Meitetsu

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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/

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

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.

As of March 2023, Meitetsu operated 444.2 kilometres (276.0 mi) of track, 275 stations, and 1,076 train cars, being one of the largest private railway company in Japan.^[4]