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GENERAL INFORMATION
Japan's capital city Tokyo is served by three rapid transit systems which between them make up the busiest metro system, in passenger number, in the world. The combined systems, which originally opened in 1927 with the Tokyo Metro, regularly carry around eight million passengers a day, that's around 3.16 billion people every year.
All of Tokyo's metro stations provide station signage, train voice overs and system maps in both Kanji / Japanese and English. For those who don't understand either Latin or Kanji script both the Tokyo Metro and the Toei Subway stations, along with their platforms, are consecutively numbered on each of their colour coded lines.
For example Shinjuku Station, which is number 8 in the station numbering system, which is located on the metro's Maranouchi Line, which is colour coded as the red line, will therefore be displayed on maps as M8 in a red circle o. This makes the system very easy to get around whatever language one speaks. For more information visit - www.tokyometro.jp.
Tokyo area transportation services provide passengers with two contactless travel cards, the Pasmo Card and the Suica Card both of which can be used on several rail services in and around the city including the Tokyo Metro, the Toei Subway, the Tokyo Monorail, the Keikyu Airport Express, the JR Yamanote Line/ Shinagawa Loop and some local commuter and heavy rail services. For more information please visit -www.tokyometro.jp.
THE TOKYO METRO
The Tokyo Metro is a 203.4 kilometer underground system which became operational in 1927 which consists of nine lines which are served by one hundred and sixty eight stations. The metro runs daily between 05.00 hours and 01.00 hours.
G - The Ginza Line - 14.3 km - 19 stations between Shibuya and Asakusa.
M - The Maranouchi Line - 24.2 km - 28 stations between Ogikubo and Ikebukuro. Branch Line - 3.2 km - 4 Stations.
H - The Hibiya Line - 20.3 km - 21 stations between Naka Meguro and Kita Senju.
T - The Tozai Line - 30.8 km - 23 stations between Nakando and Nishi Funabashi.
C - The Chiyoda Line - 24 km - 20 stations between Yoyogi Uehara and Kita Ayase.
Y - The Yurakucho Line - 28.3 km - 24 stations between Wakoshi and Shinkiba.
H - The Hanzomon Line - 16.8 km - 14 stations between Shibuya and Oshiage.
N - The Namboku Line - 21.3 km - 19 stations between Meguro and Akabane Iwabuchi.
F - The Fukutoshin Line - 20.2 km - 16 stations between Wakoshi and Shibuya.
The metro connects with several of the subway lines.
THE TOEI SUBWAY
The Toei Subway is a 121.5 kilometer rapid transit system which became operational in 1960 and has four lines which are served by one hundred and eight stations.
A - The Asakusa Line - 18.3 km - 20 stations between Nishi Magome and Oshiage.
M - The Mita Line - 26.5 km - 27 stations between Meguro and Nishi Takashimadaira.
S - The Shinjuku Line - 23.5 km - 21 stations between Shinjuku and Moto Yawata.
O - The Oedo Line - 40.7 km - 38 stations between Hikrigaoka and Tochomae.
The subway also connects with several of the city's metro lines.
The Toei Subway also operates an extensive streetcar line known as the Toden Arakawa Line which provides a 12.2 kilometer long system in and around the tourist venues of north and east Tokyo between the areas of Waseda and Minowabashi. The streetcar, which consists of thirty stops, connects with the Yamanote Line, the Nippori - Toneri Liner, Tokyo Metro lines C, H, F, N, T & Y.and Toei Subway line M.
THE JR YAMANOTE LINE
/ SHINAGAWA LOOP
The JR Yamanote Line, also known as the Shinagawa Loop, is a 35.5 kilometer circular loop which consists of twenty nine stations. The line links the cities of Yokohama and Tokyo and connects to the Tokyo Metro, Toei Subway, the Waterfront Area Rapid Transit, the Nippon - Toneri Liner, the Keikyu Mainline and several other airport, commuter, heavy rail and Shinkansen (bullet train) rail services.
The JR Yamanote Line / Shinagawa Loop operates daily, every four minutes, between 04.26 hours and 01.18 hours.
