Getting Around Tokyo: By train and subway

Tokyo has one of the most extensive mass transit systems in the world. It is clean, safe and efficient - and confusing. The confusion arises from the fact that several distinct railway systems operate within Tokyo - the JR East network, the two subway networks, and various private lines - and different route maps show different systems. Read More »

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Getting Around Tokyo: By train and subway is based on Tokyo by Dhanadi, Peter Budny, Jonas Ryberg, D. Guillaime, Kambayashi, Kuri, Globe-trotter, Lit1981, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.