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Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan (Asia)

Basic Data

System known asMetro
Date of opening30.12.1927
Network length292.2 km
Number of stations274 (or 202*)
Number of lines13
Stations per line21.08
km per station*1.45
km per line22.48
* when transfer stations are counted as one
Numerical data provided by Jordi Serradell as of 1 Jan 2008.
Left or right trackleft
Air-conditioned trainsNo
Walk-through trainsyes
Rubber-tyred trainsyes (Yurikamome line)
Driverless trainsYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred (since 1995).
Platform screen doorsMarunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome lines.




Metro Arts and Architecture

Examples of good station design.


Rating: 1 star (bronze)  Tokyo

All stations on Tokyo's Oedo line (opened in 2000) have been created by different well reputed architects, selected through a design competition [g-mark.org], [makoto-architect.com], [jrtr.net (PDF)]. The organic designs on platform and street levels of Iidabashi station are the world's first examples of computer-generated "evolutionary architecture" as architect Makoto Watanabe describes it in his book (see Reference).

Photo [gandamu]: Entrance of Iidabashi station.

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Departure Procedure and Sounds

Announcements: Asakusa Line (Keikyu train in this soundfile): door chime (ototetsu.jp (rm)). Yamanote line: In some stations, hypnotizing little melodies are played before departure (issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp).





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