Tokyo 1968

VIDEOS


Above: YouTube^CA video - A day in Tokyo, Japan, in 1963 東京 (With trams) - Length: 6:02 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - The Last Tokyo Tram - Length: 2:25 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Tamagawa tram streetcar　circa 1969 Tokyo - Length: 1:23 mins.

Above: YouTube^CA video - A train Journey to Old Tokyo - The Arakawa Toden Train - Length: 2:08 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Tokyo Metro: A Subway Network On Time & On Track - Length: 28:00 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Metro Museum - Full Tour HD (2017) - Length: 7:02 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

Tokyo tram subway rail map 1968

INSET: CENTRAL TOKYO

Tokyo centre tram subway rail map 1968

I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

HM	浜松町 (Hamamatsu-chō)	NS	西新橋 (Nishi-Shinbashi)
KB	京橋 (Kyōbashi)	SB	数奇屋橋 (Sūkiyabashi)
KDB	神田橋 (Kandabashi)	TC	都庁前 (Metropolitan Tokyo City Hall)
KS	金杉橋 (Kanasugibashi)	TE	東京駅 (Tōkyō Station)
NB	日本橋 (Nihonbashi)	TS	通三丁目 (Tōri-Sanchōme)
NG	人形町 (Ningyōchō)

ROUTES

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

Operator: 東京都市交通局 (Tokyo Municipal Transportation Bureau)

