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Tokyo subway
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The combination of the 2 subway/metro systems in Tokyo, Japan
Key facts
- Locale
- Tokyo , Japan
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- Tokyo Metro: 5.95 million (2022) Toei Subway: 2.00 million (2022)
- Annual ridership
- 3.921 billion (2019)
- Began operation
- 30 December 1927 ; 98 years ago ( 30 December 1927 )
- Operator s
- Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. , Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- System length
- 304.1 km (189.0 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ), 1,435 mm for Ginza , Marunouchi , Toei Asakusa & Toei Ōedo Lines, 1,372 mm for Toei Shinjuku Line
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tokyo subway consists of two major subway systems (Japanese: 地下鉄, Hepburn: chikatetsu), the Tokyo Metro and the Toei Subway. Most of the network is located in the 23 special wards, with portions extending into Chiba and Saitama Prefectures. The subways are one part of Greater Tokyo's passenger rail network, with through service further connecting the subway to suburban railways in Western Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture.
Networks
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tokyo subway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.