Rolling Stock
Nippon Sharyo has produced nearly every car that Meitetsu operates or has operated, a notable exception being its DeKi 600, an electric locomotive, which was produced by Toshiba, but very few units were produced for Meitetsu. The DeKi 600 is one of the few locomotives that Meitetsu possesses: 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.
Meitetsu is famous for its red trains, 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 or 2000 Series.
The following are the train types that Meitetsu operates today, as well as selected types that Meitetsu has retired:
- Limited Express
- 1000 Series
- 1700 Series
- 2000 Series
- 2200 series
- Commuter
- 100/200 Series
- 300 Series
- 3500 Series
- 3300 Series
- 4000 Series
- 5000 Series (2008)
- 5300 Series
- 5700 Series
- 6000 Series
- Withdrawn train types
- 1600 Series
- 7000 Series
- 5000 Series (1955)
- Electric locomotives
- DeKi 300
- DeKi 400
- DeKi 600
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