Meijō Line

Meijō Line
Entrance to Shiyakusho (City Hall) Station
Overview
Native name	名城線
Type	Rapid transit
System	Nagoya Municipal Subway
Locale	Nagoya, Japan
Stations	28
Daily ridership	197,082 (2008) (including Meikō Line)
Operation
Opened	15 October 1965
Operator(s)	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Depot(s)	Daiko (between Nagoya Dome-mae Yada and Sunadabashi)
Rolling stock	2000 series
Technical
Track length	26.4 km (16.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third rail 600 V DC
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)

The Meijō Line (名城線, Meijō-sen^?) is a subway line forming part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan, operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line color on maps is wisteria purple. Its stations are numbered with the prefix "M". Officially, the line consists of Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 2 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第2号線, Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-ni-gō-sen^?), the western part, and Line 4 (第4号線, Dai-yon-gō-sen^?), the eastern part. All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card.

This is the second loop subway line built in Japan, after Toei Ōedo Line. Ōedo Line, however, has a railway zig zag at , meaning Meijō Line is the first (and currently the only) true loop subway line in the nation. The line is longer than JR Ōsaka Loop Line (21.7 km), but shorter than JR Yamanote Line (34.5 km). It takes 48 minutes to complete the loop.