Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

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The Nagoya Main Line (名古屋本線, Nagoya Honsen^?) is a railway line operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), between Toyohashi Station, Toyohashi City and Meitetsu Gifu, Gifu. All the stations accept Tranpass, a prepaid magnetic card.

The line is the most important line of Meitetsu. From its opening, the line rivaled Tōkaidō Main Line in Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (Greater Nagoya). The service of Nagoya Line overrode that of Tōkaidō Main Line in the past, but after the rivaling operator changed from JNR to JR Central, the competition became much more fierce.

Due to historical reasons, the line shares its track between Hirai Signal Box and Toyohashi Station with JR Iida Line. The agreement between two companies prohibits Meitetsu to have more than 6 trainsets per hour on the 3.8 km shared tracks. Consequently, local trains cannot reach Toyohashi. Instead, they terminate at Ina.

Many branch lines of Meitestu have through services to/from Nagoya Line. Toyokawa Line, Nishio Line, Tokoname Line (which has its through services with Airport Line, Kōwa Line, and Chita Line), and Inuyama Line all have through services bound for Meitetsu Nagoya, making the segment around the station extremely busy. Between Biwajima Junction and Kanayama, 26 trainsets go through per an hour, even at daytime.

Contents 1 Basic data 2 Stations 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Basic data

• Distance: 99.8 km / Approx. 62.0  mi.
• Stations: 60
• Gauge: 1,067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.
• Track:
  • Quadruple-track line:
    • From Jingū-mae to Kanayama
  • Double-track line:
    • From Hirai Signal Box to Jingū-mae
    • From Kanayama to Kanō
  • Single-track line:
    • From Toyohashi to Hirai Signal Box (A shared track with JR Iida Line, virtually double-tracked.)
    • From Kanō to Meitetsu-Gifu (Only a short section right before Meitetsu-Gifu.)
• Electric supply: Whole line (1,500 V DC)
• Block system: Automatic
• Maximum speed at service: 120 km/h (85 km/h between Toyohashi and Hirai Signal Box.)

[edit] Stations

● Lo: Local (普通, Futsū^?)

● SE: Semi Express (準急, Junkyū^?)

● Ex: Express (急行, Kyūkō^?)

● RE: Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō^?)

● LE: Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū^?)

● RL: Rapid Limited Express (快速特急, Kaisoku Tokkyū^?)

All the trains stop at stations signed "+". Some trains stop at "*". Only trains from Tsushima Line stop at "‡" (Sugaguchi). No trains stop at "-".

