METROBITS - Unearthing the world's subways' details since 2004


  



Printer-friendly Printer-friendly








   

Tokyo

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan


Date of opening30 Dec 1927
Network length304.5 km (189.25 mi)
Stations290 (205*)
Lines13        Line history cityrailtransit.com
Stations per line22.31
Avg. station distance1,099 m (0.68 mi)
Avg. line length23.42 km (14.56 mi)
*with transfer stations counted once
Numerical data by J. Serradell, 14 Sep 2008
According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.
System typeMetro
Daily ridership (by J. Kennes)8.5 million (as of 2011)
Daily ridership per km (per mi)27,900 (17,300)
Fare (10 km/10 stops; by UBS)1.57 EUR (as of 2009); gates, smartcard ('Suica')
TracksLeft side, gauge: 1067, 1435 (Ginza, Marunouchi, Asakusa, Oedo lines), 1372 (Shinjuku line) mm
Power supplyOverhead wire, third rail (Ginza, Marunouchi lines), 1500 V, 600 V (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)
Air-conditioned trainsYes
Walk-through trainsYes
Rubber-tyred trainsYurikamome line
Driverless linesYurikamome Waterfront line, Nippori-Toneri Liner, rubber-tyred (since 1995)
Platform screen doorsMarunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines
World Metro Database




Official map
Source: pdf, © 2010 tokyometro.jp


To-scale map
Source: cityrailtransit.com

Disclaimer: Maps are copyrighted. The previews on this page are for informational purposes only. Please respect copyright and always refer to original maps.

Transit mapsSystem map images
openbusmap.org/öpnvkarte.de
openptmap.org
citylines.co - line history and mapping project
tracker.geops.ch - moving trains
maps.google.com
images.google.com






Metro Arts and Architecture

Examples of interesting station design:


Rating: 1 star (bronze)  Tokyo

All stations on Tokyo's Oedo line (opened in 2000) have been created by different well reputed architects, selected through a design competition [g-mark.org], [makoto-architect.com], [jrtr.net (PDF)]. The organic designs on platform and street levels of Iidabashi station are the world's first examples of computer-generated "evolutionary architecture" as architect Makoto Watanabe describes it in his book (see Reference).

Photo [gandamu]: Entrance of Iidabashi station.




Self-Guided Tour

Try the following tour, recommended by residents or metro enthusiasts:

The metro network is huge, clean and rather featureless. The Oedo Line is different because every station has been designed with ambition by different architects. The elevated Yurikamome Waterfront line provides nice views.




Metro Museums

metro museum Tokyo Subway Museum (Chikatetsu Hakubutsukan). Shows the full story of Tokyo subways in fascinating detail. Since 1986.
Address: 6-3-1 Higashi-Kasai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 134-0084 (100 m east of Kasai station). At Kasai metro station.
Hours (check before visiting): Closed Mondays. Admission: 200 YEN. Features: Museum shop, lecture-hall, rest lounge, library.
Reference: chikahaku.jp (in Japanese) (official website). japaneserailwaysociety.com.

commuter rail museum Keio Rail-Land. This small museum is operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. The outdoor exhibition area houses five former Keio EMU cars. Keio Rail-Land offers many attractions, including a large-scale ‘experience simulator’ where visitors can operate a train and learn, touch, and experience how railroads work. Since 2000.
Address: Hino City, Tokyo Hodokubo 3-36-39, phone: 042-593-3526. At Tama-Dobutsu-Koen (Dobutsuen Line, Tama Monorail) metro station.
Hours (check before visiting): 9:30 to 17:30, last entry: 17:00. Closed: Wednesday. Admission: 250 Yen. Features: Simulator, diorama, quiz station, mini train, vehicle exhibition.
Reference: keio-rail-land.jp (official website). japan-trip.jp.

