The Tokyo Toden 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".
Toden cars crossing
The Toden Arakawa Line , branded as the Tokyo Sakura Tram , is a hybrid light rail/tram line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The Arakawa Line is the sole survivor of Tokyo's once-extensive Tokyo Toden streetcar system. It is one of the only two tram lines in Tokyo, besides the Tokyu Setagaya Line.
A Toei 8800 series tram at Arakawa-shakomae in September 2014
8500 series tram 8502 in June 2003
8800 series tram 8804 in September 2010
8900 series tram 8901 in September 2015