THE GS TRAM SITE

東京 – TŌKYŌ

日本 – JAPAN

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1 Jan. 1972

The Tokyo rail transport system a few months before the virtual elimination of the city's tramways on 11 Nov. 1972.

VIDEOS

1960s Tokyo video Old Tokyo trams video Tamagawa tram video
Above: YouTubeCA video - A day in Tokyo, Japan, in 1963 東京 (With trams) - Length: 6:02 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - The Last Tokyo Tram - Length: 2:25 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Tamagawa tram streetcar circa 1969 Tokyo - Length: 1:23 mins.
Arakawa tram video Tokyo metro video Tokyo metro museum video
Above: YouTubeCA video - A train Journey to Old Tokyo - The Arakawa Toden Train - Length: 2:08 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Tokyo Metro: A Subway Network On Time & On Track - Length: 28:00 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Metro Museum - Full Tour HD (2017) - Length: 7:02 mins.

PHOTOS

Tokyo old tram Setagaya old tram Tokyo old subway

MAPS

Tokyo tram subway rail map 1972

INSET: CENTRAL TOKYO

Tokyo centre tram subway rail map 1972



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

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.



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