Nagoya is one of Japan s three major metropolitan areas and has six main subway lines

Mondo Tourism Updated on 2024-01-29

Nagoya City (English: nagoya;Hiragana: Located in the western part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, and the central city of the Nagoya metropolitan area, one of the three major metropolitan areas in Japan, it is one of the six major metropolises in Japan before World War II. Nagoya is the fourth most populous city in Japan, with a total area of 32645 square kilometers with a total population of 22840,000 people. As an important port city, the Port of Nagoya is also one of the five largest international ports in Japan. China has established the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Nagoya.

The city of Nagoya is an important transportation hub for land, sea and air in Japan. There are many main railways and highways passing through the city, as well as the 30-kilometer-long Nagoya Municipal Subway. As one of the hub stations of the Tokaido Shinkansen, Nagoya City is also connected to expressways such as Toming, Meishin, **Michi, and Higashi-Meihan.

There are 6 main lines on the Nagoya Municipal Subway:

Higashiyama Line, Meijo Line, Meiko Line, Sakuradori Line, Tsurumai Line, Kami-Iida Line.

In addition, there is the Eastern Hills Line (Linimo) that leads directly to the Aichi Expo Memorial Park. A subway ride in Nagoya City costs between 200 and 290 yen, and with a one-day pass (850 yen), you can enjoy unlimited rides on all municipal subway lines on the day of purchase. On Saturdays and Sundays, the one-day pass costs 600 yen**, and you can use the bus as many times as you can on the subway in addition to unlimited rides.

Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu (Japanese: Nagoya Shiei Chikatetsu) is a subway system operated by the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau within the boundaries of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, JapanIt has 6 routes. The operating mileage is 933 kmThe number of stations in operation is 87 and the number of trams is 782. In addition, the official name of Nagoya City is the Nagoya City High Speed Railway.

Nagoya's plan to build a subway was proposed in 1936, the year the city's population exceeded 1 millionAccording to the plan, seven lines will be built in two phases, with a total of 52 kilometers.

In 1937, Nagoya Station was moved from its original location (present-day Sasashima Station) to its current location, and in 1938, the Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway built an underground station, Sekikyu Nagoya Station (present-day Kintetsu Nagoya Station) and opened in the same year, making the Nagoya Line section of the station the first underground railway in Nagoya.

After the war, four lines of about 43 km were drafted in January 1946, and in September of the same year, the Nagoya City Council for High-Speed Railways was established, and in October 1947, six lines of 55 km were confirmed.

Construction began in August 1954 on the section between Nagoya and Sakae Town (today's Sakae Station). On November 15, 1957, the Nagoya-Sakae Machi section was opened.

One of the first was the Higashiyama Line (between Nagoya and Sakaemachi), which opened on November 15, 1957 (Showa 32). The city's metro is a transportation system with a history of more than 50 years.

The Meijo Line and Meiko Line are planned to be divided into two parts: Line 2 (Osone, Sakae, Kanayama, Nagoya Port) and Line 4 (Osone, Nagoya University, Kanayama). At present, there are trains running directly between the two routes. The two ends of the Tsurumai Line connect the Nagoya Railway's Meitetsu Inuyama Line (Kami-Odai) and Meitetsu Toyota Line (Akaike), and there are direct trains to the third line. The Kamiida Line is actually owned by Kamiida Co., Ltd. The line connects to the Nagoya Railway Komaki Line at Kami-Iida Station, and the Nagoya Railway is also entrusted to the Nagoya Railway for weekday operation.

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