The Tokyo Toden (東京都電, Tōkyō Toden) or simply Toden, is the tram network of Tokyo, Japan. Of all its former routes, only one, the Toden Arakawa Line, remains in service. The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates the Toden. The formal legal name is Tokyo-to Densha. Its nickname, "Toden," distinguished it from the "Kokuden" (electrified lines of the Japanese National Railways).
Contents
- History
- Lines
- Lines primary made by Tky Electric Railway Tden
- Lines primary made by Tky Urban Railway
- Lines primary made by Tky Electric Railway Sotobori Line
- Lines primary made by Tky Railways
- Lines made by ji Electric Tramway
- Lines made by Jt Electric Tramway
- Lines made by Tamagawa Electric Railway
- Lines made by the former Seibu Railway
- Other lines
- Routes
- References
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.
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)
Lines primary made by Tōkyō Urban Railway
Lines primary made by Tōkyō Electric Railway (Sotobori Line)
Lines primary made by Tōkyō Railways
Lines made by Ōji Electric Tramway
Lines made by Jōtō Electric Tramway
Lines made by Tamagawa Electric Railway
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).
Other lines
Routes
As of 1962, there were 41 routes in operation; the largest number in Japanese history.
■ Route 1 Shinagawa-Ekimae — Shinagawa Line — Kanasugi Line — Hondōri Line — Ueno Line — Ueno-Ekimae ■ Route 2 Mita — Mita Line — Kandabashi Line — Suidōbashi Line — Hakusan Line — Sugamo Line — Tōyō-Daigaku-mae ■ Route 3 Shinagawa-Ekimae — Shinagawa Line — Fudanotsuji Line — Roppongi Line — Toranomon Line — Tameike Line — Ushigome Line — Iidabashi ■ Route 4 Gotanda-Ekimae — Gotanda Line — Meguro Line — Isarago Line — Furukawa Line — Kanasugi Line — Hondōri Line — Ginza-Nichōme ■ Route 5 Meguro-Ekimae — Meguro Line — Isarago Line — Furukawa Line — Mita Line — Kandabashi Line — Hatchōbori Line — Eitaibashi ■ Route 6 Shibuya-Ekimae — Aoyama Line — Kasumichō Line — Tameike Line — Hōraibashi Line — Shimbashi ■ Route 7 Yotsuya-Sanchōme — Shinanomachi Line — Hiroo Line — Furukawa Line — Isarago Line — Shinagawa Line — Shinagawa-Ekimae ■ Route 8 Naka-Meguro — Naka-Meguro Line — Tengenjibashi Line — Furukawa Line — Fudanotsuji Line — Roppongi Line — Toranomon Line — Hanzōmon Line — Tsukiji Line — Tsukiji ■ Route 9 Shibuya-Ekimae — Aoyama Line — Hanzōmon Line — Tsukiji Line — Shin-Ōhashi Line — Hamachō-Nakanohashi ■ Route 10 Shibuya-Ekimae — Aoyama Line — Hanzōmon Line — Bammachi Line — Kudanshita Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Sudachō ■ Route 11 Shinjuku-Ekimae — Shinjuku Line — Hanzōmon Line — Tsukiji Line — Kachidokibashi Line — Tsukishima ■ Route 12 Shinjuku-Ekimae — Shinjuku Line — Ushigome Line — Ichigaya Line — Kudan Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Ryōgoku-eki Leading Line — Ryōgoku-Ekimae ■ Route 13 Shinjuku-Ekimae — Shinjuku Line — Tsunohazu Line — Ochanomizu Line — Izumibashi Line — Suitengū-mae ■ Route 14 Shinjuku-Ekimae — Kōenji Line — Ogikubo Line — Ogikubo-Ekimae ■ Route 15 Takadanobaba-Ekimae — Totsuka Line — Waseda