Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (名古屋鉄道株式会社, Nagoya Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha),^[3] referred to as Meitetsu (名鉄), is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. TYO: 9048

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Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.

Native name	名古屋鉄道株式会社
Company type	Public KK (TYO: 9048)
Industry	Private railway
Founded	June 13, 1921 (1921-06-13)[1]
Headquarters	Nagoya , Japan
Area served	Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture
Key people	Takashi Ando [jp] (Chairman)[2] Hiroki Takasaki [jp] (President)
Website	www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/

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Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows. While the Panorama Super train is used extensively for the railroad's limited express service, the older and more energy-consuming Panorama Car train has been retired, the last run being on 27 December 2008.

In the Tōkai region around Nagoya, it is a central firm of the Meitetsu Group, which is involved in transport, retail trade, service industry, and real estate, among other industries.

Meiji Mura is the corporate museum of Meitetsu.

As of March 31, 2010, Meitetsu operated 444.2 kilometres (276.0 mi) of track, 275 stations, and 1,090 train cars.^[4]

On June 25, 1894 (1894-06-25), the Aichi Horsecar Company, the company would become the modern Meitetsu, was founded.^[5]

Over time, Meitetsu has acquired many small railway and interurban companies in the Nagoya area, many of whom were constructed and operated before and during World War II. For example, Meitetsu acquired its Kōwa Line on the Chita Peninsula from its merger with Chita Railroad on February 1, 1943 and it acquired its Mikawa Line from its merger with Mikawa Railroad.^[6][7]

Meitetsu is famous for its red trains^[8],including its famous 7000 series "Panorama Car" which was retired in 2009 after a career lasting nearly half a century. The most recent cars, however, are not solid red but rather brushed steel as in the case of the 4000 series and 5000 series, or white as in the case of the 1700 series and 2000 series.^[9]

While the company used to engage in the freight business and still possesses some freight locomotives, it no longer carries freight on a regular basis.^[10]

Nippon Sharyo has produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being its Class EL120, an electric locomotive, which was produced by Toshiba, but very few units were produced for Meitetsu. The Class EL120 is one of the few locomotives that Meitetsu possesses.

The following are the train types that Meitetsu operates today, as well as selected types that Meitetsu has retired.