Tokyo Toden

History

• 1903: The Tokyo Horse-drawn Railway changed its motive power to electricity and, under the name Tokyo Electric Railway commenced operations between Shinagawa and Shinbashi.
• 1903: The Tokyo Urban Railway began operations between Sukiyabashi and Kandabashi.
• 1904: The Tokyo Electric Railway connecting Shinbashi Station and Ochanomizu opened.
• 1905: The three companies published the "Tokyo Geography Education Streetcar Song" to promote knowledge of the geography of Tokyo.
• 1906: The three companies merged to form the Tokyo Railways.
• 1911: Tokyo City purchased the Tokyo Railways, established its Electric Bureau, and inaugurated the Tokyo City Streetcar system.
• 1911–1922: The streetcar network expands, with various new companies and lines serving areas in the city and to the west.
• 1933: The route from Shinagawa Station to North Shinagawa Station is abandoned.
• 1933–1943: New companies, mergers, and realignments alter the network.
• 1943: Tokyo City is abolished and the larger Tokyo Prefecture assumes its administrative functions. The Tokyo City Streetcar bureau becomes the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation.
• 1944: Service is stopped on nine segments.
• 1945–1951: During the Occupation of Japan, the network evolved slowly.
• 1952: The segment of the Imai Line between Higashi Arakawa and Imaibashi Stations was replaced with trolley buses.
• 1953, 1961: Two segments stop operating.
• 1963: In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, two segments cease operations. The Suginami Line closes because it duplicates a line of the Eidan Subway.
• 1967–1972: A plan for financial restructuring is put into effect in seven stages, resulting in the closing of routes.
• 1974: A plan for abandoning the remaining track is cancelled. The remaining routes are consolidated into a single line, named the Arakawa Line.
• 1978: One-man operation begins.
• 1990: The 8500 Series rolling stock is introduced. It is the first new design in 28 years.
• 2000: A new station, Arakawa Itchūmae, opens between two existing stations.
• 2007 : 9000 Series rolling stock is scheduled for introduction.

  Former lines

Lines

Lines primary made by Tōkyō Electric Railway (Tōden)

• Azumabashi Line; ■ Route 24 and ■ 30.
• Hondōri Line; ■ Route 1, ■ 4, ■ 19, ■ 22 and ■ 40.
• Kanasugi Line; ■ Route 1 and ■ 4.
• Kuramae Line; ■ Route 22 and ■ 31.
• Muromachi Line; ■ Route 22 and ■ 31.
• Shinagawa Line; ■ Route 1, ■ 3 and ■ 7.
• Ueno Line; ■ Route 1, ■ 19, ■ 20, ■ 24, ■ 30, ■ 37 and ■ 40.

  Lines primary made by Tōkyō Urban Railway

• Aoyama Line; ■ Route 6, ■ 9 and ■ 10.
• Bammachi Line; ■ Route 10.
• Chiyodabashi Line; ■ Route 15, ■ 28 and ■ 38.
• Edogawa Line; ■ Route 15 and ■ 39.
• Hamachō Line
• Hanzōmon Line; ■ Route 8, ■ 9, ■ 10 and ■ 11.
• Hongō Line; ■ Route 19.
• Hōraibashi Line
• Ichigaya Line; ■ Route 12.
• Kandabashi Line; ■ Route 2, ■ 5, ■ 15, ■ 25, ■ 35 and ■ 37.
• Kiridōshi Line; ■ Route 16 and ■ 39.
• Kōtōbashi Line; ■ Route 25, ■ 29 and ■ 38.
• Kudan Line; ■ Route 10, ■ 12 and ■ 15.
• Mita Line; ■ Route 2, ■ 5, ■ 35 and ■ 37.
• Narihira Line; ■ Route 16, ■ 23 and ■ 24.
• Ryōgokubashi Line; ■ Route 10, ■ 12, ■ 25 and ■ 29.
• Shinjuku Line; ■ Route 11, ■ 12 and ■ 13.
• Suzaki Line; ■ Route 28 and ■ 38.
• Toranomon Line; ■ Route 3 and ■ 8.
• Tsukiji Line; ■ Route 8, ■ 9, ■ 11 and ■ 36.
• Umayabashi Line; ■ Route 16 and ■ 39.

