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Meijo Line

Meijō Line
Subway NagoyaMeijo.png
Shiyakusho Station 1060.JPG
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 12 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.


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