TOKYO METRO Lines - Eidan Subway (8):
The first subway line in Tokyo, opened in
1927 as a private railway between Asakusa and Ueno (2.2km),
extended 1939 14.3km, one more station, Tameikesanno, was opened in 1997. 19
stations, Asakusa - Shibuya.
30 Dec 1927: Asakusa -
Ueno (2.2 km)
01 Jan 1930: - Suehirocho (1.1 km)
21 Nov 1931: - Kanda (1.1 km)
29 Apr 1932: Mitsukoshimae (0.7 km)
24 Dec 1932: - Kyobashi (1.3 km)
03 March 1934: - Ginza (0.7 km)
21 June 1934: - Shimbashi (0.9 km)
18 Nov 1938: Toranomon - Omotesando (4.2 km; without Tameikesanno)
20 Dec 1938: - Shibuya (1.3 km)
15 Jan 1939 (no through service): Toranomon - Shimbashi (0.8 km)
16 Sept 1939: through service at Shimbashi
30 Sept 1997: - Tameikesanno -
Opened between 1954 and 1962, 27.4km, 27
stations, Ikebukuro - Ogikubo / Honancho.
20 Jan 1954: Ikebukuro
- Ochanomizu (6.4 km)
20 March 1956: - Awajicho (0.8 km)
20 July 1956: - Tokyo (1.5 km)
15 Dec 1957: - Ginza (1.1 km)
15 Oct 1958: - Kasumigaseki (1.0 km)
15 March 1959: - Shinjuku (5.8 km)
08 Feb 1961: - Nakanosakaue (1.9 km; without Nishi-Shinjuku)
and then two branches - Shin-Nakano (0.9 km) and Nakanofujimicho (1.9
km)
01 Nov 1961: - Minami-Asagaya (3.1 km; without Higashi-Koenji)
23 Jan 1962: - Ogikubo (1.5 km)
23 March 1962: - Honancho (1.3 km)
18 Sept 1964: - Higashi-Koenji station added
28 May 1996: - Nishi-Shinjuku station added
Opened between 1961 and 1964, 20.3km, 21
stations, (Tobu-Dobtsu-Koen -) Kita-Senju - Naka-Meguro (-Kikuna), on
both ends shared service with suburban lines (Tobu-Isezaki Line and Tokyu
Toyoko Line).
28 March 1961: Minami-Senju -
Nakaokachimachi (3.7 km)
31 May 1962: - Ningyocho (2.5 km) and - Kita-Senju (2.1 km)
28 Feb 1963: - Higashi-Ginza (3.0 km)
25 March 1964: - Ebisu (without Ginza and Hibyia) (8.0
km)
22 June 1964: - Naka-Meguro (2.0 km)
29 Aug 1964: - Ginza and Hibyia added
Opened between 1964 and 1969, 30.8km,
22 stations, Nishi-Funabashi - Nakano (- Mitaka).
23 Dec 1964: Takadanobaba
- Waseda (1.7 km)
16 May 1966: - Nakano (3.9 km) and - Takebashi (4.1 km)
01 Oct 1966: - Otemachi (1.0 km)
14 Sept 1967: - Toyocho (5.1 km)
29 March 1969: - Nishi-Funabashi (without Nishi-Kasai,
Minami-Gyotoku, Myoden) (15.0 km)
01 Oct 1979: - Nishi-Kasai added
27 March 1981: - Minami-Gyotoku added
22 Jan 2000: - Myoden added
Opened 1969/1979, 24km, 20 stations, (Hon-Atsugi
on Odakyu Line) - Yoyogiuehara - Kita-Ayase (- Toride).
20 Dec 1969: Otemachi - Kita-Senju (9.9
km)
20 March 1971: - Kasumigaseki (2.2 km)
20 Apr 1971: - Ayase (2.6 km)
20 Oct 1972: - Yoyogikoen (6.2 km)
31.03.1978: - Yoyogiuehara (1.0 km)
20 Dec 1979: - Kita-Ayase (2.1 km)
Opened 1974 - 1988, 28.3km, 24 stations, (Shinrin-Koen
on Tobu Tojo Line) - Wakoshi - Shin-Kiba.
30 Oct 1974 : Ginzaitchome
- Ikebukuro (10.2 km)
27 March 1980: - Shintomicho (0.7 km)
24 June 1983: - Chikatetsu Narimasu (earlier called Eidan Narimasu) (9.3
km)
25 Aug 1987 : - Wakoshi (2.2 km)
08 June 1988: - Shin-Kiba (5.9 km)
On 7 Dec 1994 the 4-track section of the
Yurakucho New Line (Kotakemukaihara - Ikebukuro) has been opened
(New Yurakucho New Line Ikebukuro Station). This new line is being
extended south to Shibuya (8.9 km, scheduled to be completed in 2007 - see
Fukutoshin Line below).
