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The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
(東京都交通局 Tokyo-to Kotsu-kyoku), more commonly known as 都営 Toei,
is Tokyo's
public transportation authority. It is one of the two
metro operators in Tokyo (the other is the
Teito Rapid Transit Authority).
Metro lines
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Toei Asakusa Line 都営浅草線
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Toei Mita Line 都営三田線
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Toei Oedo Line 都営大江戸線
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Toei Shinjuku Line 都営新宿線
Light rail lines
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Toden Arakawa Line 都電荒川線
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Ueno Zoo Monorail 上野動物園モノレール
Other services
Toei runs Tokyo's public
buses, and also maintains a large
fiber optic cable network in the city, as well as several electric
power generators.
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Japan Public Commuter Train Thoughts |
 I
would like to explain how the train system is truly un-Japanese... In the
80's I remember looking at pictures of people in white gloves pushing
commuters back into the car trying to push more and more people into the
car. I sort of thought that it was something that was more fiction than
reality...but the trains are a place where the rules of Japanese society
are suspended and the real demons come out. (read
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Akihabara - Electric Town |
Akihabara is also known as Akihabara Electric Town (Akihabara Denki Gai).
It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo station, Tokyo,
Japan. It is sometimes shortened to Akiba by locals. While there is an
official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known
as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most
people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku. (read
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