Ginza-sen
1435 mm gauge, third rail current collection (direct current 600 V). Tôkyô’s oldest underground line runs from Shibuya in the west of Tôkyô to Asakusa, the “heart” of old Tôykô beside the Sumidagawa River in the east. Length: 14, 3 km. The Ginza-sen was completed from Asakusa as far as Ueno in 1927. Construction progressed through Tôkyô, arriving at Ginza in 1934 and, finally, at Shibuya in 1938. Ginza with its internationally renowned department stores (the first one having opened in 1924) and fashionable shops and restaurants has been a centre of luxury and amusement in East Asia ever since the late 19th century.
The stations are: 1 Asakusa 浅草 - 2 Tawaramachi 田原町 - 3 Inarichô 稲荷町 - 4 Ueno上の - 5 Ueno Hirokôji 上野広小路 - 6 Suehirochô 末広町 - 7 Kanda 神田 - 8 Mitsukoshi-mae 三越前 - 9 Nihonbashi 日本橋 - 10 Kyôbashi 京橋 - 11 Ginza 銀座 - 12 Shinbashi 新橋 - 13 Toranomon 虎ノ門 - 14 Tameike Sannô 溜池山王 - 15 Akasaka Mitsuke 赤坂見附 - 16 Aoyama Itchôme 青山一丁目 - 17 Gaien-mae 外苑前 - 18 Omote Sandô 表参道 - 19 Shibuya渋谷.
The Ginza-sen is not joined to any other railway line.
