Tokyo Toden

History

At its peak, the Toden system boasted 41 routes with 213 kilometers of track. However, the increase in reliance on automobile traffic resulted in reductions in ridership, and from 1967 to 1972, 181 km of track were abandoned as the Bureau changed its emphasis to bus and subway modes of transportation.

1903: The Tokyo Horse-drawn Railway changed its motive power to electricity and, under the name Tokyo Electric Railway (or Tōden, 東電) commenced operations between Shinagawa and Shinbashi.

1903: The Tokyo Urban Railway (or Gaitetsu, 街鉄) began operations between Sukiyabashi (in Ginza) and Kandabashi.

1904: The Tokyo Electric Railway (Sotobori Line) 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 (東京市電) 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 (one in Shinjuku and the other connecting Shinbashi Station and Shiodome) stop operating.

1963: In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, two segments (Kita-Aoyama Itchome – Miyakezaka and Hanzomon – Kudanshita) cease operations. The Suginami Line (Shinjuku – Ogikubo) 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 (projected): 9000 Series rolling stock is scheduled for introduction.

Lines

This is the list of former lines, listed according to their official names. Correspnding routes are those of 1962. The first section of the lines opened in the listed opening years, while the last section of the lines closed in the listed closing years.

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

They were the only lines with a gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). The rest of the network had a gauge of 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in).

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.

Routes

As of 1962, there were 41 routes in operation; the largest number in Japanese history.

