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Underground Railways

Cities with underground railway systems

Sapporo

Sendai

Tôkyô Metro  (incl. Tôyô Kôsoku and Saitama Kôsoku Railways)

Tôkyô To'ei

Yokohama

Nagoya

Kyôto

Ôsaka (incl. Kita Ôsaka Kyûkô)

Kôbe (incl. Hokushin Kyûkô)

Fukuoka

 

NOTE: Trains on the Sapporo system are rubber-tyred and run flat roll ways, guided by a central rail

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