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The Tokyo Toden (東京都電, Tōkyō Toden
?) or simply Toden, is
the streetcar 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).
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.
- 1903: The Tokyo Horse-drawn Railway changed its motive power to
electricity and, under the name Tokyo Electric Railway (or Tōden,
東電) commenced operations between Shinagawa and Shinbashi.
- 1903: The Tokyo Urban Railway (or Gaitetsu, 街鉄) began
operations between Sukiyabashi (in Ginza) and Kandabashi.
- 1904: The Tokyo Electric Railway (Sotobori Line) connecting
Shinbashi Station and Ochanomizu opened.
- 1905: The three companies published the "Tokyo Geography
Education Streetcar Song" to promote knowledge of the geography of
Tokyo.
- 1906: The three companies merged to form the Tokyo
Railways.
- 1911: Tokyo City
purchased the Tokyo Railways, established its Electric Bureau, and
inaugurated the Tokyo City Streetcar (東京市電) system.
- 1911–1922: The streetcar network expands, with various new
companies and lines serving areas in the city and to the west.
- 1933: The route from Shinagawa Station to North Shinagawa
Station is abandoned.
- 1933–1943: New companies, mergers, and realignments alter the
network.
- 1943: Tokyo City is abolished and the larger Tokyo Prefecture
assumes its administrative functions. The Tokyo City Streetcar
bureau becomes the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of
Transportation.
- 1944: Service is stopped on nine segments.
- 1952: The segment of the Imai Line between Higashi Arakawa and
Imaibashi Stations was replaced with trolley buses.
- 1953, 1961: Two segments (one in Shinjuku and the other connecting
Shinbashi Station and Shiodome) stop operating.
- 1967–1972: A plan for financial restructuring is put into
effect in seven stages, resulting in the closing of routes.
- 1974: A plan for abandoning the remaining track is cancelled.
The remaining routes are consolidated into a single line, named the
Arakawa Line.
- 1978: One-man operation begins.
- 1990: The 8500 Series rolling stock is introduced. It is the
first new design in 28 years.
- 2000: A new station, Arakawa Itchūmae, opens between two
existing stations.
- 2007 (projected): 9000 Series rolling stock is scheduled for
introduction.
Former
lines
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)
- Azumabashi Line; ■ Route
24 and ■ 30.
-
- Ueno-Ekimae — Honjo-Azumabashi
- 1904 — 1972
- Hondōri Line; ■ Route 1,
■ 4, ■ 19, ■ 22 and ■ 40.
-
- Shimbashi — Sudachō
- 1903 — 1971
- Kanasugi Line; ■ Route 1 and
■ 4.
-
- Mita — Shimbashi
- 1903 — 1969
- Kuramae Line; ■ Route 22
and ■ 31.
-
- Kaminarimon — Asakusabashi
- 1904 — 1971
- Muromachi Line; ■ Route
22 and ■ 31.
-
- Asakusabashi — Marunouchi-Itchōme
- 1904 — 1971
- Shinagawa Line; ■ Route 1,
■ 3 and ■ 7.
-
- Kita-Shinagawa — Mita
- 1903 — 1967
- Trains from the Keihin Electric Railway (the current Keihin Electric Express
Railway) directly entered a section from Shinagawa
Station to Kita-Shinagawa Station.
- Ueno Line; ■ Route 1, ■ 19, ■
20, ■ 24, ■ 30, ■
37 and ■ 40.
-
- Sudachō — Ueno-Ekimae
- 1903 — 1972
Lines
primary made by Tōkyō Urban Railway
- Aoyama Line; ■ Route 6, ■ 9 and ■ 10.
-
- Miyakezaka — Shibuya-Ekimae
- Circa 1904 — 1968
- Bammachi Line; ■ Route
10.
-
- Hanzōmon — Kudanshita
- Circa 1905 — 1963
- Chiyodabashi Line; ■
Route 15, ■ 28 and ■ 38.
-
- Ōtemachi — Eitaibashi
- Circa 1904 — 1972
- Edogawa Line; ■ Route
15 and ■ 39.
-
- Kudanshita — Waseda
- Circa 1905 — 1968
-
- Ningyōchō — Ryōgoku
- Circa 1904 — 1944
- Hanzōmon Line; ■ Route 8,
■ 9, ■ 10 and ■ 11.
