Meitetsu
Native name | 名古屋鉄道株式会社 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 9048 NAG: 9048 | |
| Industry | Private railway |
| Founded | June 13, 1921 |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture |
Key people | Takashi Ando (Chairman) Hiroki Takasaki (President) |
| Website | www |
Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (名古屋鉄道株式会社, Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha), publicly trading as Meitetsu (名鉄), is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
Meitetsu, headquartered in Nagoya, is a core company of the Meitetsu Group which is involved in transport, retail, hotels, leisure/tourism and real estate, among other industries.
Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, with almost all trains being either fully red or feature red in combination with white, black or unpainted stainless steel. Apart from special liveries, the only current train type to not feature red is the 2000 series "μ-Sky" trains used on Airport Line Limited Express services which feature a blue and white livery. The 300 series used on the through service to the Nagoya Municipal Subway Kamiiida Line has unpainted stainless steel with a thick pink stripe (the line colour of the Kamiiida Line) below a thin red stripe.
As of March 2025, Meitetsu, as one of the largest private railway companies in Japan, operated 20 railway lines, 444.2 kilometres (276.0 mi) of track, 276 stations, and 1,080 train cars.