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The Tokyo Metro (Japanese: 東京メトロ, Tōkyō Metoro) is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei Subway, with 2.85 million average daily rides.
Tokyo Metro – Formerly a statutory corporation called the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA), it was converted into a kabushiki gaisha (joint-stock company) in 2004. It currently operates 180 stations on nine lines and 195.0 kilometers (121.2 mi) of route.
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Ueno Zoo Monorail) 東京都交通局 (上野モノレール) Service was suspended on October 31, 2019 then decommissioned on December 27, 2023. [ 6 ] Towada Kankō Electric Railway 十和田観光電鉄 (Tōtetsu 十鉄)
Tokyo City purchased the Tokyo Railway Company, a streetcar operator, in 1911, and placed its lines under the authority of the Tokyo Municipal Electric Bureau (東京市電気局, Tokyo-shi Denki Kyoku). The TMEB began bus service in 1924 as an emergency measure after the Great Kantō earthquake knocked out streetcar service in the city.
Tokyo Metro 6000 series (prototype built in 1968, used on Kita-Ayase Branch in 3-car formation) Tokyo Metro 06 series (from 1993 until January 2015) Tokyo Metro 07 series (from September until December 2008, transferred to Tōzai Line) Tokyo Metro 6000 series (from 1971 until November 2018) Odakyu Odakyu 9000 series (from 1978 until 1990)
Tokyo’s city transit network is incredibly dense and complex with no fewer than 100 urban rail lines including, somewhat unusually, two separate subway systems – Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.
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 points highlighted, ignoring the rest of the metro area's network.
Shibuya is the fourth busiest station on the Tokyo Metro network and a major interchange with Tōkyū, Keiō, and JR East trains. List of Tokyo Metro stations lists stations on the Tokyo Metro, including lines serving the station, station location (ward or city), opening date, design (underground, at-grade, or elevated), and daily ridership.