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On 22 January 2007, Berowra station was almost engulfed as bushfires swept the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Efforts from firefighters saved the station and a train which had terminated there. [9] In February 2024, a man and woman were struck and killed by a freight train while attempting to cross the tracks at Berowra station.
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.
1915: Japan's first underground railway opens under Tokyo Station. It is only for the railway post office, not for passengers. [citation needed] 1927: Tokyo Underground Railway Co., Ltd. (東京地下鉄道株式会社, Tōkyō Chika Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha) opens Japan's first underground line of the subway Ginza Line on 30 December
In particular, the Shinjuku Line's station at Shinjuku is the busiest, designed to allow through-services and cross-platform transfers from Keiō trains via the Keiō New Line. List of Toei Subway stations lists stations on the Toei Subway , including station location ( ward or city), opening date, design (underground, at-grade, or elevated ...
While a few trains still run between the airports, the service has greatly diminished in frequency since 2002. [citation needed] In 2005, a research group of government, metropolitan and railway company officials proposed that the Asakusa Line be connected to Tokyo Station via a spur to the north of Takarachō Station. This would provide Tokyo ...
The line opened in 1933, dual track connecting Shibuya in Tokyo to Inokashira-kōen, owned by Teito Electric Railway (帝都電鉄, Teito Dentetsu), part of the Odakyu Group. The track gauge used was the same 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) as for other Odakyu lines, and the overhead power supply was 600 V DC. [ 2 ]
All services on the line (excluding through Shonan-Shinjuku Line trains) run to/from Ueno Station in Tokyo via the Tōhoku Main Line. The line was extended to Tokyo Station via the Ueno-Tokyo Line that opened in March 2015. As the Takasaki Line serves many major cities within Saitama Prefecture, it is a vital means of transport within the ...
The 21.3 km (13.2 mi) Namboku Line is one of Tokyo Metro's newer lines, featuring advanced technology including full automatic train operation and platform screen doors. Although the line was originally proposed in 1968, construction did not begin until the 1980s, partly due to the right-of-way to Meguro with the Toei Mita Line .