Tokyo Toden

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Toden cars crossing

The Tokyo Toden (東京都電 Tōkyō Toden) or simply Toden, is the tram 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.

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)

Ueno-Ekimae Honjo-Azumabashi
1904 1972
Shimbashi Sudachō
1903 1971
Mita Shimbashi
1903 1969
Kaminarimon Asakusabashi
1904 1971
Asakusabashi Marunouchi-Itchōme
1904 1971
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.
Sudachō Ueno-Ekimae
1903 1972

Lines primary made by Tōkyō Urban Railway

Miyakezaka Shibuya-Ekimae
c. 1904 1968
Hanzōmon Kudanshita
c. 1905 1963
Ōtemachi Eitaibashi
c. 1904 1972
Kudanshita Waseda
c. 1905 1968
Ningyōchō Ryōgoku
c. 1904 1944
Hibiya-Kōen Hanzōmon
1903 1968
Circa Sudachō Hakusan-ue
1904 1971
Miharabashi Hōraibashi
c. 1904 c. 1909
c. 1905 1970
Hibiya-Kōen Ogawamachi
1903 1968
Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae Ueno-Hirokōji
c. 1904 1971
Ryōgoku-Nichōme Kinshibori
c. 1905 1972
Ogawamachi Kudanshita
c. 1904 1970
Mita Hibiya-Kōen
c. 1904 1968
Midorichō-Itchōme Fukujimbashi
Narihirabashi Asakusa-Ekimae (the current Tōbu Narihirabashi Station.)
c. 1905 1972
Ogawamachi Ryōgoku-Nichōme
1903 1972
Hanzōmon Shinjuku-Ekimae
1903 1970
Eitaibashi Tōyō-Kōen-mae
Fukushimabashi (Eitai-Nichōme) Kamezumichō (Fukagawa-Itchōme)
c. 1904 1972
Sakuradamon Kamiyachō
Toranomon Reinanzaka
c. 1905 1968
Hibiya-Kōen Kayabachō ( Ningyōchō)
1903 1971
Ueno-Hirokōji Honjo-Itchōme
c. 1905 1971

Lines primary made by Tōkyō Electric Railway (Sotobori Line)

Shin-Tokiwabashi Shimbashi-eki-Kitaguchi
c. 1904 1968
Aoyama-Itchōme Tengenjibashi
c. 1905 1969
Miharabashi Toranomon
c. 1905 1967
Ochanomizu Shin-Tokiwabashi
c. 1904 1944
Iidabashi Akihabara-eki-Higashiguchi
c. 1905 1971
Yotsuya-Sanchōme Kita-Aoyama-Itchōme
c. 1905 1969
Toranomon Yotsuya-Mitsuke
c. 1905 1967
Yotsuya-Mitsuke Iidabashi
c. 1905 1970

Lines primary made by Tōkyō Railways

Tengenjibashi Kanasugibashi
c. 1910 1969
Near Ichinohashi, the tracks ran on the center lane of the roadways.
Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae Hakusan-ue
c. 1910 1968
Doshūbashi Ueno-Ekimae
c. 1910 1970
On Shōwa Street near Ueno Station, the tracks ran on the center lane of the roadways.
c. 1910 1969
Denzūin-mae Ōtsuka-Ekimae
c. 1910 1971
Komagata-Nichōme Minami-Senju
c. 1910 1971
Hakusan-ue Sugamo-Shako-mae
c. 1910 1968
Shin-Tokiwabashi Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae
c. 1910 1968
Monzen-Nakachō Midorichō-Itchōme
c. 1910 1972
Ōmagari Bunkyō-Kuyakusho-mae
c. 1910 1971

Lines made by Ōji Electric Tramway

Ōji-Ekimae Akabane
1926 1972
Kumanomae Ōji-Ekimae
1913 still operational
The current Arakawa Line.
Minowabashi Kumanomae
1913 still operational
The current Arakawa Line.
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

Higashi-Arakawa Imaibashi
1925 1952
Commonly called Imai Line. An isolated line with no transfer stations to other lines in the network.
Kinshibori Nishi-Arakawa
1917 1972
On the Keiyō Road near Kameido Station, the tracks ran on the center lane of the roadways.
Suijimmori Suzaki
1921 1972

Lines made by Tamagawa Electric Railway

Shibuyabashi Naka-Meguro
Shibuya-Ekimae Tengenjibashi

Lines made by the former Seibu Railway

They were the only lines with a gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). The rest of the network had a gauge of 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in).

Shinjuku-Ekimae Kōenji-Itchōme
1921 1963
Commonly called Suginami Line.
Kōenji-Itchōme Ogikubo-Ekimae
1921 1963
Commonly called Suginami Line.

Other lines

Komagome-Ekimae Asukayama
c. 1920 1971
Awajimachi Soto-Kanda-Sanchōme
c. 1920 1967
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.
Iikura-Itchōme Fudanotsuji
c. 1912 1967
Sengoku-Itchōme Gokokuji-mae
c. 1920 1971
Seishōkō-mae Gotanda-Ekimae
Late 1920s 1967
Baba-Sakimon Eitaibashi
c. 1920 1967
Gokokuji-mae Ikebukuro-Ekimae
Early 1930s 1969
Furukawabashi Sengakuji
c. 1912 1969
Ishiwarachō-Itchōme Kinshichō-Ekimae (Kitaguchi)
Taiheichō-Sanchōme Kameido-Tenjimbashi
Late 1920s 1971
Sugamo-Shako-mae Itabashi-Ekimae
Late 1920s 1966
Sometimes included to Shimura Line.
Tsukiji-Tsukishima
1947 1968
Sakaigawa Kasaibashi
Early 1940s 1972
Tameike Minami-Aoyama-Gochōme
Late 1910s 1967
Senju-Ōhashi Senju-Yonchōme
Late 1920s 1968
Mukōgaoka-Nichōme Komagome-Ekimae
Late 1910s 1971
Marunouchi-Itchōme Tochō-mae
c. 1920 1969
Gyoranzaka-shita Meguro-Ekimae
c. 1912 1967
Honjo-Azumabashi Higashi-Mukōjima-Nichōme
Late 1920s 1969
Gokokuji-mae Yaraishita
Late 1920s 1971
Hamamatsuchō-Itchōme Kita-Aoyama-Itchōme
1912 1969
Ryōgoku-Nichōme Ryōgoku-Ekimae
1923 1968
Kinshichō-Ekimae (Minamiguchi) Tōyō-Kōen-mae
Late 1920s 1972
Kuramae-Itchōme Minowa-Shako-mae
c. 1920 1969
Tōkyō-Kōguchi Shibaura-Nichōme
1910 1969; The passenger service started from 1920s.
Itabashi-Ekimae Shimurabashi
Early 1940s 1966
Kayabachō Sumiyoshichō-Nichōme
c. 1912 1971
Takadanobaba-Ekimae Omokagebashi
? 1968; The opening year unknown.
Monzen-Nakachō Tsukishima
c. 1920 1972
Iidabashi Yotsuya-Sankōchō
c. 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

See also

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