CityRailTransit
Timeline of the Tokyo Toei Subway and Tram

Metro/Light Rail

20-08-1911: Oji Electric Tramway Route 32 (Arakawa Line) > Oji [not yet opened] - Asukayama - Sugamoshinden
01-04-1913: Oji Electric Tramway Route 27 (Arakawa Line) > Oji [not yet opened] - Sakaecho - Minowabashi
25-12-1914: Oji Electric Tramway Route 32 (Arakawa Line) > Kishibojinmae - Gakusuin-shita
17-04-1915: Oji Electric Tramway Route 27 (Arakawa Line) > Oji station added
12-12-1925: Oji Electric Tramway Route 32 (Arakawa Line) > Sugamoshinden - Kishibojinmae
30-03-1930: Oji Electric Tramway Route 32 (Arakawa Line) > Gakusuin-shita - Waseda
04-12-1960: Asakusa Line > Oshiage - Asakusabashi (+3.1 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Keisei Electric Railway Main Line]
31-05-1962: Asakusa Line > Asakusabashi - Higashi-nihonbashi (+0.7 km)
30-09-1962: Asakusa Line > Higashi-nihonbashi - Ningyocho (+0.7 km)
28-02-1963: Asakusa Line > Ningyocho - Higashi-ginza (+2.4 km)
12-12-1963: Asakusa Line > Higashi-ginza - Shimbashi (+0.9 km)
01-10-1964: Asakusa Line > Shimbashi - Daimon (+1.0 km)
21-06-1968: Asakusa Line > Daimon - Sengakuji (+2.6 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Keihin Electric Express Railway Main Line & Kuko Line]
15-11-1968: Asakusa Line > Sengakuji - Nishi-magome (+6.9 km)
27-12-1968: Mita Line > Takashimadaira - Sugamo (+10.4 km)
30-06-1972: Mita Line > Sugamo - Hibiya (+7.3 km)
27-11-1973: Mita Line > Hibiya - Mita (+3.3 km)
10-01-1974: Arakawa Line > Waseda - Minowabashi (+12.2 km)
06-05-1976: Mita Line > Takashimadaira - Nishi-takashimadira (+1.5 km)
21-12-1978: Shinjuku Line > Iwamotocho - Higashi-ojima (+6.8 km)
16-03-1980: Shinjuku Line > Iwamotocho - Shinjuku (+7.3 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Keio Corporation Keio Line]
23-12-1983: Shinjuku Line > Higashi-ojima - Funabori (+1.7 km)
14-09-1986: Shinjuku Line > Funabori - Shinozaki (+4.9 km)
19-03-1989: Shinjuku Line > Shinozaki - Motoyawata (+2.8 km)
31-03-1991: Asakusa Line > [start of reciprocal through-service with the Hokuso Railway Hokuso Line]
10-12-1991: Oedo Line > Hikarigaoka - Nerima (+3.8 km)
19-12-1997: Oedo Line > Nerima - Shinjuku (+9.1 km)
24-04-2000: Oedo Line > Shinjuku - Kokuritsu-kyogijo (+2.4 km)
26-09-2000: Mita Line > Mita - Shirokane-takanawa (+1.7 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and the Tokyu Corporation Meguro Line]
11-11-2000: Arakawa Line > Arakawa-Itchu-mae station added
12-12-2000: Oedo Line > Kokuritsu-kyogijo - Tochomae (+25.4 km)
02-11-2002: Oedo Line > Shiodome station added
30-03-2008: Nippori-Toneri Liner > Nippori - Minumadai-shinuikoen (+9.7 km)

 



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