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Tokyo's mainline railway network in 1904, a decade before the opening of Tokyo Station; the station was constructed as an integrated terminus for these lines. In 1889, a Tokyo municipal committee drew up plans for an elevated railway line connecting the Tōkaidō Main Line terminal at Shinbashi to the Nippon Railway (now Tōhoku Main Line ...
The history of rail transport in Japan began in the late Edo period. There have been four main stages: [1] Stage 1, from 1872, the first line, from Tokyo to Yokohama, to the end of the Russo-Japanese war; Stage 2, from nationalization in 1906-07 to the end of World War II; Stage 3, from the postwar creation of Japanese National Railways to 1987;
Notable constructions from this were the Tokyo Station, [108] Kyū-Furukawa Gardens, [134] Meiji Shrine, [135] and Daito Bunka University. [citation needed] In 1918, there were riots in many parts of the city over the high price of rice, a part of the inflation caused by World War I. [136] In 1921, the Prime Minister of Japan, Takashi Hara, was ...
1968: Toei Subway Line 6 (currently the Toei Mita Line) opened between Shimura Station (renamed Takashimadaira Station in 1969) and Sugamo Station. 1991: The Tokyo Metro Namboku Line opens. 1995: On 20 March, the Tokyo subway sarin attack occurred on the Marunouchi, Hibiya, and Chiyoda Lines during the morning rush hour. Over 5,000 people were ...
Seibu Railway: Operates out of Seibu Shinjuku Station and Ikebukuro Station to western Tokyo. Thirteen lines. Tobu Railway: Operates out of Ikebukuro Station and Asakusa Station to Saitama, Gunma, and Tochigi. Twelve lines. Tokyu Corporation (Tokyu): Operates out of Shibuya Station and Meguro Station to southern Tokyo and Yokohama. Eight lines.
Shinjuku Station (新宿駅, Shinjuku-eki) is a major railway station in Tokyo, Japan, that serves as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central/eastern Tokyo (the special wards) and Western Tokyo on the inter-city rail, commuter rail, and subway lines. The station straddles the boundary between the Shinjuku and Shibuya special wards.
Toei Ueno Zoo Monorail: Tokyo, 1958-2023. It linked the two sectors of the zoo in Ueno Park. Service was suspended on 31 October 2019 and permanently closed in December 2023. Yokohama Dreamland Monorail, Kanagawa, 1966 — 1967. Yomiuriland Monorail, Kanagawa and Tokyo, 1964 — 1978. Skyrail Midorizaka Line: Aki-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 1998 ...
The following is a timeline of the history of Tokyo, ... 1925 - Tokyo Broadcasting Station begins operating. [23] [18] 1926 "Public apartment housing" built. [7]