Tokyo Toden

Toden (streetcar) network in Tokyo, Japan

The Tokyo Toden (東京都電) or simply Toden, is the tram network of Tokyo, Japan. Of all its former routes, only one, the Tokyo Sakura Tram, 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" (the Japanese National Railways electrified lines). The network had a track gauge of 1372mm, except for the former Seibu Railway lines which were 1067mm. TOC

At its peak, the Toden system boasted 41 routes with of track. However, the increase in reliance on automobile traffic resulted in reductions in ridership, and from 1967 to 1972, 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 and 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 Shimbashi 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. 1945–1951: During the Occupation of Japan, the network evolved slowly. 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 Shimbashi Station and Shiodome) stop operating. 1963: In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, two segments (Kita Aoyama Itchome – Miyakezaka and – ) cease operations. The Suginami Line ( – ) closes because it duplicates a line of the Eidan Subway. 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, , opens between two existing stations. 2007: 9000 Series rolling stock was scheduled for introduction.

This is the list of former lines, listed according to their official names. Corresponding 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. Line Route(s) Termini Opened Closed Notes Tōkyō Electric Railway (Tōden) lines Azumabashi Line Ueno Ekimae – Honjo Azumabashi 1904 1972 Hondōri Line Shimbashi – Sudachō 1903 1971 Kanasugi Line Mita – Shimbashi 1903 1969 Kuramae Line Kaminarimon – Asakusabashi 1904 1971 Muromachi Line Asakusabashi – Marunouchi Itchōme 1904 1971 Shinagawa Line Kita Shinagawa – Mita 1903 1967 Keihin Electric Railway trains (the present Keihin Electric Express Railway) operated over the – section Ueno Line Sudachō – Ueno Ekimae 1903 1972 Tōkyō Urban Railway lines Aoyama Line Miyakezaka – Shibuya Ekimae c. 1904 1968 Bammachi Line Hanzōmon – Kudanshita c. 1905 1963 Chiyodabashi Line Ōtemachi – Eitaibashi c. 1904 1972 Edogawa Line Kudanshita – Waseda c. 1905 1968 Hamachō Line Ningyōchō – Ryōgoku c. 1904 1944 Hanzōmon Line Hibiya Kōen – Hanzōmon 1903 1968 Hongō Line Circa Sudachō – Hakusan ue 1904 1971 Hōraibashi Line Miharabashi – Hōraibashi c. 1904 c. 1909 Ichigaya Line c. 1905 1970 Kandabashi Line Hibiya Kōen – Ogawamachi 1903 1968 Kiridōshi Line Bunkyō Kuyakusho mae – Ueno Hirokōji c. 1904 1971 Kōtōbashi Line Ryōgoku Nichōme – Kinshibori c. 1905 1972 Kudan Line Ogawamachi – Kudanshita c. 1904 1970 Mita Line Mita – Hibiya Kōen c. 1904 1968 Narihira Line Midorichō Itchōme – FukujimbashiNarihirabashi – Asakusa Ekimae (the present Tōbu Narihirabashi Station.) c. 1905 1972 Ryōgokubashi Line Ogawamachi – Ryōgoku Nichōme 1903 1972 Shinjuku Line Hanzōmon – Shinjuku Ekimae 1903 1970 Suzaki Line Eitaibashi – Tōyō Kōen maeFukushimabashi (Eitai Nichōme) – Kamezumichō (Fukagawa Itchōme) c. 1904 1972 Toranomon Line Sakuradamon – KamiyachōToranomon – Reinanzaka c. 1905 1968 Tsukiji Line Hibiya Kōen – Kayabachō ( – Ningyōchō) 1903 1971 Umayabashi Line Ueno Hirokōji – Honjo Itchōme c. 1905 1971 Tōkyō Electric Railway (Sotobori Line) lines Dobashi Line Shin Tokiwabashi – Shimbashi eki Kitaguchi c. 1904 1968 Hiroo Line Aoyama Itchōme – Tengenjibashi c. 1905 1969 Hōraibashi Line Miharabashi – Toranomon c. 1905 1967 Nishikichō Line Ochanomizu – Shin Tokiwabashi c. 1904 1944 Ochanomizu Line Iidabashi – Akihabara eki Higashiguchi c. 1905 1971 Shinanomachi Line Yotsuya Sanchōme – Kita Aoyama Itchōme c. 1905 1969 Tameike Line Toranomon – Yotsuya Mitsuke c. 1905 1967 Ushigome Line Yotsuya Mitsuke – Iidabashi c. 1905 1970 Tōkyō Railways lines Furukawa Line Tengenjibashi – Kanasugibashi