■ Route 1Shinagawa-Ekimae — Shinagawa Line — Kanasugi Line — Hondōri Line — Ueno Line — Ueno-Ekimae■ Route 2Mita — Mita Line — Kandabashi Line — Suidōbashi Line — Hakusan Line — Sugamo Line — Tōyō-Daigaku-mae■ Route 3Shinagawa-Ekimae — Shinagawa Line — Fudanotsuji Line — Roppongi Line — Toranomon Line — Tameike Line — Ushigome Line — Iidabashi■ Route 4Gotanda-Ekimae — Gotanda Line — Meguro Line — Isarago Line — Furukawa Line — Kanasugi Line — Hondōri Line — Ginza-Nichōme■ Route 5Meguro-Ekimae — Meguro Line — Isarago Line — Furukawa Line — Mita Line — Kandabashi Line — Hatchōbori Line — Eitaibashi■ Route 6Shibuya-Ekimae — Aoyama Line — Kasumichō Line — Tameike Line — Hōraibashi Line — Shimbashi■ Route 7Yotsuya-Sanchōme — Shinanomachi Line — Hiroo Line — Furukawa Line — Isarago Line — Shinagawa Line — Shinagawa-Ekimae■ Route 8Naka-Meguro — Naka-Meguro Line — Tengenjibashi Line — Furukawa Line — Fudanotsuji Line — Roppongi Line — Toranomon Line — Hanzōmon Line — Tsukiji Line — Tsukiji■ Route 9Shibuya-Ekimae — Aoyama Line — Hanzōmon Line — Tsukiji Line — Shin-Ōhashi Line — Hamachō-Nakanohashi■ Route 10Shibuya-Ekimae — Aoyama Line — Hanzōmon Line — Bammachi Line — Kudanshita Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Sudachō■ Route 11Shinjuku-Ekimae — Shinjuku Line — Hanzōmon Line — Tsukiji Line — Kachidokibashi Line — Tsukishima■ Route 12Shinjuku-Ekimae — Shinjuku Line — Ushigome Line — Ichigaya Line — Kudan Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Ryōgoku-eki Leading Line — Ryōgoku-Ekimae■ Route 13Shinjuku-Ekimae — Shinjuku Line — Tsunohazu Line — Ochanomizu Line — Izumibashi Line — Suitengū-mae■ Route 14Shinjuku-Ekimae — Kōenji Line — Ogikubo Line — Ogikubo-Ekimae■ Route 15Takadanobaba-Ekimae — Totsuka Line — Waseda Line — Edogawa Line — Kudan Line — Kandabashi Line — Chiyodabashi Line — Kayabachō■ Route 16Ōtsuka-Ekimae — Ōtsuka Line — Tomisaka Line — Kiridōshi Line — Umayabashi Line — Narihira Line — Ishiwara Line — Kinshichō-Ekimae■ Route 17Ikebukuro-Ekimae — Ikebukuro Line — Gokokuji Line — Ōtsuka Line — Tomisaka Line — Suidōbashi Line — Dobashi Line — Sukiyabashi■ Route 18Shimura-Sakaue — Shimura Line — Itabashi Line — Sugamo Line — Hakusan Line — Suidōbashi Line — Kandabashi■ Route 19Ōji-Ekimae — Takinogawa Line — Asukayama Line — Komagome Line — Hongō Line — Ochanomizu Line — Ueno Line — Hondōri Line — Tōri-Sanchōme■ Route 20Edogawabashi — Otowa Line — Gokokuji Line — Dōzaka Line — Ueno Line — Sudachō■ Route 21Senju-Yonchōme — Kita-Senju Line — Minowa Line — Izumibashi Line — Suitengū-mae■ Route 22Minami-Senju — Senju Line — Kuramae Line — Muromachi Line — Hondōri Line — Shimbashi■ Route 22 TemporalKaminarimon — Kuramae Line — Muromachi Line — Hondōri Line — ShimbashiThe branch route was treated as a temporal route.■ Route 23Fukujimbashi — Narihira Line — Takahashi Line — Tsukishima Line — Tsukishima■ Route 24Fukujimbashi — Narihira Line — Azumabashi Line — Ueno Line — Sudachō■ Route 25Nishi-Arakawa — Komatsugawa Line — Kōtōbashi Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Kandabashi Line — Hibiya-Kōen■ Route 26Higashi-Arakawa — Ichinoe Line — ImaibashiAlready discontinued in 1952.■ Route 27Minowabashi — Mikawashima Line — Arakawa Line — Akabane Line — Akabane■ Route 28Kinshichō-Ekimae — Sarue Line — Suzaki Line — Chiyodabashi Line — Marunouchi Line — Tochō-mae■ Route 29Kasaibashi — Kasaibashi Line — Sunamachi Line — Komatsugawa Line — Kōtōbashi Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Sudachō■ Route 29 TemporalKasaibashi — Kasaibashi Line — Sunamachi Line — Suzaki Line — Chiyodabashi Line — NihombashiThe temporal route operated at morning and evening.■ Route 30Higashi-Mukōjima-Nichōme — Mukōjima Line — Azumabashi Line — Ueno Line — Sudachō■ Route 31Minowabashi — Mikawashima Line — Senzoku Line — Kuramae Line — Muromachi Line — Marunouchi Line — Tochō-mae■ Route 32Arakawa-Shako-mae — Arakawa Line — Takinogawa Line — Waseda Line — Waseda■ Route 33Yotsuya-Sanchōme — Shinanomachi Line — Roppongi Line — Hamamatsuchō-Itchōme■ Route 34Shibuya-Ekimae — Tengenjibashi Line — Tengenjibashi■ Route 35Sugamo-Shako-mae — Sugamo Line — Hakusan Line — Suidōbashi Line — Kandabashi Line — Mita Line — Nishi-Shimbashi-Itchōme■ Route 36Kinshichō-Ekimae — Sarue Line — Shin-Ōhashi Line — Tsukiji Line — Tsukiji■ Route 37Mita — Mita Line — Kandabashi Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Awajichō Line — Ueno Line — Dōzaka Line — Sendagi-Nichōme■ Route 38Kishinbori-Shako-mae — Kōtōbashi Line — Komatsugawa Line — Sunamachi Line — Suzaki Line — Chiyodabashi Line — Nihombashi■ Route 39Waseda — Edogawa Line — Tomisaka Line — Kiridōshi Line — Umayabashi Line — Umayabashi■ Route 40Shimmeichō-Shako-mae — Dōzaka Line — Ueno Line — Hondōri Line — Ginza-Nanachōme■ Route 41Shimurabashi — Shimura Line — Itabashi Line — Sugamo-Shako-mae