Each of the line's stations, along with their connecting metro, subway and airport lines, are listed below.
(PLEASE NOTE:)
(The following list does not display any of the city’s commuter, heavy rail or shinkansen lines which also use this line)
SHINAGAWA – Keikyu Mainline & Keikyu Airport Express.
OSAKI – Rinkai Line.
GOTANDA – Toei Subway A - Asakusa Line & Tokyo Metro N - Nambuko Line.
MEGURO – Toei Subway M - Mita Line & Tokyo Metro N- Nambuko Line.
EBISU - Tokyo Metro H - Hibiya Line.
SHIBUYA – Tokyo Metro G - Ginza Line.
HARAJUKU -
YOYOGI – Toei Subway O - Oeda Line.
SHIN JUKU – Tokyo Metro M - Maranouchi Line & Toei Subway O - Oeda & S - Shinjuku lines
SHIN OKUBO -
TAKADANOBABA – Tokyo Metro T - Tozai Line.
MEJIRO -
IKEBUKURO – Tokyo Metro Y - Yurukucho & M - Maranouchi & F - Fukotoshin lines.
OTSUKA - Fujikyu Line.
SUGAMA – Toei Subway M - Mita Line.
KOMAGOME – Tokyo Metro N - Nambuko Line.
TABATA -
NISHI NIPPORI - Automated guideway Nippori - Toneri Liner.
NIPPORI - Keisi Airport Express & the automated guideway Nippori - Toneri Liner.
UGUISUDANI -
UENO – Keisi Airport Express.
OKACHIMACHI -
AKIHABARA – Tokyo Metro H - Hibiya Line.
KANDA – Tokyo Metro G - Ginza Line.
TOKYO RAILWAY STATION – Tokyo Metro M - Maranouchi Line. For other services at this station see below.
YURAKUCHO – Tokyo Metro Y - Yurakucho and C - Chiyoda lines.
SHIMBASHI – Toei Subway A - Asakusa Line & Tokyo Metro G - Ginza Line.
HAMAMATSUCHO – Toei Subway O - Oeda & A - Asakusa lines & the Tokyo Monorail.
TAMACHI -
THE TOKYO WATERFRONT AREA RAPID TRANSIT
Tokyo's waterfront is served by two rapid transit systems, they are;
The Rinkai Line is a 12.2 kilometer underground service which is served by eight stations located at - Shin Kiba - Shinonome - Kokusal Tenjijo - Tokyo Teleport - Tennozu Isle - Shigawa Seaside - Oimachi - Osaki.
The line connects with the Tokyo Metro's Y - Yurakucho Line at Shin Kiba Station, the Yamanote Line / Shingawa Loop at Osaki Station and the Tokyo Monorail at Tennozu Isle Station.
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The Yurikamome Line is a 14.7 kilometer elevated, automated guideway system, pictured above, which is served by sixteen stations at Shimbashi - Shiodome - Takeshiba - Hinode - Shibaura futō - Odaiba kaihinkōen - Daiba - Fune no kagakukan - Telecom Center - Aomi - Kokusai tenjijō seimon - Ariake - Ariake tennis no mori (For the Japanese Tennis Open) - Shijō mae - Shin Toyosu - Toyosu.
This line connects with the Toei Subway's Asakusa Line, the Tokyo Metro's Ginza Line and the Yamanote Line / Shinagawa Loop at Shimbashi Station and the Toei Subway's Oedo Line at Shiodome Station.
THE NIPPORI - TONERI LINER
Tokyo is also served by a 9.7 kilometer long automated guideway transit system known as the Nippori - Toneri Liner. The transit, which travels between Nippori located in the city's Arakawa Ward and Minumadai in the city's Adachi Ward, is actually an outdoor section of the Toei Subway but strangely does not link with the subway but instead links with the Tokyo Metro's C - Chiyoda Line at the Nishi Nippori Station located on the Yamanote Line / Shinigawa Loop.
