Railways in Nagoya

Railways around Nagoya area Railways in Nagoya city

JR, Meitetsu & Kintetsu lines in Nagoya area

Main Railways around Nagoya

Nagoya (名古屋) is a large city with 2.3 million people after Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka.
It is located just between Tokyo and Osaka.

Unlike Tokyo and Osaka metropolitan areas, the densely populated area is only in Nagoya city.
The size of area is about 15 kilometers in diameter, so Nagoya is a compact large city.

Many small cities and towns are dotted around Nagoya city.
The countryside is not far from the city center.

The railway lines in Nagoya area are mainly connecting Nagoya and the other cities.
The city's transportation network are subway.

JR Lines from Nagoya

Nagoya station

The central station in this city is JR Nagoya station.
This is the only terminal station in Nagoya and is located in the western part of the city.

There is no JR loop line like Tokyo and Osaka.

The following trains arrive at and depart from this station to various directions.
Some limited expresses to distant destinations are operated.

Shinkansen : To Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto (All trains stop at Nagoya.)
JR Tokaido Line : To Gifu, Tsuruga, Okazaki, Toyohashi
JR Takayama Line : To Gero onsen, Takayama
JR Chuo Line : To Nakatsugawa, Matsumoto, Nagano
JR Kansai Line : To Ise, Toba, Kii-Katsuura

JR Central

Meitetsu Line

Meitetsu limited express, μSKY

Meitetsu has many lines centrated on Nagoya.
It is the main railway company in this area.

Main line : Gifu - Nagoya - Okazaki - Toyohashi
Airport line : Nagoya to Tokoname, Chubu Airport
Inuyama line : Nagoya to Inuyama
Seto line : Sakae in the center of Nagoya city to Seto

"Nagoya" station is located underground at JR Nagoya station.

Many trains are operated frequently.
To Chubu Airport, only Meitetsu railway has the line.

Meitetsu railway

Kintetsu Line

Kintetsu Hinotori
Kintetsu limited express, Hinotori

Kintetsu is a large railway company and has many lines mainly in Osaka and Nara area.

And, the long-distance lines are between Osaka and Nagoya, Ise-Shima area.

Ise-Shima area is in Mie Prefecture and the area is in the urban area of Nagoya.

"Nagoya" terminal station is next to Meitesu Nagoya station.

From Nagoya, many trains run on the line and high-grade limited expresses are operated frequently.
JR has the lines in this area, but Kintetsu lines are overwhelmingly more convenient.

Kintetsu railway

Railways in Nagoya

Subway in Nagoya
Subway network in central Nagoya

Subway

The means of transportation by railway in Nagoya city is subway.
These lines are operated by "Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya".

There are 6 lines of subway in the area, and one of them is a loop line.
Two lines connect with Meitetsu lines.

This company are not JR.
Therefore, "Japan Rail Pass" is not available for subway.

Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya

Line color, Line symbol and Station number

Nagoyajo station is near Nagoya castle

For foreign passengers, each line is assigned with a specific color, and each station is given a specific line code (one alphabetic character) and station number.

Of course, it is very good that you can memorize the station name in Japanese.
But when a station name is alphabetized, mostly it is a long word.
This numbering is very convenient for you.

Lines of Nagoya subway

A train of Meijo Line

"Nagoya" station is located underground at JR Nagoya station.

Higashiyama Line ●H
Takabata, Nagoya, Fushimi, Sakae, Imaike, Motoyama, Higashiyama Koen, Fujigaoka
Meijo Line ●M
(Loop line) Sakae, Kamimaezu, Kanayama, Atsuta jingu Nishi, Aratamabashi, Yagoto, Motoyama, Ozone, Heian-dori, Kurokawa, Nagoyajo, Hisaya-odori, Sakae
Meiko Line ●E
(Branch line) Kanayama, Tokai-dori, Nagoyako
Tsurumai Line ●T
Kamiotai, Joshin, Marunouchi, Fushimi, Osu Kannon, Kamimaezu, Tsurumai, Gokiso, Yagoto, Akaike
Sakura-dori Line ●S
Taiko-dori, Nagoya, Marunouchi, Hisaya-odori, Imaike, Gokiso, Aratamabashi, Nonami, Tokushige
Kami-iida Line ●K
Heian-dori, Kami-iida (This line connects with Meitetsu Komaki Line)