Station name	Total distance	Lo	SE	Ex	RE	LE	RL	Transfers	Location
Toyohashi	0 km		+	+	+	+	+	JR Central: Iida Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen Toyohashi Railroad: Atsumi Line (Shintoyohashi), Azumada Main Line (Ekimae)	Aichi	Toyohashi
Hirai Signal box	3.8 km		-	-	-	-	-			Kozakai, Hoi
Ina	5 km	+	+	+	+	*	*
Odabuchi	6.6 km	+	-	-	-	-	-			Toyokawa
Kō	9.6 km	+	+	+	+	+	*	Meitetsu: Toyokawa Line 1
Goyu	10.7 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Meiden Akasaka	12.5 km	+	-	-	-	-	-			Otowa, Hoi
Meiden Nagasawa	15 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Motojuku	18.7 km	+	+	+	+	-	-			Okazaki
Meiden Yamanaka	20.4 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Fujikawa	23.1 km	+	-	*	-	-	-
Miai	25.6 km	+	+	+	+	*	-
Otogawa	27.6 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Higashi-Okazaki	29.8 km	+	+	+	+	+	+
Okazakikōen-​mae Station	31.1 km	+	-	-	-	-	-	Aichi Loop Line Company: Aichi Loop Line (Nakaokazaki)
Yahagibashi	32.5 km	+	+	*	*	-	-
Utō	34.8 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Shin-Anjō	38.3 km	+	+	+	+	+	-	Meitetsu: Nishio Line 1		Anjō
Ushida	40.9 km	+	*	*	-	-	-			Chiryū
Chiryū	43.1 km	+	+	+	+	+	+	Meitetsu: Mikawa Line
Hitotsugi	44.6 km	+	-	-	-	-	-			Kariya
Fujimatsu	46.6 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Toyoake	48.1 km	+	+	*	-	-	-			Toyoake
Zengo	49.8 km	+	+	+	+	-	-
Chūkyō-​keibajō-mae	51.4 km	+	+	-	-	-	-			Midori, Nagoya
Arimatsu	52.7 km	+	+	*	-	-	-
Sakyōyama	53.8 km	+	*	-	-	-	-
Narumi	55.1 km	+	+	+	+	*	-
Moto-Hoshizaki	56.7 km	+	-	-	-	-	-			Minami, Nagoya
Moto-Kasadera	58.2 km	+	*	*	-	-	-
Sakura	58.9 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Yobitsugi	59.9 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Horita	61.1 km	+	+	+	+	-	-			Mizuho, Nagoya
Jingū-mae	62.2 km	+	+	+	+	+	+	Meitetsu: Tokoname Line 1		Atsuta, Nagoya
Kanayama	64.4 km	+	+	+	+	+	+	JR Central: Chūō Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line Nagoya Subway: ●Meijō Line (M01), ●Meikō Line (E01)		Naka, Nagoya
Sannō	66 km	+	-	*	-	-	-			Nakagawa, Nagoya
Meitetsu Nagoya	68 km	+	+	+	+	+	+	JR Central: Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōkaidō Shinkansen (All at Nagoya.) Kintetsu: Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagoya) Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway: Aonami Line (AN01) (Nagoya) Nagoya Subway: ●Higashiyama Line (H08), ●Sakura-dōri Line (S02) (Both at Nagoya.)		Nakamura, Nagoya
Sakō	69.9 km	+	+	+	*	-	-			Nishi, Nagoya
Higashi-Biwajima	70.7 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Biwajima Junction	71.3 km	-	-	-	-	-	-	Meitetsu: Inuyama Line 2		Kiyosu
Nishi-Biwajima	71.6 km	+	*	-	-	-	-
Futatsuiri	72.2 km	+	+	-	-	-	-
Shinkawabashi	72.8 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Sukaguchi	73.5 km	+	+	+	+	‡	-	Meitetsu: Tsushima Line 1
Marunouchi	74.3 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Shin-Kiyosu	75.2 km	+	+	+	+	-	-
Ōsato	77.5 km	+	+	+	-	-	-			Inazawa
Okuda	78.8 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Kōnomiya	80.9 km	+	+	+	+	+	+
Shima-ujinaga	82.9 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Myōkōji	84.7 km	+	*	-	-	-	-			Ichinomiya
Meitetsu Ichinomiya	86.4 km	+	+	+	+	+	+	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (Owari-​Ichinomiya) Meitetsu: Bisai Line
Imaise	88.3 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Iwato	89.2 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Shin-Kisogawa	91.2 km	+	+	+	+	-	-
Kuroda	92.1 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Kisogawa-​zutsumi	93.9 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Kasamatsu	95.1 km	+	+	+	+	*	*	Meitetsu: Takehana Line 3	Gifu	Kasamatsu, Hashima
Ginan	96.9 km	+	-	-	-	-	-			Ginan, Hashima
Chajo	98.3 km	+	-	-	-	-	-			Gifu
Kanō	98.7 km	+	-	-	-	-	-
Meitetsu Gifu	99.8 km	+	+	+	+	+	+	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line, Takayama Main Line (Both at Gifu) Meitetsu: Kakamigahara Line

¹: Some trains of the marked line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Nagoya.

²: All trains of Inuyama line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Nagoya.

²: Some trains of Takehana line directly go through Nagoya Line bound for Meitetsu-Gifu.

[edit] See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu official website
• (English) Meitetsu official website

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