All Tokyo articles
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Country profileJapan: Sotetsu-Tokyu Link - project map
Japan: Sotetsu-Tokyu Link – project map of new line construction
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NewsThird sector company to build Haneda Airport access link
JAPAN: Tokyu Corp and Tokyo’s Ota Ward have set up a third sector company to build a link that will improve access to Haneda Airport from the northwestern part of Tokyo.
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Metro Report InternationalTokyo Metro extensions approved
JAPAN: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism has given Tokyo Metro the go-ahead to develop two proposed extensions to the capital’s metro network. The first would be an extension of the Yurakucho Line to serve areas at the northern end of Tokyo Bay that ...
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NewsATACS to support ATO on Tokyo suburban routes
JAPAN: East Japan Railway has confirmed plans to install its ATACS radio-based train control on Tokyo suburban lines over the next decade, in order to support an expansion of driver-only and automatic train operation.
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Seibu Railway
First line opened 1894. See Tokyo network map. Seibu’s main lines are: Seibu Shinjuku Line (47·5 km) – from Tokyo (Shinjuku) north to Takadanobaba then west to Nakai, Kodaira and Higashi-Muruyama, then north via Tokorozawa to Hon-Kawagoe; the Haijima Line branches west at Kodaira via Ogawa to Haijima (14·3 ...
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Tokyo Monorail
Single line opened 1964, serving 11 stops. See Tokyo network map. This straddle monorail on the Alweg system opened in southern Tokyo in 1964. It runs from Hamamatsuchō on the south side of central Tokyo to Haneda airport along the western waterfront of Tokyo Bay. The line was acquired by ...
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Tokyo-to Kotsu Kyoku (Toei)
Transportation Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
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Tokyo Metro Co Ltd
Opened 1927. Nine line network serving 143 stations. See Tokyo network map. The Tokyo Metro consists of the following lines: Tokyo Metro Name gaugekmstaopenedlast extendednotes C Chiyoda 9 1067 24·0 20 Dec 20 1969 Dec 20 1979 through-running W & E F Fukutoshin ...
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Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (Rinkai-sen)
Opened in 1996, single line with 8 stations. See Tokyo network map. This ‘Third Sector’ line opened on March 30 1996 running in tunnel west from an interchange with JR East’s Keiyo line at Shin-Kiba to Tokyo’s waterfront development area on the artifical islands of Aomi and Odaiba, also served ...