c. 1910 1969 tracks were in a center median near Ichinohashi Hakusan Line Bunkyō Kuyakusho mae – Hakusan ue c. 1910 1968 Izumibashi Line Doshūbashi – Ueno Ekimae c. 1910 1970 tracks were in a center median on Shōwa Street near Ueno Station Minowa Line c. 1910 1969 Ōtsuka Line Denzūin mae – Ōtsuka Ekimae c. 1910 1971 Senju Line Komagata Nichōme – Minami Senju c. 1910 1971 Sugamo Line Hakusan ue – Sugamo Shako mae c. 1910 1968 Suidōbashi Line Shin Tokiwabashi – Bunkyō Kuyakusho mae c. 1910 1968 Takahashi Line Monzen Nakachō – Midorichō Itchōme c. 1910 1972 Tomisaka Line Ōmagari – Bunkyō Kuyakusho mae c. 1910 1971 Ōji Electric Tramway lines Akabane Line Ōji Ekimae – Akabane 1926 1972 Arakawa Line Kumanomae – Ōji Ekimae 1913 still open present Arakawa Line Mikawashima Line Minowabashi – Kumanomae 1913 still open present Arakawa Line Takinogawa Line Ōji Ekimae – Ōtsuka Ekimae 1911 still open present Arakawa Line Waseda Line Ōtsuka Ekimae – Waseda 1925 still open present Arakawa Line Jōtō Electric Tramway lines Ichinoe Line Higashi Arakawa – Imaibashi 1925 1952 commonly called Imai Line; an isolated line with no connection stations to other lines in the network Komatsugawa Line Kinshibori – Nishi Arakawa 1917 1972 tracks were in a center median on Keiyō Road near Kameido Station Sunamachi Line Suijimmori – Suzaki 1921 1972 Tamagawa Electric Railway lines Naka Meguro Line Shibuyabashi – Naka Meguro 1927 1967 Tengenjibashi Line Shibuya Ekimae – Tengenjibashi 1921 1969 the former Seibu Railway lines Kōenji Line Shinjuku Ekimae – Kōenji Itchōme 1921 1963 commonly called Suginami Line Ogikubo Line Kōenji Itchōme – Ogikubo Ekimae 1921 1963 commonly called Suginami Line Other Asukayama Line Komagome Ekimae – Asukayama c. 1920 1971 Awajimachi Line Awajimachi – Soto Kanda Sanchōme c. 1920 1967 Dōzaka Line Ueno Kōen – Sengoku Itchōme late 1910s 1971 private right of way between Ueno Kōen mae and Nezu Itchōme, beside Shinobazu Pond Ebisu Line Tengenjibashi – Ebisu Chōjamaru 1913 1944 also called Toyosawa Line or Tengenji Line Fudanotsuji Line Iikura Itchōme – Fudanotsuji c. 1912 1967 Gokokuji Line Sengoku Itchōme – Gokokuji mae c. 1920 1971 Gotanda Line Seishōkō mae – Gotanda Ekimae late 1920s 1967 Hatchōbori Line Baba Sakimon – Eitaibashi c. 1920 1967 Ikebukuro Line Gokokuji mae – Ikebukuro Ekimae early 1930s 1969 Isarago Line Furukawabashi – Sengakuji c. 1912 1969 Ishiwara Line Ishiwarachō Itchōme – Kinshichō Ekimae (Kitaguchi)Taiheichō Sanchōme – Kameido Tenjimbashi late 1920s 1971 Itabashi Line Sugamo Shako mae – Itabashi Ekimae late 1920s 1966 sometimes included with the Shimura Line Kachidokibashi Line Tsukiji Tsukishima 1947 1968 Kasaibashi Line Sakaigawa – Kasaibashi early 1940s 1972 Kasumichō Line Tameike – Minami Aoyama Gochōme late 1910s 1967 Kita Senju Line Senju Ōhashi – Senju Yonchōme late 1920s 1968 Komagome Line Mukōgaoka Nichōme – Komagome Ekimae late 1910s 1971 Marunouchi Line Marunouchi Itchōme – Tochō mae c. 1920 1969 Meguro Line Gyoranzaka shita – Meguro Ekimae c. 1912 1967 Mukōjima Line Honjo Azumabashi – Higashi Mukōjima Nichōme late 1920s 1969 Otowa Line Gokokuji mae – Yaraishita late 1920s 1971 Roppongi Line Hamamatsuchō Itchōme – Kita Aoyama Itchōme 1912 1969 Ryōgoku eki Leading Line Ryōgoku Nichōme – Ryōgoku Ekimae 1923 1968 Sarue Line Kinshichō Ekimae (Minamiguchi) – Tōyō Kōen mae late 1920s 1972 Senzoku Line Kuramae Itchōme – Minowa Shako mae c. 1920 1969 Shibaura Line Tōkyō Kōguchi – Shibaura Nichōme 1910 1969 passenger service started in the 1920s Shimura Line Itabashi Ekimae – Shimurabashi early 1940s 1966 Shin Ōhashi Line Kayabachō – Sumiyoshichō Nichōme c. 1912 1971 Totsuka Line Takadanobaba Ekimae – Omokagebashi ? 1968 opening year unknown Tsukishima Line Monzen Nakachō – Tsukishima c. 1920 1972 Tsunohazu Line Iidabashi – Yotsuya Sankōchō c. 1912 1970