The Meishō Line (名松線, Meishō-sen) is a rural, regional railway line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Mie Prefecture, Japan, connecting Matsusaka station in Matsusaka and Ise-Okitsu station in Tsu.
The line takes its name from the kanji characters of the cities of Nabari (名張) and Matsusaka (松阪).
The section between Matsusaka and Ieki opened in stages between 1929 and 1931, and was extended to Ise-Okitsu in 1935.
The closure was discussed again in October 2009, when Typhoon Melor struck the area and washed out over 40 sections between Ieki and Ise-Okitsu, but the line reopened on March 26, 2016 with help from passing municipalities.
[2] Services are nearly always formed of single-car KiHa 11 series DMUs, though two cars may occasionally be used during events or busy seasons.