The is a subway line in

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

, Japan, part of the

Nagoya Municipal Subway The , also referred to as simply the Nagoya Subway, is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover of route and serve 87 stations. Approximately 90% of the subway's total t ...

system. It runs from Takabata in Nakagawa Ward to Fujigaoka in Meitō Ward, all within Nagoya. The Higashiyama Line's color on maps is yellow and stations are labeled with the prefix "H". Officially, the line is called the . All stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless

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, and other major Japanese IC cards. The first section of the line opened in 1957. The line links

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space ...

and Sakae, the CBD of Nagoya. As such, the line has the highest ridership among Nagoya Municipal Subway lines. Upon arrivals and departures at both Nagoya and Fujigaoka Stations, announcements are made in five languages: Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, and Portuguese.

Stations

All stations are in Nagoya,

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History

The Higashiyama Line was the first underground rapid transit line in Nagoya, and it opened initially on 15 November 1957 with three stations. The three stations were

, Fushimimachi Station (now ), and Sakaemachi Station (now ). At first, the subway had six 100 series EMU trainsets, formed with two cars per set. The line was extended from Sakaemachi (now Sakae) to on June 15, 1960, from Ikeshita to on April 1, 1963, from to on March 30, 1967. The line was simultaneously extended from Nagoya to and from to its current eastern terminus of on April 1, 1969. The line was further extended from to its present western terminus of on September 21, 1982, and with that was completed as the line which operates today.

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Takabata and Fujigaoka Depots. * 5050 series (since 1992) * N1000 series (since 2008) File:Nagoya-Municipal-Subway-5057-20100317.jpg, A 5050 series train in March 2010 File:Nagoya-Municipal-Subway-N1002-20100317.jpg, An N1000 series train in March 2010

Former

* 100/200/250/500/700 series (1957-1999) * 300/800 series (1967-2000) * 5000 series (July 1980 – August 2015) The 250, 300 and 700 series trains were later sold to Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad, where they were refurbished and reclassified as Kotoden 600 series (former 250/700 series) and Kotoden 700 series (former 300 series), and to the

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transport company Metrovías S.A., where they serve Line C of the Buenos Aires Metro. The last remaining 5000 series train in service was withdrawn following a special final run on 30 August 2015. File:Nagoya Subway 300 series 001.JPG, A Takabata-bound 300 series train in March 1994 File:5000 20150729A.JPG, A 5000 series train in July 2015

References

External links

* {{Nagoya transit Nagoya Municipal Subway Standard-gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1957 600 V DC railway electrification 1957 establishments in Japan