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Part of the rapid transit system in the Greater Tokyo area of Japan
Tokyo subway
Logos of the Tokyo Metro (left) and Toei Subway (right)
Toei 6300 series (left) and Tokyo Metro 9000 series (right) trains at Tamagawa Station
Overview
Locale
Tokyo, Japan
Transit type
Rapid transit
Number of lines
13
Number of stations
285
Daily ridership
Tokyo Metro: 5.95million (2022)[1]
Toei Subway: 2.00million (2022)[2]
Annual ridership
3.921 billion (2019) [3]
Operation
Began operation
30 December 1927
Operator(s)
Tokyo Metro Co., Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
Technical
System length
304.1 km (189.0 mi)
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), 1,435 mm for Ginza, Marunouchi, Toei Asakusa & Toei Ōedo Lines, 1,372 mm for Toei Shinjuku Line
System map
Two rapid transit systems (Japanese: 地下鉄, Hepburn: chikatetsu) operate in Tokyo: Tokyo Metro and the Toei Subway. Most of the network is located in the 23 special wards, with portions extending into Chiba and Saitama Prefectures. The subways are one part of Greater Tokyo's passenger rail network, with through service further connecting the subway to suburban railways in Western Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture.
^"Business Situation". Tokyo Metro. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^各駅乗降人員一覧 (in Japanese). Toei Transportation. March 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^"Metro networks worldwide - leading cities by ridership 2019-2020". September 2022.
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