Transport in Greater Tokyo
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The transport network in Greater Tokyo includes public and private rail and highway networks; airports for international, domestic, and general aviation; buses; motorcycle delivery services, walking,
Tokyo streets at night
JR Yamanote Line
The Ginza Line, Asia's oldest subway line, first opened in 1927
Toei bus
Tokyo Metro
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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
Transport in Greater Tokyo
…with varying degrees of interconnectivity. Most lines in Tokyo are privately owned, funded, and operated, though some, like the Toei Subway and the Tokyo Metro, are supported by the Government either directly or indirectly. Each of the region's rail companies tends to display only its own maps, with key transfer…
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.