Metro in Tokyo began to work in 1927, afterthe Japanese businessman Hayakawa Noritsugu came from Europe, inspired by the local subway. In a short period of time, he collected the right amount of money and laid the first subway line in all of Asia. Today, the Tokyo Metro carries the largest number of passengers annually. Here there are 290 stations and 304.5 kilometers of rails. Most recently, the metro in Tokyo was inferior to the Moscow subway by the flow of passengers.
Today there are several privaterailway lines, as well as Japan Railways. Many owners of personal transport prefer to use the public. The Metro in Tokyo is very comfortable, safe and clean. Almost every company pays employees travel from home to work.
There are many rumors that the numberTokyo Metro stations are so large that it is very easy to get lost in the subway. Such an impression can be created if one simply looks at the whole line diagram.
In 1920 the construction of the underground beganin Tokyo. Today, underground transport runs on 13 lines. The main feature of the Tokyo Metro is the lack of a contact rail. In fact, such trains are ordinary trains. Their movement, they begin and end at a great distance from the city center. Approaching the main part of the infrastructure, the trains go into tunnels and pass under the metropolis.
Each line on the diagrams, as well as the formulations,on them, are marked with a separate color. Within the circle, each station is determined by a letter, and also by a number indicating the remaining distance. The duration of some distances between the lines exceeds 800 meters. Due to the large number of pointers and numerous free schemes, it is quite easy to navigate the metro.
Заблудиться можно во время попытки найти нужный exit from the station, which in some places there are about a dozen. All of them are numbered and often built into buildings, so it's quite possible to go to the supermarket right from the metro. Transitions, crowded with shopping kiosks, snack bars and shops, can stretch for hundreds of meters.
Trading trays can be found even on platforms.Tokyo Metro, in fact, is a whole underground city, where you can not go. The Japanese managed to successfully integrate a variety of transport systems into a single network. In addition to the usual entrances, there are also lifts for the disabled.
Some platforms in the stations are bent.In the tunnels, lighting is provided. In comparison with the Soviet underground "palaces", the monotonous tiled walls of the Tokyo metro are not impressive at all. For the most part, the stations are shallow.
In the transitions there are free toilets, andon platforms there are drinking fountains. Each car is equipped with fans or air conditioners. The number of cars in each train reaches a dozen. The windows are provided with curtains to protect against heat during movement on the surface. The stations are announced in Japanese and English.
Dozens of cameras are located in the transitions and onof each station. With the help of video surveillance, drivers can control the landing process. Since there are many Japanese who want to jump onto the rails under the train, there are high and low barriers in case of a fall.
Protective seal not in transitionsMetro Tokyo. The scheme of the Tokyo Metro provides only thin roller blinds. There are no doors at any station. The entrances to the subway are located under the eaves of the buildings.
The Tokyo Metro is an interlacing12 lines with railways of local suburban destination. Together we have a list of more than 70 destinations and several hundred stations with a daily flow of passengers up to 20 million. In addition, Tokyo electric trains sometimes move through the subway tunnels.
The first branch was 2.2 km long.Now only one line is state. All the rest are the property of private firms. Japan was the first Asian power to build a subway. Since 2005, on each line there are wagons for women. The Office made this decision after receiving a large number of complaints from the girls on sexual harassment. Tokyo Metro is equipped with wireless Internet.
Prices vary depending ondistances between stations. Ticket price is indicated near the names on the chart. From five in the morning until one in the morning the subway operates in Tokyo. The metropolitan is divided between two companies. Each has its own orders, and this circumstance sometimes confuses passengers. Large stations in Japan are rare. In the interior of some of them white predominates, so that the metro does not seem so tight.
Our compatriots who visitedThe Land of the Rising Sun and use the underground transport, in their reviews warn that you need to be very careful with buying tickets for the metro in Tokyo. Buying an Economy Pass for one day, in addition to the Metro, passengers can also use the buses of this company. Ticket company "Toei" can not be used on the lines of Tokyo Metro. You need to bear this in mind. The Toei metro subway will also not be valid for the JR Yamanote line - the local train ring line.
Tourists from Russia after visiting the Japanesethe capital in their reviews recommend for 1,000 yen to purchase a one-day travel card and do not fool yourself with the need to take into account the belonging of the required branch of the metro to a particular company. In addition, they say that there are several possible options. Everyone can choose the most convenient for himself.
You can use the branches of onecompany-carrier, so as not to spend extra money, if there is no need to change the owner of the lines. It is better to memorize several routes and to overcome the path with their help.
Tokyo Metro is usually crowded with sevenuntil half past nine in the morning and from six to ten in the evening. According to the reviews of tourists from Russia, travelers at this time here it is better not to drop in at all, especially in the central part of the city. At night on Friday, a subway in Tokyo is also undesirable to use. This particularly applies to such stations as Shinjuku and Shibuya. They will be filled as the departure time of the last commuter train approaches. Most of the cars at this time are filled with crowds of drunken workers who are going home from corporate parties.
The number of stations of the Tokyo subway hasmore than a thousand items. The scheme looks very confusing, and it seems that it is very easy to get lost here. Thanks to the existing markup system, navigating is easy. In addition to metro trains, the diagram shows the lines along which commuter electric trains pass. For the safety of passengers, each station in the Tokyo subway is equipped with fences and a multitude of surveillance cameras.
In the cars there are video screens on whichindicates the current station and the distance to the next stop. Thanks to air conditioning systems, the Tokyo Metro cannot be called a suffocating place, despite the huge flow of passengers. A rather long duration of crossings and the number of numerous shops and places for recreation turn the subway in this city into a special place from where you can not even go out.