-
- Hibiya-Kōen — Hanzōmon
- 1903 — 1968
-
- Circa Sudachō — Hakusan-ue
- 1904 — 1971
-
- Miharabashi — Hōraibashi
- Circa 1904 — circa 1909
- Ichigaya Line; ■ Route
12.
-
- Circa 1905 — 1970
- Kandabashi Line; ■ Route 2,
■ 5, ■ 15, ■ 25, ■ 35 and ■ 37.
-
- Hibiya-Kōen — Ogawamachi
- 1903 — 1968
- Kiridōshi Line; ■ Route 16 and
■ 39.
-
- Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae — Ueno-Hirokōji
- Circa 1904 — 1971
- Kōtōbashi Line; ■ Route 25,
■ 29 and ■ 38.
-
- Ryōgoku-Nichōme — Kinshibori
- Circa 1905 — 1972
- Kudan Line; ■ Route 10, ■ 12 and ■ 15.
-
- Ogawamachi — Kudanshita
- Circa 1904 — 1970
- Mita Line; ■ Route 2, ■ 5, ■ 35 and ■ 37.
-
- Mita — Hibiya-Kōen
- Circa 1904 — 1968
- Narihira Line; ■ Route 16,
■ 23 and ■ 24.
-
- Midorichō-Itchōme — Fukujimbashi
- Narihirabashi — Asakusa-Ekimae (the current Tōbu Narihirabashi Station.)
- Circa 1905 — 1972
- Ryōgokubashi Line; ■ Route 10,
■ 12, ■ 25 and ■ 29.
-
- Ogawamachi — Ryōgoku-Nichōme
- 1903 — 1972
- Shinjuku Line; ■ Route 11,
■ 12 and ■ 13.
-
- Hanzōmon — Shinjuku-Ekimae
- 1903 — 1970
- Suzaki Line; ■ Route 28 and
■ 38.
-
- Eitaibashi — Tōyō-Kōen-mae
- Fukushimabashi (Eitai-Nichōme) — Kamezumichō
(Fukagawa-Itchōme)
- Circa 1904 — 1972
- Toranomon Line; ■ Route 3 and
■ 8.
-
- Sakuradamon — Kamiyachō
- Toranomon — Reinanzaka
- Circa 1905 — 1968
- Tsukiji Line; ■ Route 8, ■ 9, ■ 11 and ■ 36.
-
- Hibiya-Kōen — Kayabachō (— Ningyōchō)
- 1903 — 1971
- Umayabashi Line; ■ Route 16
and ■ 39.
-
- Ueno-Hirokōji — Honjo-Itchōme
- Circa 1905 — 1971
Lines primary made by Tōkyō Electric Railway (Sotobori
Line)
- Dobashi Line; ■ Route
17.
-
- Shin-Tokiwabashi — Shimbashi-eki-Kitaguchi
- Circa 1904 — 1968
-
- Aoyama-Itchōme — Tengenjibashi
- Circa 1905 — 1969
- Hōraibashi Line; ■ Route
6.
-
- Miharabashi — Toranomon
- Circa 1905 — 1967
-
- Ochanomizu — Shin-Tokiwabashi
- Circa 1904 — 1944
- Ochanomizu Line; ■ Route 13 and
■ 19.
-
- Iidabashi — Akihabara-eki-Higashiguchi
- Circa 1905 — 1971
- Shinanomachi Line; ■ Route 7
and ■ 33.
-
- Yotsuya-Sanchōme — Kita-Aoyama-Itchōme
- Circa 1905 — 1969
- Tameike Line; ■ Route 3 and
■ 6.
-
- Toranomon — Yotsuya-Mitsuke
- Circa 1905 — 1967
- Ushigome Line; ■ Route 3 and
■ 12.
-
- Yotsuya-Mitsuke — Iidabashi
- Circa 1905 — 1970
Lines primary
made by Tōkyō Railways
- Furukawa Line; ■ Route 4,
■ 5, ■ 7, ■
8 and ■ 34.
-
- Tengenjibashi — Kanasugibashi
- Circa 1910 — 1969
- Near Ichinohashi, the tracks ran on the center lane of the
roadways.