7	泉岳寺前 (Sengakuji-mae) – 古川橋 (Furukawabashi) – 天現寺 (Tengenji) – 青山一丁目 (Aoyama-Itchōme) – 信濃町 (Shinanomachi) – 四谷三丁目 (Yotsuya-sanchōme)
9	渋谷駅前 (Shibuya Station) – 青山一丁目 (Aoyama-Itchōme) – 六本木 (Roppongi) – 神谷町 (Kamiyachō) - 虎ノ門 (Tora-no-mon) - 日比谷公園 (Hibiya-Kōen) – 数奇屋橋 (Sūkiyabashi) - 築地 (Tsukiji) – 茅場町 (Kayabachō) - 水天宮前 (Suitengūmae) – 浜町 (Hamachō)
10	渋谷駅前 (Shibuya Station) – 青山一丁目 (Aoyama-Itchōme) – 信濃町 (Shinanomachi) – 四谷三丁目 (Yotsuya-sanchōme) - 四谷(Yotsuya) – 市ヶ谷 (Ichigaya) – 九段下 (Kudanshita) – 小川町 (Ogawamachi) – 須田町 (Sudachō)
11	新宿駅前 (Shinjuku Station) – 四谷三丁目 (Yotsuya-sanchōme) – 四谷(Yotsuya) – 半蔵門 (Hanzōmon) – 日比谷公園 (Hibiya-Kōen) – 築地 (Tsukiji) – 月島 (Tsukishima) – 新佃島 (Shin-Tsukudajima)
12	新宿駅前 (Shinjuku Station) – 四谷三丁目 (Yotsuya-sanchōme) – 四谷(Yotsuya) – 市ヶ谷 (Ichigaya) – 九段下 (Kudanshita) – 小川町 (Ogawamachi) – 須田町 (Sudachō) – 浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 両国駅前 (Ryōgoku Station)
13	新宿駅前 (Shinjuku Station) – 若松町(Wakamatsu-chō) – 飯田橋 (Iidabashi) – 水道橋 (Suidōbashi) – 御茶ノ水(Ochanomizu) – 秋葉原 (Akihabara) – 水天宮前 (Suitengūmae)
15	高田馬場駅前 (Takadanobaba Station) – 早稲田 (Waseda) – 江戸川橋 (Edogawabashi) – 飯田橋 (Iidabashi) – 九段下 (Kudanshita) – 小川町 (Ogawamachi) – 神田橋 (Kandabashi) – 大手町 (Ōtemachi) – 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 茅場町 (Kayabachō)
16	大塚駅前 (Ōtsuka Station) – 大塚 (Ōtsuka) – 伝通院 (Dentsūin) – 春日 (Kasuga) – 御徒町 (Okachimachi) – 厩橋 (Umayabashi) – 石原 (Ishiwara) – 錦糸町駅前 (Kinshichō Station)
17	池袋駅前 (Ikebukuro Station) – 東池袋(Higashi-Ikebukuro) – 大塚 (Ōtsuka) – 伝通院 (Dentsūin) – 春日 (Kasuga) – 水道橋線 (Suidōbashi) – 神田橋 (Kandabashi) – 数奇屋橋 (Sūkiyabashi)
19	通三丁目 (Tōri-Sanchōme) – 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 神田 (Kanda) – 須田町 (Sudachō) – 本駒込 (Hon-Komagome) – 駒込 (Komagome) – 王子駅前 (Ōji Station)
20	須田町 (Sudachō) – 秋葉原 (Akihabara) – 上野 (Ueno) – 千駄木町 (Sendagimachi) – 神明町 (Shinmeichō) – 大塚 (Ōtsuka) – 江戸川橋 (Edogawabashi)
21	水天宮前 (Suitengūmae) – 秋葉原 (Akihabara) – 御徒町 (Okachimachi) – 上野 (Ueno) – 三ノ輪橋 (Minowabashi) – 千住 (Senju)
22	日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 厩橋 (Umayabashi) – 浅草(Asakusa) – 南千住　(Minami-Senju)
22*	日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 厩橋 (Umayabashi) – 雷門 (Kaminari-mon)
23	月島 (Tsukishima) – 門前仲町 (Monzen-Nakachō) – 森下 (Morishita) – 石原 (Ishiwara) – 本所吾妻橋 (Honjo Azumabashi) – 福神橋 (Fukujinbashi)
24	須田町 (Sudachō) – 秋葉原 (Akihabara) – 上野 (Ueno) – 雷門 (Kaminari-mon) – 浅草 (Asakusa) – 本所吾妻橋 (Honjo Azumabashi) – 福神橋 (Fukujinbashi)
25	日比谷公園 (Hibiya-Kōen) – 大手町 (Ōtemachi) – 神田橋 (Kandabashi) – 小川町 (Ogawamachi) – 須田町 (Sudachō) – 浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 両国 (Ryōgoku) – 錦糸町 (Kinshichō) – 亀戸 (Kameido) – 西荒川 (Nishi-Arakawa)
27	三ノ輪橋 (Minowabashi) – 荒川 (Arakawa) – 王子駅前 (Ōji Station) – 赤羽 (Akabane)
28	都庁前 (Metropolitan Tokyo City Hall) – 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 茅場町 (Kayabachō) – 門前仲町 (Monzen-Nakachō) – 東陽公園前 (Tōyōkōen-mae) – 東陽町 (Tōyōchō) - 住吉 (Sumiyoshi) – 錦糸町駅前 (Kinshichō Station)
29	須田町 (Sudachō) – 浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 両国 (Ryōgoku) – 錦糸町 (Kinshichō) – 亀戸 (Kameido) – 境川 (Sakaigawa) – 葛西橋 (Kasaibashi)
30	須田町 (Sudachō) – 秋葉原 (Akihabara) – 上野 (Ueno) – 雷門 (Kaminari-mon) – 浅草 (Asakusa) – 本所吾妻橋 (Honjo Azumabashi) – 寺島町　(Terashima-chō)
31	都庁前 (Metropolitan Tokyo City Hall) – 浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 入谷町 (Iriya-machi) – 三ノ輪橋 (Minowabashi)
32	早稲田 (Waseda) – 東池袋(Higashi-Ikebukuro) – 大塚駅前 (Ōtsuka Station) – 新庚申塚 (Shin-Kōshinzuka) – 王子駅前 (Ōji Station) – 荒川 (Arakawa)
33	浜松町 (Hamamatsu-chō) – 神谷町 (Kamiyachō) – 六本木 (Roppongi) – 青山一丁目 (Aoyama-Itchōme) – 信濃町 (Shinanomachi) – 四谷三丁目 (Yotsuya-sanchōme)
34	渋谷駅前 (Shibuya Station) – 天現寺 (Tengenji) – 古川橋 (Furukawabashi) – 赤羽橋 (Akabanebashi) – 金杉橋 (Kanasugibashi)
35	西新橋 (Nishi-Shinbashi) – 日比谷公園 (Hibiya-Kōen) – 大手町 (Ōtemachi) – 神田橋 (Kandabashi) – 水道橋線 (Suidōbashi) – 春日 (Kasuga) – 東洋学前 (Tōyō University) – 巣鴨 (Sugamo)
36	築地 (Tsukiji) – 八丁堀 (Hatchōbori) - 茅場町 (Kayabachō) - 水天宮前 (Suitengūmae) – 浜町 (Hamachō) – 森下 (Morishita) – 住吉 (Sumiyoshi) – 錦糸町駅前 (Kinshichō Station)
38	日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 茅場町 (Kayabachō) – 門前仲町 (Monzen-Nakachō) – 東陽公園前 (Tōyōkōen-mae) – 東陽町 (Tōyōchō) - 境川 (Sakaigawa) – 亀戸 (Kameido) – 錦糸町 (Kinshichō)
39	早稲田 (Waseda) – 江戸川橋 (Edogawabashi) – 伝通院 (Dentsūin) – 春日 (Kasuga) – 御徒町 (Okachimachi) – 厩橋 (Umayabashi)

SUBURBAN TRAM ROUTES

Operator: 東急電鉄 (Tōkyū Dentetsu)

K	砧線	Kinuta Line	二子玉川 (Futako-Tamagawa) - 砧 (Kinuta)
SG	世田谷線	Setagaya Line	三軒茶屋駅 (Sangenjaya Station) - 世田谷 (Setagaya) - 山下 (Yamashita) - 下高井戸駅 (Shimo-Takaido Station)
TG	玉川線	Tamagawa Line	渋伷 (Shibuya) - 三軒茶屋駅 (Sangenjaya Station) - 用賀 (Yōga) - 二子玉川 (Futako-Tamagawa) - 溝の口 (Mizunokuchi)