Nippori - Toneri Liner - 9.7 km - 13 stations between Nippori - Nishi Nippori - Akado Shogakkomae - Kumanomae - Adachiodai - Ogiohashi - Koya - Kohuku - Nishiaraidaishi Nishi - Yazaike - Toneri Koen - Toneri - Minumadai Shinsuikoen.
NEW SHUTTLE / INA LINE
The New Shuttle, also known as the Ina Line, is a 12.7 kilometer manually operated, people moving system located between the greater Tokyo suburbs of Saitama and Ina Town. The line, which was opened in 1980, consists of thirteen stations located between Omiya in the suburb of Saitama and Uchijuku in the suburb of Ina Town.
New Shuttle / Ina Line - 12.7 kim - 13 stations at Omiya - Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan - Kamonomiya - Higashi-Miyahara - Konba - Yoshinohara - Haraichi - Shonan - Maruyama - Shiku - Ina-Chūō - Hanuki - Uchijuku.
TOKYO AIRPORT RAIL
Tokyo is served by two airports, they are;
The Narita International Airport is served by three railway services for transfers into downtown Tokyo -
The Skyliner Narita Airport Line & The Tokyo Sky Access Line - Eight stations located at - Narita Airport Railway Station - Terminal 2 - Narita Yukawa - Inba Nihon Idai - Chiba New Town - Shin Kamagaya - Higashi Matsudo - Keisei Takasago, which terminates in the city's Katsushika Ward in the very north east of the city.
The Narita Sky Express - Four stations located at Narita Airport Railway Station - Terminal 2 - Nippori - Keisei Ueno, which terminates at Ueno Station on the JR Yamanote Line.
For airport rail links to Narita Airport visit - www.keisei.co.jp/skyliner.
The Haneda Airport is served by two rail links into downtown Tokyo -
The Tokyo Monorail - 17.8 km - 11 stations located at Haneda Airport Terminal 2 - Haneda Airport Terminal 1 - Shin Seibijo - Haneda Airport International Terminal - Tenkubashi - Seibijo - Showajima - Ryutsu Centre - Oi Keibaju Mae - Tennozu Isle - Monorail Hamamatsuchō.
The monorail connects with the JR Yamanote Line at the Hamamatsuchō Station and the Rinkai Line of the Waterfront Area Rapid Transit at the Tennozu Isle station.
The Keikyu Airport Line - 6.5 km - 7 stations located at Haneda Airport Terminal 1 & 2 - Haneda Airport International Terminal - Tenkubashi - Anamori Inari - Otoril - Kojiya - Keikyu Kamata Railway Station.
This service links with the Tokyo Monorail at Tenkubashi Station and terminates at the Keikyu Kamata Railway Station in the city's Ota Ward located in the very south east of the city.
For airport rail links to Haneda Airport visit - www.haneda-airport.jp.
TOKYO MONORAILS
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THE TAMA TOSHI MONORAIL
A sixteen kilometer commuter service which is served by nineteen stations between Kamikitadai Station located in Higashiyamoto City in western Tokyo and Tama Centre Station located in Tama Newtown.
THE TOKYO MONORAIL
A 17.8 kilometer service which is served by eleven stations located at Haneda Airport Terminal 2 - Haneda Airport Terminal 1 - Shin Seibijo - Haneda Airport International Terminal - Tenkubashi - Seibijo - Showajima - Ryutsu Centre - Oi Keibaju Mae - Tennozu Isle - Monorail Hamamatsuchō.
THE SHONAN MONORAIL
The rail company which operates Tokyo's Enoshima Electric Railway also built Japan's very first monorail way back in 1970. The Shonan Monorail is located between the cities of Kamagura and Fugisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, an area which is now considered to be part of Greater Tokyo.
6.6 km - 8 stops at Ofuna Station - Fujimichō Station - Shōnan Machiya Station - Shōnan Fukasawa Station - Nishi Kamakura Station - Kataseyama Station - Mejiroyamashita Station - Shōnan Enoshima Station.
