between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, outside the loop) being renamed to the Meikō Line.

The name Meikō is derived from the abbreviated kanji of .

Rolling stock

Current

2000 series (since 1989)

Former

1000/1100/1200 series (from 1965 until 2000)

History The first section of Line 2, between Sakae-machi (now named Sakae) and Shiyakusho (now named Nagoyajo), opened in 1965. The line was named the Meijō Line in 1969, and the extension was completed in 1971. Line 4 opened its first section between Aratama-bashi and Kanayama in 1974. The extension project was completed in 2004, making a loop line together with Line 2.

Women-only cars were introduced on the line on 4 July 2016, operating in the mornings until 09:00.

Meijō Line

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