TEITO SUBWAY ROUTES

Operator: Teito Rapid Transit Authority (帝都高速度交通営団 [Teito Kōsokudo Kōtsū Eidan]), commonly known as Eidan or TRTA

G	銀座線	Ginza Line	渋谷駅前 (Shibuya Station) – 青山一丁目 (Aoyama-Itchōme) - 赤坂見附 (Akasaka-mitsuke) – 虎ノ門 (Tora-no-mon) – 新橋 (Shinbashi) – 銀座 (Ginza) – 京橋 (Kyōbashi) – 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 神田 (Kanda) – 上野 (Ueno) – 浅草 (Asakusa)
H	比谷線	Hibiya Line	中目黒 (Naka-Meguro) - 恵比寿 (Ebisu) - 六本木 (Roppongi) – 神谷町 (Kamiyachō) - 日比谷 (Hibiya) - 銀座 (Ginza) - 築地 (Tsukiji) – 八丁 (Hatchōbori) - 茅場町 (Kayabachō) - 人形町 (Ningyōchō) – 秋葉原 (Akihabara) – 上野(Ueno) – 三ノ輪 (Minowa) – 北千住 (Kita-Senju)
M	丸ノ内線	Marinouchi Line	新宿駅前 (Shinjuku Station) – 四谷(Yotsuya) – 赤坂見附 (Akasaka-mitsuke) – 銀座 (Ginza) – 東京駅 (Tōkyō Station) – 御茶ノ水 (Ochanomizu) – 池袋駅前 (Ikebukuro Station)
O	荻窪線	Ogikubo Line	新宿駅前 (Shinjuku Station) – 中恉坂上 (Nakano-Sakaue) - 荻窪駅 (Ogikubo Station) / 方南町 (Hōnanchō)
T	東西線	Tōzai Line	中野 (Nakano) - 高田馬場 (Takadanobaba) - 早稲田線 (Waseda) – 飯田橋 (Iidabashi) – 九段下 (Kudanshita) – 大手町 (Ōtemachi) – 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 茅場町 (Kayabachō) - 門前仲町 (Monzen-Nakachō) – 東陽町 (Tōyōchō)

TOEI SUBWAY ROUTE

Operator: Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (東京都交通局 [Tōkyō-to Kōtsū-kyoku]), commonly known as Toei

鉄浅草線

Asakusa Line

大門 (Daimon) - 新橋 (Shinbashi) - 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – (浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 押上 (Oshiage)

TOKYO MONORAIL

Operator: Tokyo Monorail Co.

羽田線

Haneda Line

浜松町 (Hamamatsu-chō) - 羽田空港 (Haneda Airport)

Note: The route designations K, SG, TG and TM used above are for the convenience of readers of this site, and were not used by the operators.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Urban tramway: 160 km.
Suburban tramway (Tamagawa system): 16 km.
Subway (Teito): 77 km.
Subway (Toei): 8 km.
Monorail: 17 km.

HISTORY

Horse-drawn tramway: 25 June 1882 - 1903.
Urban electric tramway (including those of the Ōji Electric Tramway): 22 Aug. 1903 - today.
Suburban electric tramway (Tamagawa/Setagaya/Kinuta system): 6 Mar. 1907 - today.
Suburban electric tramway (Seibu Railway, later tram line 14): 25 Aug. 1921 - 1 Dec. 1963
Subway (Chikatetsu), Teito system: 30 Dec. 1927 - today.
Subway (Chikatetsu), Toei system: 4 Dec. 1960 - today.
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit: 30 March 1996 - today.
Monorail: 17 Sept 1964 - today.
Automated guideway transit: Nippori-Toneri Liner (30 March 2008 -today); New Transit Yurikamome (1 Nov. 1995 - today).

GAUGE

Urban electric tramway (including those of the Ōji Electric Tramway): 1372 mm.
Suburban electric tramway (Tamagawa/Setagaya/Kinuta system): 1372 mm.
Suburban electric tramway (Seibu Railway, later tram line 14): 1067 mm.
Subway: 1067, 1372 and 1435 mm. (depending on the line).
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit: 1067 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

Demery, L.W., Forty, R., DeGroote, R. and Higgins, J.W. Electric railways of Japan - Vol.1: Tōkyō and Northern Japan. Milton Keynes: Light Rail Transit Association, 1983.
廃線都電 - 路線案内図 (Haisen Toden - Rosen-annai-zu [Abandonment of the Metropolitan Trams - Guide map to the route network]). Tokyo: Jinbunsha, 2007.
林順信　(Hayashi, J.) 都電が走った街・今昔 (Toden trams running in the streets - Now and then). Tokyo: JTB, 1996.
林順信　(Hayashi, J.) 東京市電名所図絵 (Pictures of Tokyo trams in scenic places). Tokyo: JTB, 2000.

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東京 – TŌKYŌ

日本 – JAPAN

1 Jan. 1968