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The Tokyo Metro is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. The system opened in 1927 as the Tokyo Underground Railway, becoming the first subway system in A
Omote-sando Station entrance
The groundbreaking of the Tokyo Underground Railway on September 27, 1925
Prince Asaka and Prince Takeda riding a train before the opening of the Ginza Line on December 29, 1927
Ueno Station, 1934.
The Teito Rapid Transit Authority, commonly abbreviated as Eidan, was a railway operator jointly funded by the Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It operated the subway system
The entrance sign (the station name sign and the S mark part separated before 1991). This photo was taken just before the transition to Tokyo Metro, and the Tokyo Metro logo and the letters "Tokyo Metro" have been covered with stickers.
Opening of the Marunouchi Line, 1954
A manhole cover bearing the “S” mark located on a sidewalk near Suehirochō Station. At the time this photograph was taken in 2012, the Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway had already been privatized.
Teito Rapid Transit Authority–era ticket gate signage at Ichigaya Station.