- Hakusan Line; ■ Route 2,
■ 18 and ■ 35.
-
- Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae — Hakusan-ue
- Circa 1910 — 1968
- Izumibashi Line; ■ Route 13 and
■ 21.
-
- Doshūbashi — Ueno-Ekimae
- Circa 1910 — 1970
- On Shōwa Street near Ueno Station, the tracks ran on the center
lane of the roadways.
- Minowa Line; ■ Route 21 and
■ 31
-
- Circa 1910 — 1969
- Ōtsuka Line; ■ Route 16 and
■ 17.
-
- Denzūin-mae — Ōtsuka-Ekimae
- Circa 1910 — 1971
-
- Komagata-Nichōme — Minami-Senju
- Circa 1910 — 1971
- Sugamo Line; ■ Route 2,
■ 18 and ■ 35.
-
- Hakusan-ue — Sugamo-Shako-mae
- Circa 1910 — 1968
- Suidōbashi Line; ■ Route 2,
■ 17, ■ 18 and ■ 35.
-
- Shin-Tokiwabashi — Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae
- Circa 1910 — 1968
- Takahashi Line; ■ Route
23.
-
- Monzen-Nakachō — Midorichō-Itchōme
- Circa 1910 — 1972
- Tomisaka Line; ■ Route 16,
■ 17 and ■ 39.
-
- Ōmagari — Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae
- Circa 1910 — 1971
Lines made by Ōji
Electric Tramway
- Akabane Line; ■ Route
27.
-
- Ōji-Ekimae — Akabane
- 1926 — 1972
- Arakawa Line; ■ Route 27 and
■ 32.
-
- Kumanomae — Ōji-Ekimae
- 1913 — still operational
- The current Arakawa Line.
- Mikawashima Line; ■ Route
27.
-
- Minowabashi — Kumanomae
- 1913 — still operational
- The current Arakawa Line.
- Takinogawa Line; ■ Route
32.
-
- Ōji-Ekimae — Ōtsuka-Ekimae
- 1911 — still operational
- The current Arakawa Line.
-
- Ōtsuka-Ekimae — Waseda
- 1925 — still operational
- The current Arakawa Line.
Lines made by
Jōtō Electric Tramway
- Ichinoe Line; ■ Route 26.
-
- Higashi-Arakawa — Imaibashi
- 1925 — 1952
- Commonly called Imai Line. An isolated line with no
transfer stations to other lines in the network.
- Komatsugawa Line; ■ Route 25,
■ 29 and ■ 38.
-
- Kinshibori — Nishi-Arakawa
- 1917 — 1972
- On the Keiyō Road near Kameido Station, the tracks ran on the
center lane of the roadways.
- Sunamachi Line; ■ Route 29
and ■ 38.
-
- Suijimmori — Suzaki
- 1921 — 1972
Lines made by Tamagawa
Electric Railway
- Naka-Meguro Line; ■ Route
8.
-
- Shibuyabashi — Naka-Meguro
- Tengenjibashi Line; ■ Route 8
and ■ 34.
-
- Shibuya-Ekimae — Tengenjibashi
Lines made by the
former Seibu Railway
They were the only lines with a gauge of 1067 mm. The rest of the
network had a gauge of 1372 mm.
-
- Shinjuku-Ekimae — Kōenji-Itchōme
- 1921 — 1963
- Commonly called Suginami Line.
- Ogikubo Line; ■ Route 14.
-
- Kōenji-Itchōme — Ogikubo-Ekimae
- 1921 — 1963
- Commonly called Suginami Line.
Other
lines
- Asukayama Line; ■ Route
19.
-
- Komagome-Ekimae — Asukayama
- Circa 1920 — 1971
- Awajimachi Line; ■ Route
37.
-
- Awajimachi — Soto-Kanda-Sanchōme
- Circa 1920 — 1967
- Dōzaka Line; ■ Route 20, ■ 37 and ■ 40.
-
- Ueno-Kōen — Sengoku-Itchōme
- Late 1910s — 1971
- Ueno-Kōen-mae — Nezu-Itchōme (the line along the edge of
Shinobazu Pond) ran on its own right-of-way.