commuter rail museum The Railway Museum. 30 km north of Tokyo, located in Saitama, this is Japan's leading railway museum and the centerpiece of the JR East 20th Anniversary Memorial Project. The museum preserves both the physical elements and heritage of trams, commuter railways and railways in Japan and abroad. The museum also conducts research and development. Features trains and driving simulators of Shinkansen, Keihin Tohoku Line, Yamanote Line, and others. Since 2007.
Address: 3-47, Onari-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama, tel. 048-651-0088. At Shinkansen to JR Omiya Station and New Shuttle rubber-tyred people mover to Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan metro station.
Hours (check before visiting): 10:00-18:00, closed on Tuesdays. Admission: 1000 Yen. Features: 30 railway cars, train cab simulators, railway model dioramas, cafeteria, museum shop, research room.
Reference: railway-museum.jp (official website).

commuter rail museum Tokyu Train and Bus Museum. Tokyu Corporation (Tokyo Kyuko Dentetsu) operates eight commuter rail lines and buses in the Tokyo area. Located in Kawasaki City, just outside Tokyo, this museum includes life-size train cars and buses as well as miniature trains.
Address: Kawasaki City Miyamae-ku Miyazaki 2-10-12, phone +81-44-861-6787. At Miyazakidai Station (Denentoshi line) metro station.
Hours (check before visiting): 10:00 to 16:30 except Thursdays. Admission: 200 Yen. Features: Shop, virtual driving simulators, panorama theatre of miniature model trains, interactive educational tour.
Reference: tokyu.co.jp (official website). whereintokyo.com, tokyocreative.com.





Intercity Metros

Tokyo is part of the Kanto cluster of metro/subway cities with the following urban rail links:

  Tokyo    JR Keiyo Line (commuter metro)    Chiba      35 km
  Tokyo    Tozai Line through service into Chuo-Sobu Line (metro)    Chiba      35 km
  Tokyo    Keihin-Tohoku Line (commuter metro)    Saitama      26 km
  Tokyo    Chiyoda Line though service into Odakyu-Tama Line (metro)    Tama      31 km
  Tokyo    Shinjuku Line through service into Keio Line (metro)    Tama      31 km
  Tokyo    Tozai Line through service into JR Chuo Line (commuter metro)    Tama      31 km
  Tokyo    JR Yokosuka Line (commuter metro)    Yokohama      28 km
  Tokyo    Keihin-Tohoku Line (commuter metro)    Yokohama      28 km
  Tokyo    Tokyu-Toyoko Line (metro)    Yokohama      28 km
  Yokohama    Negishi Line via Ofuna station (metro)    Kamakura      18 km





Relationships with Other Metros

Japanese-Korean family
Members: Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Fukuoka, Gwangju, Incheon, Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Seoul, Tokyo, Yokohama,
Characteristics: Unadorned, clean and solid station design, often using coloured plates. Majority are run by Japan Railways Group, other trains mostly derived from those.




Maglev or LIM Technology

LIM: Linear Induction Motor technology utilizes the repelling and attracting forces of electromagnets to move steel-on-wheel trains forward:
  • Oedo Line



Express Services

Shinjuku Line, Tozai Line, and Asakusa Line have express services.




Lines with a View

There are nice views from the Tokyo-Haneda Monorail which links Haneda airport with the city.

Photo by monorails.org
Another line with nice views is the new Waterfront line (Rinkai Line) near Tokyo Teleport.

Photo by faculty.washington.edu




Circle Lines

Shared circle - Yamanote Line - 34.5 km - 29 stations - round trip 64 minutes - opened 1872 - completed 1914 - Suburban metro.
Pan-shaped loop - O-Edo Line - 28 km - 26 stations - round trip 59 minutes - opened 1991 - completed 2000.
Spiral - Yurikamome Line - Inclinational spiral near Shibaura-Futo station, elevated, climbing Rainbow Bridge.