TOKYO TRAMS
Tokyo is also served by three, privately owned tram companies, all of which use former lines from the city's once vast tram network which was prevalent within the city during the beginning of the twentieth century. These lines are;
Toden Arakawa Line
12.2 km - 30 stops at Minowabashi - Arakawa Itchūmae - Arakawa Kuyakushomae - Arakawa Nichōme - Arakawa Nanachōme - Machiya Ekimae - Machiya Nichōme - Higashi Ogu Sanchōme - Kumanomae - Miyanomae - Odai - Arakawa Yūenchimae - Arakawa Shakomae - Kajiwara - Sakaechō - Ōji Ekimae - Asukayama - Takinogawa Itchōme - Nishigahara Yonchōme - Shin Kōshinzuka - Kōshinzuka - Sugamo Shinden - Ōtsuka Ekimae - Mukōhara - Higashi Ikebukuro Yonchōme - Toden Zōshigaya - Kishibojinmae - Gakushūin shita - Omokagebashi - Waseda.
This line is owned and operated by the Toei Subway and connects with the Tokyo Metro's Chiyoda Line, Fukutoshin Line, Hibiya Line, Namboku Line, Tozai Line and Yūrakuchō Line, the Toei Subway's Mita Line, the Nippori Toneri Liner and the Yamanote Line / Shinagawa Loop.
Tokyu Setagoya Line
5 km - 10 stops at Sangen Jaya - Nishi Taishidō - Wakabayashi - Shōin Jinjamae - Setagaya - Kamimachi- Miyanosaka - Yamashita - Matsubara - Shimo Takaido.
This line does not connect with the city metro or subway.
Enoshima Electric Railway
10 km - 15 stops at Kamakura Station - Wadazuka Station - Yuigahama Station - Hase Station - Gokurakuji Station - Inamuragasaki Station - Shichirigahama Station - Kamakura Kōkōmae Station - Koshigoe Station - Enoshima Station - Shōnankaigankōen Station - Kugenuma Station - Yanagikōji Station - Ishigami Station - Fujisawa Station.
This line does not connect with the city metro or subway.
THE FUJIKYU LINE
The Fujikyu Line - 26.6 km - 18 stations at Otsuku - Kamiotsuku - Tanokura - Kasei - Akasaka - Tsurushu - Yamuramachi - Tsuru Bunkadaigaku Mae - Tōkaichiba - Higashi-Katsura - Mitsutōge - Kotobuki - Yoshiikeonsenmae -Shimoyoshida - Gekkoji - Fujisan - Fujikyu-Highland - Kawaguchiko.
The Fujikyu Line is a mountain rail service which operates between Otsuku Station and Kawaguchiko Station via Mount Fuji's gateway stations and the Mount Fuji Five Lakes region. The tourist rail service known as the Fujisan View Express also uses this route.
TOKYO RAILWAY STATIONS
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Tokyo is served by two major railway stations, they are;
The Tokyo Railway Station is located in the Ginza District of the city's Chiyoda Ward . The station approach is accessed by a frontage located along Maranouchi, pictured above, and a rear entrance along the city's Yaesu.
The station is served by several local and long distance train services as well as the Shinkansen's (bullet train) Tōkaidō, Tōhoku, Yamagata, Akita, Jōetsu and Nagano lines and the metro's M - Marunouchi Line, which is accessed by way of the Otemachi metro station located beneath the railway station.
The Shinjuku Railway Station is located in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.
The station, which is a vast transport hub for commuter rail services to the west of the city and inter city services beyond, is served by the city metro system's Maranouchi Line and the Toei Subway's Shinjuku Line and Oedo Line.
THE IMPERIAL PALACE
Tokyo's Imperial Palace and Gardens, pictured above, is the official residence of Japan's royal family and is located not far from the Tokyo Railway Station which is situated in the Ginza District of the city's Chiyoda Ward.
The palace and it's surrounding areas of parkland and gardens are accessible by most of the Tokyo rail network as the Tokyo Railway Station is served by the metro system's Maranuchi Line and the Shinkansen's Tokaido, Tohuku, Yamagata, Akita, Joetsu and Nagano lines.
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