  Lines primary made by Tōkyō Electric Railway (Sotobori Line)

• Dobashi Line; ■ Route 17.
• Hiroo Line; ■ Route 7.
• Hōraibashi Line; ■ Route 6.
• Nishikichō Line
• Ochanomizu Line; ■ Route 13 and ■ 19.
• Shinanomachi Line; ■ Route 7 and ■ 33.
• Tameike Line; ■ Route 3 and ■ 6.
• Ushigome Line; ■ Route 3 and ■ 12.

  Lines primary made by Tōkyō Railways

• Furukawa Line; ■ Route 4, ■ 5, ■ 7, ■ 8 and ■ 34.
• Hakusan Line; ■ Route 2, ■ 18 and ■ 35.
• Izumibashi Line; ■ Route 13 and ■ 21.
• Minowa Line; ■ Route 21 and ■ 31
• Ōtsuka Line; ■ Route 16 and ■ 17.
• Senju Line; ■ Route 22.
• Sugamo Line; ■ Route 2, ■ 18 and ■ 35.
• Suidōbashi Line; ■ Route 2, ■ 17, ■ 18 and ■ 35.
• Takahashi Line; ■ Route 23.
• Tomisaka Line; ■ Route 16, ■ 17 and ■ 39.

  Lines made by Ōji Electric Tramway

• Akabane Line; ■ Route 27.
• Arakawa Line; ■ Route 27 and ■ 32.
• Mikawashima Line; ■ Route 27.
• Takinogawa Line; ■ Route 32.
• Waseda Line; ■ Route 32.

  Lines made by Jōtō Electric Tramway

• Ichinoe Line; ■ Route 26.
• Komatsugawa Line; ■ Route 25, ■ 29 and ■ 38.
• Sunamachi Line; ■ Route 29 and ■ 38.

  Lines made by Tamagawa Electric Railway

• Naka-Meguro Line; ■ Route 8.
• Tengenjibashi Line; ■ Route 8 and ■ 34.

  Lines made by the former Seibu Railway

• Kōenji Line; ■ Route 14.
• Ogikubo Line; ■ Route 14.

  Other lines

• Asukayama Line; ■ Route 19.
• Awajimachi Line; ■ Route 37.
• Dōzaka Line; ■ Route 20, ■ 37 and ■ 40.
• Ebisu Line
• Fudanotsuji Line; ■ Route 3 and ■ 8.
• Gokokuji Line; ■ Route 17 and ■ 20.
• Gotanda Line; ■ Route 4.
• Hatchōbori Line; ■ Route 5.
• Ikebukuro Line; ■ Route 17.
• Isarago Line; ■ Route 4, ■ 5 and ■ 7.
• Ishiwara Line; ■ Route 16.
• Itabashi Line; ■ Route 18 and ■ 41.
• Kachidokibashi Line; ■ Route 11.
• Kasaibashi Line; ■ Route 29.
• Kasumichō Line; ■ Route 6.
• Kita-Senju Line; ■ Route 21.
• Komagome Line; ■ Route 19.
• Marunouchi Line; ■ Route 28 and ■ 31.
• Meguro Line; ■ Route 4 and ■ 5.
• Mukōjima Line; ■ Route 30.
• Otowa Line; ■ Route 20.
• Roppongi Line; ■ Route 3, ■ 8 and ■ 33.
• Ryōgoku-eki Leading Line; ■ Route 12.
• Sarue Line; ■ Route 28 and ■ 36.
• Senzoku Line; ■ Route 31.
• Shibaura Line
• Shimura Line; ■ Route 18 and ■ 41.
• Shin-Ōhashi Line; ■ Route 9 and ■ 36.
• Totsuka Line; ■ Route 15.
• Tsukishima Line; ■ Route 23.
• Tsunohazu Line; ■ Route 13.

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