-
- Tengenjibashi — Ebisu-Chōjamaru
- 1913 — 1944
- Also called Toyosawa Line, or Tengenji Line.
- Fudanotsuji Line; ■ Route 3 and
■ 8.
-
- Iikura-Itchōme — Fudanotsuji
- Circa 1912 — 1967
- Gokokuji Line; ■ Route 17 and
■ 20.
-
- Sengoku-Itchōme — Gokokuji-mae
- Circa 1920 — 1971
-
- Seishōkō-mae — Gotanda-Ekimae
- Late 1920s — 1967
- Hatchōbori Line; ■ Route
5.
-
- Baba-Sakimon — Eitaibashi
- Circa 1920 — 1967
- Ikebukuro Line; ■ Route
17.
-
- Gokokuji-mae — Ikebukuro-Ekimae
- Early 1930s — 1969
- Isarago Line; ■ Route 4, ■ 5 and ■ 7.
-
- Furukawabashi — Sengakuji
- Circa 1912 — 1969
- Ishiwara Line; ■ Route
16.
-
- Ishiwarachō-Itchōme — Kinshichō-Ekimae (Kitaguchi)
- Taiheichō-Sanchōme — Kameido-Tenjimbashi
- Late 1920s — 1971
- Itabashi Line; ■ Route 18 and
■ 41.
-
- Sugamo-Shako-mae — Itabashi-Ekimae
- Late 1920s — 1966
- Sometimes included to Shimura Line.
- Kachidokibashi Line; ■ Route
11.
-
- Tsukiji-Tsukishima
- 1947 — 1968
- Kasaibashi Line; ■ Route
29.
-
- Sakaigawa — Kasaibashi
- Early 1940s — 1972
- Kasumichō Line; ■ Route
6.
-
- Tameike — Minami-Aoyama-Gochōme
- Late 1910s — 1967
- Kita-Senju Line; ■ Route
21.
-
- Senju-Ōhashi — Senju-Yonchōme
- Late 1920s — 1968
- Komagome Line; ■ Route
19.
-
- Mukōgaoka-Nichōme — Komagome-Ekimae
- Late 1910s — 1971
- Marunouchi Line; ■ Route 28
and ■ 31.
-
- Marunouchi-Itchōme — Tochō-mae
- Circa 1920 — 1969
- Meguro Line; ■ Route 4 and
■ 5.
-
- Gyoranzaka-shita — Meguro-Ekimae
- Circa 1912 — 1967
- Mukōjima Line; ■ Route 30.
-
- Honjo-Azumabashi — Higashi-Mukōjima-Nichōme
- Late 1920s — 1969
-
- Gokokuji-mae — Yaraishita
- Late 1920s — 1971
- Roppongi Line; ■ Route 3, ■ 8 and ■ 33.
-
- Hamamatsuchō-Itchōme — Kita-Aoyama-Itchōme
- 1912 — 1969
- Ryōgoku-eki Leading Line; ■
Route 12.
-
- Ryōgoku-Nichōme — Ryōgoku-Ekimae
- 1923 — 1968
- Sarue Line; ■ Route 28 and
■ 36.
-
- Kinshichō-Ekimae (Minamiguchi) — Tōyō-Kōen-mae
- Late 1920s — 1972
- Senzoku Line; ■ Route 31.
-
- Kuramae-Itchōme — Minowa-Shako-mae
- Circa 1920 — 1969
-
- Tōkyō-Kōguchi — Shibaura-Nichōme
- 1910 — 1969; The passenger service started from
1920s.
- Shimura Line; ■ Route 18 and
■ 41.
-
- Itabashi-Ekimae — Shimurabashi
- Early 1940s — 1966
- Shin-Ōhashi Line; ■ Route 9
and ■ 36.
-
- Kayabachō — Sumiyoshichō-Nichōme
- Circa 1912 — 1971
- Totsuka Line; ■ Route
15.
-
- Takadanobaba-Ekimae — Omokagebashi
- ? — 1968; The opening year unknown.
- Tsukishima Line; ■ Route
23.
-
- Monzen-Nakachō — Tsukishima
- Circa 1920 — 1972
- Tsunohazu Line; ■ Route
13.
-
- Iidabashi — Yotsuya-Sankōchō
- Circa 1912 — 1970
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