Opened 1978 - 2003, 16.9km, 14 stations
Runs parallel to Ginza line between Shibuya
and Aoyama-I-chome.
1 Aug 1978: Shibuya - Aoyama-itchome (2.7
km)
21 Sept 1979: - Nagatacho (1.4 km)
9 Dec 1982: - Hanzomon (1.0 km)
26 Jan 1989: - Mitsukoshi-mae (4.3 km)
28 Nov 1990: - Suitengu-mae (1.3 km)
19 March 2003: - Oshiage (6.1 km)
Opened 1991-2000, 19 stations, 21.3 km,
average station distance 1.3 km, track gauge 1067 mm, 1500 V overhead power
supply, 6-car-trains (120 m), headway 5 min peak, 7.5 min off-peak
29 Nov 1991 Akabane-Iwabuchi - Komagone
(6.3 km)
26 March 1996 Komagome - Yotsuya (7.1 km)
30 Sept 1997 Yotsuya - Tameikesanno (2.2 km)
26 Sept 2000 Tameikesanno - Meguro (5.7 km; of which 2.3 km and three
stations are used jointly with TOEI Mita Line)
From Meguro reciprocal service with
Tokyu trains is offered.
To the north the line offers reciprocal
service along the new Saitama Railway (28 March 2001; stations: Akabaneiwabuchi
- Kawaguchi-Motogo - Minamihatogaya - Hatogaya - Araijuku - Tozuka-angyo -
Higashikawaguchi - Urawamisono).
7 Dec 1994 Kotakemukaihara - Ikebukuro
(as Yurakucho New Line) (3.2 km)
[June 2008] Ikebukuro - Shibuya
Intermediate stations between Ikebukuro and Shibuya (from north to south): Zoshigaya, Nishi-waseda, Higashi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-sanchome, Kitasando, Meiji-jingumae. The Fukutoshin Line will share tracks with Yurakucho Line between Wakoshi & Kotake-mukaihara.
3/2003 - Tokyo Metro Lines: total
length 183.3 km, 165 stations
Busiest Eidan Subway stations in 1998:
Ikebukuro (518,000 passengers a day), Kita-Senju
(364,000), Otemachi (307,000), Ginza (281,500), Shinjuku
(277,000), Ueno (234,000), Shibuya (216,000), Shimbashi (215,000).
TOEI Lines (4):
Partly opened in 1960, since 1968 18.3km,
20 stations, Aoto - Nishi-Magome; through trains from Sengakuji
on Keihin-kyuko Line.
04 Dec 1960: Oshiage - Asakusabashi (3.1
km)
31 May 1962: - Higashi-Nihombashi (0.7 km)
30 Sept 1962: - Ningyocho (0.7
km)
28 Feb 1963: - Higashi-Ginza (1.6 km)
21 Dec 1963: - Shimbashi (0.9 km)
01 Oct 1964: - Daimon (1.0
km)
21 March 1968: - Sengakuji (2.6 km)
15 Nov 1968: - Nishi-Magome (6.9 km)
Opened between 1968 and 1976, 26.8km, 24
stations, Mita - Nishi-Takashimadaira. An extension to Shirokane-Takanawa
and further to Meguro (together with Namboku Line) opened 26/9/2000.
27 Dec 1968: Takashimadaira - Sugamo (2.2 km)
30 June 1972 - Hibiya (2.2 km)
27 Nov 1973: - Mita (2.2 km)
6 May 1976: - Nishi-Takashimadaira (2.2 km)
26 Sept 2000: - Meguro
(jointly with Namboku Line) (1.7 km of a separate Mita - Shirokane-Takanawa
track)
Opened between 1978 and 1989, 23.5km, 21
stations, Motoyawata - Shinjuku, through trains from Shinjuku on
Keio Line.
21 Dec 1978: Iwamotocho - Higashi-Ojima (4.9 km)
16 March 1980: - Shinjuku (7.3 km)
23 Dec 1983: - Funabori (3.6 km)
14 Sept 1986: - Shinozaki (4.9 km)
19 March 1989: - Moto-Yawata (2.8 km)
The newest of all Tokyo subway lines is a
ring line with a handle (40.7 km, 36 stations):
10 Dec 1991 Hikarigoaka - Nerima (3.8
km)
19 Dec 1997 - Nerima- Shinjuku (9.1 km)
20 Apr 2000 - Shinjuku - Kokuritsu Kyogi-jomae (National
Stadium), (2.4 km)
12 Dec. 2000 - final section (25.4 km) of the entire ring line opened.
2 Nov 2002 - Shiodome station opened
O-Edo-sen means Big Edo Line and Edo was
the city's name until 1868.
Total length of TOEI Lines
(12/2000): 107 km + 2.3km Mita Line extension to Meguro (shared with
Namboku Line)
Compiled by Alex Riabov