Line — Edogawa Line — Kudan Line — Kandabashi Line — Chiyodabashi Line — Kayabachō ■ Route 16 Ōtsuka-Ekimae — Ōtsuka Line — Tomisaka Line — Kiridōshi Line — Umayabashi Line — Narihira Line — Ishiwara Line — Kinshichō-Ekimae ■ Route 17 Ikebukuro-Ekimae — Ikebukuro Line — Gokokuji Line — Ōtsuka Line — Tomisaka Line — Suidōbashi Line — Dobashi Line — Sukiyabashi ■ Route 18 Shimura-Sakaue — Shimura Line — Itabashi Line — Sugamo Line — Hakusan Line — Suidōbashi Line — Kandabashi ■ Route 19 Ōji-Ekimae — Takinogawa Line — Asukayama Line — Komagome Line — Hongō Line — Ochanomizu Line — Ueno Line — Hondōri Line — Tōri-Sanchōme ■ Route 20 Edogawabashi — Otowa Line — Gokokuji Line — Dōzaka Line — Ueno Line — Sudachō ■ Route 21 Senju-Yonchōme — Kita-Senju Line — Minowa Line — Izumibashi Line — Suitengū-mae ■ Route 22 Minami-Senju — Senju Line — Kuramae Line — Muromachi Line — Hondōri Line — Shimbashi ■ Route 22 Temporal Kaminarimon — Kuramae Line — Muromachi Line — Hondōri Line — Shimbashi The branch route was treated as a temporal route. ■ Route 23 Fukujimbashi — Narihira Line — Takahashi Line — Tsukishima Line — Tsukishima ■ Route 24 Fukujimbashi — Narihira Line — Azumabashi Line — Ueno Line — Sudachō ■ Route 25 Nishi-Arakawa — Komatsugawa Line — Kōtōbashi Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Kandabashi Line — Hibiya-Kōen ■ Route 26 Higashi-Arakawa — Ichinoe Line — Imaibashi Already discontinued in 1952. ■ Route 27 Minowabashi — Mikawashima Line — Arakawa Line — Akabane Line — Akabane ■ Route 28 Kinshichō-Ekimae — Sarue Line — Suzaki Line — Chiyodabashi Line — Marunouchi Line — Tochō-mae ■ Route 29 Kasaibashi — Kasaibashi Line — Sunamachi Line — Komatsugawa Line — Kōtōbashi Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Sudachō ■ Route 29 Temporal Kasaibashi — Kasaibashi Line — Sunamachi Line — Suzaki Line — Chiyodabashi Line — Nihombashi The temporal route operated at morning and evening. ■ Route 30 Higashi-Mukōjima-Nichōme — Mukōjima Line — Azumabashi Line — Ueno Line — Sudachō ■ Route 31 Minowabashi — Mikawashima Line — Senzoku Line — Kuramae Line — Muromachi Line — Marunouchi Line — Tochō-mae ■ Route 32 Arakawa-Shako-mae — Arakawa Line — Takinogawa Line — Waseda Line — Waseda ■ Route 33 Yotsuya-Sanchōme — Shinanomachi Line — Roppongi Line — Hamamatsuchō-Itchōme ■ Route 34 Shibuya-Ekimae — Tengenjibashi Line — Tengenjibashi ■ Route 35 Sugamo-Shako-mae — Sugamo Line — Hakusan Line — Suidōbashi Line — Kandabashi Line — Mita Line — Nishi-Shimbashi-Itchōme ■ Route 36 Kinshichō-Ekimae — Sarue Line — Shin-Ōhashi Line — Tsukiji Line — Tsukiji ■ Route 37 Mita — Mita Line — Kandabashi Line — Ryōgokubashi Line — Awajichō Line — Ueno Line — Dōzaka Line — Sendagi-Nichōme ■ Route 38 Kishinbori-Shako-mae — Kōtōbashi Line — Komatsugawa Line — Sunamachi Line — Suzaki Line — Chiyodabashi Line — Nihombashi ■ Route 39 Waseda — Edogawa Line — Tomisaka Line — Kiridōshi Line — Umayabashi Line — Umayabashi ■ Route 40 Shimmeichō-Shako-mae — Dōzaka Line — Ueno Line — Hondōri Line — Ginza-Nanachōme ■ Route 41 Shimurabashi — Shimura Line — Itabashi Line — Sugamo-Shako-mae