Departure Procedure and Sounds

Asakusa Line (Keikyu train in this soundfile): door chime (rm from ototetsu.jp). Yamanote line: In some stations, hypnotizing little melodies are played before departure (e.g. au or au from issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp). Yamanote announcement (wav by Simon ten Kate).





Metro Movies

Films with scenes set on this metro:

1994: Angel Dust
2001: Suicide Club




Handpicked Resources

tokyometro.jp Official website Tokyo Metro
kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp Official website TOEI
Shaw, Dennis; Hisashi MorokawaTokyo Subways. Hoikusha 1992.




Generic Links for Tokyo Metro

Wikipedia entry at wikipedia.org
Urbanrail.net entry at urbanrail.net
Metro Report search at railwaygazette.com
Discussion at skyscrapercity.com
System photos at Google Images
City information at wikipedia.org









Bookmark and Share

This page: http://www.mic-ro.com/metro/metrocity.html?city=Tokyo

© 2004-2021 metrobits.org


HomeCity PagesWorld Metro DatabaseMetro Arts & ArchitectureMetro LogosResourcesAbout


 
Browse by cities:

Opened: ...-1920, 1921-1960, 1961-1980, 1981-2000, 2001-...

More cities

Abuja Adana Ahmedabad Algiers Almaty Amsterdam Ankara Antwerp Athens Atlanta Baku Baltimore Bangalore Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Belo Horizonte Berlin Bielefeld Bilbao Bochum Bonn Boston Brasilia Brescia Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Buffalo Bursa Busan Cairo Caracas Catania Changchun Changsha Changzhou Charleroi Chengdu Chennai Chiba Chicago Chongqing Cleveland Cologne Copenhagen Daegu Daejeon Dalian Delhi Detroit Dhaka Dnipro Doha Dongguan Dortmund Dubai Duesseldorf Duisburg Edmonton Esfahan Essen Fortaleza Foshan Frankfurt Fukuoka Fuzhou Gelsenkirchen Genoa Glasgow Guadalajara Guangzhou Guiyang Gwangju Haifa Hamburg Hangzhou Hanoi Hanover Harbin Hefei Helsinki Hiroshima Hohhot Hong Kong Hyderabad Incheon Istanbul Izmir Jacksonville Jaipur Jakarta Jinan Jinhua Kamakura Kanpur Kaohsiung Karaj Karlsruhe Kazan Kharkiv Kiev Kitakyushu Kobe Kochi Kolkata Kryvyi Rih Kuala Lumpur Kunming Kyoto Lahore Lanzhou Las Vegas Lausanne Lille Lima Lisbon London Los Angeles Lucknow Luoyang Ludwigshafen Lyon Macau Madrid Malaga Manila Maracaibo Marseille Mashhad Mecca Medellin Mexico City Miami Milan Minsk Monterrey Montreal Moscow Muelheim Mumbai Munich Nagoya Naha Nagpur Nanchang Nanjing Nanning Nantong Naples New York Newark Newcastle Ningbo Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Nuremberg Oporto Osaka Oslo Ottawa Palma de Mallorca Panama City Paris Perugia Philadelphia Pittsburgh Porto Alegre Poznan Prague Pune Pyongyang Qingdao Recife Rennes Rio de Janeiro Rome Rotterdam Rouen Saint Louis Saint Petersburg Salvador Samara San Francisco San Juan Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Seattle Sendai Seoul Seville Shanghai Shaoxing Shenyang Shenzhen Shijiazhuang Shiraz Singapore Sofia Stockholm Stuttgart Suzhou Sydney Tabriz Taichung Taipei Taiyuan Taizhou Tama Taoyuan Tashkent Tbilisi Tehran The Hague Tianjin Tokyo Toronto Toulouse Turin Urumqi Valencia Valencia Valparaiso Vancouver Vienna Volgograd Warsaw Washington Wenzhou Wuhan Wuhu Wuppertal Wuxi Xiamen Xian Xuzhou Yekaterinburg Yerevan Yokohama Zhengzhou

More cities