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INSET: CENTRAL TOKYO
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ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
HG | 東銀座 (Higashi-Ginza) | NG | 人形町 (Ningyōchō) |
KB | 京橋 (Kyōbashi) | TE | 東京駅 (Tōkyō Station) |
ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: 東京都市交通局 (Tokyo Municipal Transportation Bureau)
23 | 月島 (Tsukishima) – 門前仲町 (Monzen-Nakachō) – 森下 (Morishita) – 両国 (Ryōgoku) – 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) |
27 | 三ノ輪橋 (Minowabashi) – 荒川 (Arakawa) – 王子駅前 (Ōji Station) – 赤羽 (Akabane) |
28 | 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) - 錦糸町駅前 (Kinshichō Station) |
29 | 須田町 (Sudachō) – 両国 (Ryōgoku) – 錦糸町 (Kinshichō) – 亀戸 (Kameido) – 境川 (Sakaigawa) – 葛西橋 (Kasaibashi) |
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) |
38 | 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) |
SUBURBAN TRAM ROUTE
Operator: 東急電鉄 (Tōkyū Dentetsu)
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) |
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
C | 千代田線 | Chiyoda Line | 大手町 (Ōtemachi) - 茶ノ水 (Ochanomizu) – 千駄木 (Sendagi) – 西日暮里 (Nishi-Nippori) - 北千住 (Kita-Senju) - 綾瀬 (Ayase) |
G | 銀座線 | Ginza Line | 渋谷駅前 (Shibuya Station) –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) – 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) – 御大手町 (Ōtemachi) - 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) – 大手町 (Ōtemachi) - – 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – 茅場町 (Kayabachō) - 門前仲町 (Monzen-Nakachō) – 東陽町 (Tōyōchō) - 西船橋 (Nishi-Funabashi) |
TOEI SUBWAY ROUTES
Operator: Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (東京都交通局 [Tōkyō-to Kōtsū-kyoku]), commonly known as Toei
A | 鉄浅草線 | Asakusa Line | 西馬込 (Nishi-Magome) - 五反田 (Gotanda) - 泉岳寺 (Sengakuji) - 三田 (Mita) - 大門 (Daimon) - 新橋 (Shinbashi) - 東銀座 (Higashi-Ginza) – 日本橋 (Nihonbashi) – (浅草橋 (Asakusabashi) – 押上 (Oshiage) |
I | 三田線 | Mita Line | 巣鴨 (Sugamo) - 新板橋 (Shin-Itabashi) - 高島平 (Takashima-daira) |
TOKYO MONORAIL
Operator: Tokyo Monorail Co.
TM | 羽田線 | Haneda Line | 浜松町 (Hamamatsu-chō) - 羽田空港 (Haneda Airport) |
Note: The route designations SG 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: 41 km.
- Suburban tramway (Tamagawa system): 5 km.
- Subway (Teito): 105 km.
- Subway (Toei): 28 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
- 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.
WIKIS
- Nippori Toneri Liner / 日暮里・舎人ライナー
- Rinkai Line / 東京臨海高速鉄道りんかい線
- Toden Arakawa Line / 都電荒川線
- 都営地下鉄 [To-ei Chikatetsu]
- Tokyo Metro / 東京地下鉄
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation / 東京都交通局
- Tokyo Monorail / 東京モノレール
- Tokyo Toden / 東京都電車
- Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line / 東急田園都市線
- Tōkyū Setagaya Line / 東急世田谷線
- Yurikamome / 新交通ゆりかもめ
WEB SITES
- New Transit Yurikamome
- さっしいのホームページ・ぽこぺん
- Tokyo (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (東京地下鉄株式会社)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation / 東京都交通局
- Tokyo Monorail
- Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit
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